NAP 401.1 Attachment 4, Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA)

NAP 401.1 11-24-15 Attachment 4 A4-1 ATTACHMENT 4: NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE ASSURANCE (NEA) I. INTRODUCTION The world threat environment has changed significantly over the course of the last decade requiring the Defense Industrial Base, including the National Laboratories and production facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), to respond accordingly. Government agencies have mobilized under a variety of national-level directives to protect critical security elements against a broad spectrum of new advanced adversary threats. The U.S. Government is concerned about the increased trend toward non-domestic procurement supply chain for nuclear weapon components, when coupled with the reality of increasingly sophisticated adversaries. Our defensive measures must reflect a full appreciation for the rapidly evolving, persistent, and aggressive approaches an adversary may employ that could impact our research, design, development, production, testing, storage, packaging, transportation, maintenance, surveillance, dismantlement, and disposal. Prevention of such threats includes activities that are conducted to support the NEA Program. II. NEA REQUIREMENTS Specific NEA requirements are in the Official Use Only (OUO) portion of Attachment 4 (pages A4-2 through A4-6) and are available upon request to the NNSA Weapon Quality Division, NA- 121.3 (505-845-5171).