UCNI General Guideline GG-3

CHAPTER VI

Nuclear Material Production *

A. Design and Operation.

1. Sensitive design information concerning a specified sensitive facility which is not readily observable from a public area
(Basis: QR FY-87/3; ID No.: GG #6) . . . . . . . .UCNI

2. The fact that specified equipment is critical to the performance of a specified or unspecified sensitive function
(Basis: QR FY-87/4; ID No.: GG #7) . . . . . . . .UCNI

a. Information concerning unique or critical aspects of the design or operation of a reactor or reactor component used for the production of nuclear material for atomic energy defense programs
(Basis: QR FY-88/4; ID No.: GG #12) . . . . . . .UCNI

b. Information concerning unique or critical aspects of the design or operation of facilities which process or separate nuclear material for atomic energy defense programs
(Basis: QR FY-88/4, ID No.: GG #13). . . . . . . .UCNI

3. Sensitive design or design-related operational information concerning sensitive facilities that is essential to or could significantly assist in designing, constructing, or operating facilities or equipment for producing, processing, separating, or otherwise utilizing nuclear material for military applications or could significantly increase the likelihood of the illegal production of a nuclear weapon
(Basis: QR FY-89/1; ID No.: GG #10) . . . . . . . .UCNI

4. Information concerning the design or operation of reactors used for the production of nuclear material for commercial usage
(GG #24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOT UCNI

5. Unclassified N-reactor design and operating data (not revealing sensitive design information) including power levels, flow rates, flux and thermal profiles, fuel design, charge, exposure, burnup, and discharge information
(GG #25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOT UCNI

*Reference Chapter I, Paragraph D

CHAPTER VII

Nuclear Power Production *

A. Design and Operation.

1. Sensitive design information concerning a specified sensitive facility which is not readily observable from a public area
(Basis: QR FY-87/3; ID No.: GG #6) . . . . . . . .UCNI

2. The fact that specified equipment is critical to the performance of a specified or unspecified sensitive function
(Basis: GG #7, QR FY-87/4; ID No.: GG #7). . . . .UCNI

a. Information concerning unique or critical aspects of the design of naval nuclear propulsion reactor plants or their components
(Basis: QR FY-88/4 and QR FY-89/4; ID No.: GG #14) .UCNI

4. Information concerning the design or operation of commercial power producing reactors and the capabilities of such facilities
(GG #26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOT UCNI

*Reference Chapter I, Paragraph D

CHAPTER VIII

Nuclear Weapons *

A. Design.

1. Any critical or unique design information of an actual or hypothetical nuclear weapon, except for specific examples of such designs approved for public release by the Director of Security Affairs (SA-1), that was once classified as Restricted Data, but which has been removed from the Restricted Data category
(Basis: QR FY-88/4, ID No.: GG #18) . . . . . . . .UCNI

B. Manufacture.

1. Sensitive design or design-related operational information concerning sensitive facilities that is essential to or could significantly assist in designing, constructing, or operating facilities or equipment for producing, processing, separating, or otherwise utilizing nuclear material for military applications or could significantly increase the likelihood of the illegal production of a nuclear weapon
(Basis: QR FY-89/1, ID No.: #10) . . . . . . . . .UCNI

2. Any unique or critical manufacturing technique or process which could be of major assistance in the illegal production of a nuclear weapon or a component of a nuclear weapon
(Basis: QR FY-88/4, ID No.: GG #19). . . . . . . .UCNI

3. Unclassified information concerning research and development, procurement, or processing of pyrotechnic materials for use in nuclear weapon components, except for information which could significantly increase the likelihood of sabotage of a sensitive facility
(GG #37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOT UCNI

4. Unclassified information concerning research and development or production of propellant material that reveals specific manufacturing specifications or processing related to the material as used in a nuclear weapon
(Basis: QR FY-92/3; ID No.: GG #38). . . . . . . .UCNI

5. Unclassified nuclear weapons program related research and development or production information concerning high-explosive material that would significantly assist a proliferator in developing or producing high-explosive material for use in a nuclear weapon
(Basis: QR FY-92/3; ID No.: GG #39). . . . . . . .UCNI

C. Utilization.

1. Information related to the utilization of nuclear weapons which could assist a potential criminal in an act of sabotage or theft of a nuclear weapon or component of a nuclear weapon
(Basis: QR FY-88/4; ID No.: GG #20) . . . . . . .UCNI

2. Information concerning the handling of nuclear weapons which is readily observable from a public area (e.g., airports, railroads, highways)
(GG #28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOT UCNI

3. Unclassified information indicating the (a) total quantity produced, (b) production rate, or (c) cost of an unclassified nonnuclear component in support of a specified or unspecified weapon system
(GG #27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOT UCNI

*Reference Chapter I, Paragraph D

CHAPTER IX

Other Areas

A. "No Comment" Policy.

The following topics are the basis for the "no comment" policy concerning widely disseminated documents or material:

1. The fact that a document or material contains or does not contain UCNI if it is (or is to be) widely and irretrievably disseminated in the public domain because its dissemination is not (or will not be) under the control of the Government
(Basis: QR FY-88/1; ID No.: GG #8) . . . . . . . .UCNI

2. The fact that a document or material which has been or is being officially released into the public domain does not contain UCNI
(GG #9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOT UCNI

CHAPTER X

UCNI Guidance Sources

A. Topical Guidelines.

All authorized topical guidelines are listed below. Topical guidelines are issued by the indicated organization. A Reviewing Official or a Denying Official shall contact the issuing organization directly to request copies of its topical guidelines.

1. Office of Processing and Reactor Facilities (DP-63)

a. Title: Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Topical Guideline for Plutonium-AVLIS (TG-PAV-1, July 1992)

b. Classification/Control level: OUO

c. Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Control Point:

Mr. John Ford

Office of Processing and Reactor Facilities (DP-63)

U.S. Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20858

Tel.: (301) 903-3782

2. Office of Advanced Technology Projects and Technology Transfer (NE-35)

a. Title: Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Topical Guideline for Uranium-AVLIS (TG-UAV-1 Ch. 1, June 1991)

b. Classification/Control Level: OUO

c. Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Contact Point:

Dr. Norton Haberman

Office of Advanced Technology Projects and Technology Transfer (NE-35)

U.S. Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

Tel.: (301) 903-4781

3. Office of Classification (SA-20)

a. Titles:

(1) DOE Classification and UCNI Guide for Arms Control and Verification Technology (CG-ACVT-1, February 1992)

(2) Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Topical Guideline for Fixed- Site Safeguards and Security (TG-FSSS-1, September 1992)

(3) Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Topical Guideline on High-Explosive Material (TG-HE-1, June 1992)

(4) Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Topical Guideline for the Nuclear Emergency Search Team (TG-NEST-1, November 1990)

(5) Topical Guideline Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information for New Production Reactors (TG-NPR-1, January 1990)

(6) Classification and UCNI Guide for Verification Activities at the Nevada Test Site (CG-NV-TV-2, February 1992)

NOTE: The following applies to each of the above.

b. Classification/Control level: OUO

c. Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Contact Point:

A. Bryan Siebert

Office of Classification, SA-20

Security Affairs

U.S. Department of Energy

Washington, D.C. 20585

Tel.: (301) 903-3521

B. Internal Guidelines.

All authorized internal guidelines are listed below. Internal guidelines are issued by the indicated organization. A Reviewing Official or a Denying Official shall contact the issuing organization directly to request (1) copies of its internal guidelines, and/or (2) authority to use its internal guidelines. Internal guidelines may be used as bases for determinations made by a Reviewing Official or a Denying Official only if the official has been explicitly authorized in writing to use the internal guidelines by the issuing organization. Otherwise, a document or material must be transmitted to the organization which issued the internal guidelines for review for UCNI under its cognizance and denial of the public release of the UCNI.

1. DOE Albuquerque Field Office (AL)

a. Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City Division

(1) Titles:

(a) Allied-Signal Kansas City Plant UCNI Guideline (IG-KCD-1, September 1992)

(b) Classification Guide and UCNI Guidelines for the Emergency Operations Center (January 1992)

(2) Classification/Control Level: OUO

(3) Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Contact Point:

Mr. Stephen V. Zvacek

Allied-Signal Aerospace Co.

Kansas City Division

P.O. Box 419159

Kansas City, MO 64141-6159

Tel.: (816) 997-3752

2. DOE Idaho Field Office (ID)

a. Title: Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Internal Guidelines (IG-ID-1, October 1990)

b. Classification/Control Level: UCNI

c. Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Contact Point:

Mr. Carl R. Robertson

U.S. Department of Energy

Idaho Field Office

785 DOE Place

Idaho Falls, ID 83403-2245

Tel.: (208) 526-0271

3. DOE San Francisco Field Office (SF)

a. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

(1) Title: Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Internal Guidelines (IG-LL-O, K-89-504, December 1, 1989)

(2) Classification/Control Level: Unclassified

(3) Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Contact Point:

Mr. William A. Whitesell

University of California

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-302

P.O. Box 808

Livermore, CA 94550

Tel.: (415) 422-4444

4. DOE Savannah River Field Office (SR)

a. Titles:

(1) Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Internal Guidelines (IG-SR-1, September 1986)

(2) U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Field Office Classification and UCNI Guide (SR-IC-50 Rev. 8, July 1991)

b. Classification/Control Levels:

(1) Above: UCNI

(2) Above: SRD

c. Issuing Organization/Distribution/Authorizing Contact Point:

Ms. S. Anne Thomas

U.S. Department of Energy

Savannah River Field Office

P.O. Box A

Aiken, SC 29801

Tel.: (803) 725-5567

Return to Chapter V.

CHAPTER XI

Sensitive Functions and Facilities

A. Sensitive Functions.

A sensitive function is one in support of atomic energy defense programs whose disruption could reasonably be expected to have a significant adverse effect on the health and safety of the public or the common defense and security. The list of sensitive functions in conjunction with appropriate general guidelines topics is intended to provide a basis for organizations to generate detailed internal guidelines tailored to local needs. Proposed additions, revisions, or deletions to this list should be submitted to SA-20 for consideration and approval.

1. Production or Utilization Facility Design.

a. Production or Utilization Facilities.

(1) Research, development, design, production, and operation of nuclear power reactors or nuclear power sources for military applications other than naval nuclear propulsion.

(2) Information on the design of naval nuclear propulsion reactor plants and reactor plant components.

(3) Procurement, production, fabrication, assembly, disassembly, processing, and/or disposal of nuclear and other materials for reactor or power sources for military applications other than naval nuclear propulsion.

(4) Research and development activities and design, construction, operation, maintenance, etc., related to inertial confinement fusion for military applications.

b. Nuclear Materials.

(1) Production, processing, or utilization of nuclear materials for nuclear weapons program use.

(2) Reclamation and recycle of nuclear materials and certain other materials for nuclear weapons program applications.

(3) Procurement or production and processing of certain other materials for nuclear weapons program uses.

(4) Responding to incidents or accidents involving nuclear materials.

(5) Transportation of nuclear material.

(6) Storage of nuclear material.

(7) Testing of nuclear material including quality assurance/ reliability testing activities.

2. Safeguards and Security.

a. Transportation of nuclear weapons or devices, nuclear weapon or device components, or nuclear materials for military applications, including (1) acquiring, modifying, operating, and maintaining equipment; (2) acquiring, modifying, operating, and maintaining communications capabilities; and (3) training and providing couriers and escorts for transportation of the above.

b. Safeguarding of nuclear weapons or devices, nuclear weapon or device components, and nuclear material, including special nuclear material (see DOE 5632.1A, attachment 2, for the definitions of the terms security and safeguards as applied here), in production or utilization facilities.

c. Providing security for nuclear weapons or devices, nuclear weapon or device components, and production and utilization facilities performing atomic energy defense programs functions.

d. Providing Nuclear Emergency Search Team capabilities.

e. Evaluating safeguards and security measures for production and utilization facilities and nuclear materials contained in such facilities or in transit.

f. Collecting, collating, analyzing, coordinating, and using intelligence, investigatory, or other information pertaining to actual or potential threats to atomic energy defense programs facilities; nuclear material or other special materials for use in atomic energy defense programs applications; nuclear material, nuclear weapons or devices, or components of nuclear weapons or devices in transit.

g. Coordinating safeguards and security matters with other Federal, state, or local organizations concerning atomic energy defense programs activities or facilities.

3. Nuclear Weapons.

a. Research, development, and design of nuclear weapons, devices, or components.

b. Testing of nuclear weapons, devices, or components including quality assurance/reliability testing activities.

c. Procurement, production, and/or assembly, storage, modification, retrofit, maintenance, disassembly, retirement, and disposal of nuclear weapons, devices, or components.

d. Transportation of nuclear weapons or components or transportation of nuclear materials for military applications.

e. Reclamation and recycle of nuclear weapon components, nuclear materials, and certain other materials for nuclear weapons program applications.

f. Responding to incidents or accidents involving nuclear weapons, devices, or components.

g. Production and processing of nuclear materials for weapons program uses, and procurement or production and processing of certain other materials for nuclear weapons program uses.

B. Sensitive Facilities.

A sensitive facility is one which performs a sensitive function. If the concept of "sensitive facilities" is used in topics in an organization's internal implementation, the organization shall submit a site-specific list of sensitive facilities based on the above sensitive function list to SA-20 for inclusion below. It is the preparing organization's responsibility to insure the continued accuracy and completeness of its portion of the list. This list of sensitive facilities, in conjunction with appropriate general guidelines topics, is intended to concisely communicate to the community at large what site-related information is considered by the originator to be UCNI. This list is not intended to replace internal guidelines and is not a basis for document review or denial determinations.

1. Site Specified

a. DOE Idaho Field Office (ID).

(1) Idaho Chemical Processing Plant

(2) New Production Reactor

(3) Radioactive Waste Management Complex

(4) Special Isotope Separation Facility

(5) Test Reactor Area

b. DOE Nevada Field Office (NV).

(1) All DOE/NV Class "A" and "B" facilities at:

(a) Las Vegas, NV

(b) Nevada Test Site

(d) Hawaii

(e) Johnston Atoll

(2) All EG&G Energy Measurements, Inc. (EG&G/EM), Class "A" and "B" facilities at:

(a) Las Vegas, NV

(b) North Las Vegas, NV

(d) Kirtland AFB, NM

(e) Los Alamos, NM

(f) Andrews AFB, MD

(g) Pleasanton, CA

(h) Santa Barbara, CA

(i) Goleta, CA

(3) All Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc. (REECo), Class "A" and "B" facilities at:

(a) Las Vegas, NV

(b) Nevada Test Site

(4) All Holmes & Narver, Inc. (H&N), Class "A" and "B" facilities at:

(a) Las Vegas, NV

(b) Nevada Test Site

(d) Orange, CA

(e) Hawaii

(f) Johnston Atoll

(5) All Fenix & Scisson, Inc. (F&S), Class "A" and "B" facilities at the Nevada Test Site.

(6) All KMS Fusion, Inc., Class "A" and "B" facilities at Ann Arbor, MI.

(7) All national laboratory Class "A" and "B" facilities at:

(a) Nevada Test Site

(b) Tonopah Test Range

c. DOE Savannah River Field Office (SR).

(1) Reactor Areas - 100 RPLKC.


     Building                 Description



     (a) 105 RPLKC            Reactors

     (b) 107 RPLKC            Emergency Recirculation Weir

     (c) 108-1, -2 RPLKC      Emergency Diesel Building

     (d) 151-1, -2 RPLKC      Power Substations

     (e) 186 RPLKC            Cooling Water Reservoir

     (f) 190 RPLKC            Pump House

(2) Separation Areas - 200 F&H. (Includes the Naval Fuel Facility (FMF) and the Uranyl Nitrate Conversion Facility (FPF).)


     Building                 Description



     (a) 221 F&H              Separations Canyons

     (b) 225 H                Fuel Production Facility

     (c) 232 H                Tritium Extract Building

     (d) 234 H                Tritium Load Building

     (e) 235 F                Heat Source Facility

     (f) 238 H                Tritium Reclaim Building

     (g) 241 F&H              Tank Farms (Waste)

     (h) 244 H                Receiving Basin for Offsite Fuels

     (i) 247 F                Naval Fuel Building

     (j) 292 F&H              Filter Complex

     (k) 294 F&H              Filter Complex

     (l) 294-1 F&H            Filter Complex

(3) Fuel and Target Fabrication Area - 300 M.


     Building                 Description



     (a) 313                  Depleted Uranium Target Fabrication

                                Building

     (b) 320                  Lithium Target Fabrication Building

     (c) 321                  Enriched Uranium Fuel Fabrication

                                Building

(4) Heavy Water Facility - 400 D.


     Building                 Description



     (a) 420 D                Heavy Water Rework

     (b) 421 D                Heavy Water Loading

     (c) 421-2 D              Heavy Water Storage

(5) Pump Houses - 600 G.


     Building                 Description



     (a) 681-1G, -3G, -5G     River Pump Houses

     (b) 681-6G               Par Pond Pump House

(6) Savannah River Laboratory, Emergency Operating Center, and Operations Support Facilities - 700 A.


     Building                 Description



     (a) 701-1 (Area)         Patrol Facilities

     (b) 703 A                Administrative Facility and        



                                Emergency Operating Center

     (c) 751 A                Remote Station/Reactors

     (d) 773 A                Savannah River Laboratory

2. Site Unspecified

a. Uranium-AVLIS

(1) Experiment and process demonstration facilities (such as the Laser and Separator Facility (Bldg. 490) at LLNL.

(2) Essential support facilities (such as those at the Oak Ridge K-25, X-10, and gaseous diffusion plants)

(3) Production facilities upon their construction.

b. Plutonium-AVLIS

(1) Experiment and process demonstration facilities. (Such as the LLNL Laser and Separator Facility (Bldg. 490); Plutonium Facility (Bldg. 332), EDS Equipment Facility (Bldg. 335), and Separator Development Facility (Bldg. 16) and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory facilities.

(2) Essential support facilities

(3) Production facilities upon their construction.

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