WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) released the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP) for Fiscal Year 2024. This report describes NNSA’s continued plans to implement the Biden Administration’s 2022 Nuclear Posture Review by maintaining a safe, secure, reliable, and effective nuclear weapons stockpile, without the need for nuclear explosive testing and while revitalizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise.
This year’s SSMP details DOE/NNSA’s efforts to accomplish program requirements to produce 80 plutonium pits per year; achieve the first production units for the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP), W87-1 Modification Program, and W93; and continue production of the B61-12 LEP and W88 Alteration 370 warheads.