The following topics apply to the SIS Program sensitive functions and sensitive facilities identified in Sections. D and E and to all directly related activities and technologies:
Specific information on AVLIS process experience, improvements, or descriptions of operations in such detail that it provides information which can be used to sabotage an operation or facility or to divert nuclear material. (Reference No.: PAV #1, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
1.1 General descriptions of the AVLIS process and facility operations without details that could be used to sabotage a facility or divert nuclear material. NOT UCNI
1.2 The fact that some elements in the lanthanide series (rare earth elements with atomic numbers 57 to 71) can be, were, or are being used as surrogates for plutonium in test hardware, including the fact that these materials are vaporized in plutonium--AVLIS-style separator. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Any elaboration, including identification of the elements used, is likely to be classified
1.2.1 Basic scientific information, available in the public domain, concerning the properties of any element in the lanthanide series. NOT UCNI
2.1 The fact that research and development (R&D), plant design, construction, and operation of facilities has been or is being conducted for the separation of plutonium isotopes for use in nuclear weapons. NOT UCNI
2.2 That the purpose of separating plutonium isotopes is:
2.2.1 To reduce personnel exposure. NOT UCNI
2.2.2 To convert fuel-grade plutonium to weapons-grade plutonium. NOT UCNI
2.2.3 To provide plutonium isotopes for unclassified non-defense applications such as for power cells and medical uses. NOT UCNI
2.3 The fact that AVLIS has the capability for separating individual isotopes of plutonium for weapons R&D. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Any further elaboration may be classified.
2.4 Unclassified basic scientific information concerning the physical and chemical properties of plutonium. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Certain information concerning the properties of plutonium that are important to nuclear weapons design or AVLIS are classified (i.e., certain plutonium equation-of-state information; certain plutonium spectroscopy information, etc.).
2.5 Laser spectroscopy techniques and procedures, provided classified information or information determined to be UCNI by other topics in this guideline is not revealed. NOT UCNI
2.6 Unclassified budgetary information, and general programmatic information that does not reveal information determined to be UCNI by other topics in this guideline. NOT UCNI
2.6.1 Unclassified cost data. NOT UCNI
2.6.2 Qualitative unclassified general statements of capacity such as much smaller than a Uranium-AVLIS plant or other similar broad unclassified statements. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Quantitative capacity, production, or throughout information, or contexts that can readily infer such information (e.g., comparisons to other quantitative information) are likely to be classified.
2.7 Isotopic assay of the feed or product at the plant boundary. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Isotopic assay of the by-product or isotopic assay of the feed or product at any point other than the plant boundary are classified. An exception is that by-product assays that are not indicative of average plant conditions and are not associated with a given feed assay are unclassified and NOT UCNI (provided the context or other associated information does not reveal classified information).
2.7.1 Information concerning the form of the feed or information concerning trace elements found in the plutonium streams if unclassified. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Information concerning composition, etc., may be classified.
2.8 The fact that the capability to stage exists and is/was used in the Plutoniium-AVLIS Process. NOT UCNI
2.9 The fact that the Plutoniium-AVLIS Process includes the accessing of plutonium atoms in a metastable state. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Information concerning the method to access atoms in a metastable state is classified.
Sensitive design or design-related operational information concerning critical equipment or components that, if sabotaged, could prevent operation of the SIS Plant or could prevent safe shutdown of a specific AVLIS sensitive facility under normal or abnormal conditions; or AVLIS sensitive facility design information that could be of significant assistance in planning or executing an act of theft, diversion, or dispersion of nuclear materials contained in AVLIS under normal or abnormal conditions; or avlis sensitive facility sensitive facilities. (Reference No.: PAV #2, Basis: GG #11) UCNI
3.1 Sensitive design information concerning a specified sensitive facility that could aid a malefactor and is not readily observable from a public area. (Reference No.: PAV #3, Basis: GG #6). UCNI
3.1.1 General descriptions of facilities, equipment, procedures, or material flow, and environmental or safety information based on "maximum credible" data intended for public release. NOT UCNI
NOTE: However, see topic 8.4.
3.2 Detailed floor plans, schematics, equipment number identifications, or similar information that identify or locate critical equipment. (Reference No.: PAV #4, Basis: GG #6). UCNI
3.2.1 General floor plans and equipment lists that do not identify and locate critical equipment. NOT UCNI
NOTE: For example, floor plans for office/administrative areas; wiring diagrams for lighting; potable or sanitary water system information; floor plans showing only general information concerning the site such as which areas are process areas and which are not process areas.
3.3 Information revealing specific equipment power-supply points or cooling-water system details. (Reference No.: PAV #5, Basis: GG #6). UCNI
3.3.1 General information on electrical service and cooling systems without details. NOT UCNI
3.4 Specific information on the location or operation of critical instruments, controls, valves, or on the routing of critical communications or utility lines. (Reference No.: PAV #6, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
3.4.1 General information about instrumentation and control systems, communications systems, or utilities without details. NOT UCNI
3.5 Information on the sensitivity of critical equipment, control systems, accountability systems, or alarm systems. (Reference No.: PAV #7, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
3.5.1 General information about equipment, control systems, accountability systems, or alarms that does not reveal the sensitivity or minimum detection thresholds or any other information that could significantly aid a malefactor. NOT UCNI
3.6 Any association of significant design details for plutonium chemical processing that are in the public domain with the SIS Plant or demonstration facilities, if that information would assist a malefactor. (Reference No.: PAV #8, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
3.7 Standard operating procedures, flow charts, etc., for a sensitive facility that provide details or step-by-step instructions on how to operate a process or equipment in normal or abnormal circumstances. (Reference No.: PAV #9, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
Specific information about applications of unclassified technologies to AVLIS (copper and dye laser technology, electron-beam-gun technology, refractory-materials technology, plutonium-processing technology, etc.), if such information could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing fissile isotope separation capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #10, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
4.1 Specific information on innovative advances in unclassified technologies applicable to AVLIS beyond those achieved in the academic or industrial sectors. (Reference No.: PAV #11, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
4.1.1 General information about advances in unclassified technologies applicable to AVLIS without details that could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing fissile isotope separation capabilities. NOT UCNI
4.2 Information revealing an interest, by organizations or people who are involved in or associated with the SIS Program, in an unclassified technology to evaluate the potential use of that technology in unclassified applications, provided specific information that could significantly aid another nation in developing or improving SNM production capabilities is not revealed. NOT UCNI
4.3 Information revealing that a significant commercially available component or technology is used in the design of the SIS Plant if that information would significantly assist another nation in developing or improving SNM production capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #12, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
4.4 The fact that commercially available lasers or laser components are used in the Plutonium-AVLIS laser system, provided classified information is not revealed. NOT UCNI
4.4.1 The fact that the process wavelengths for excitation are in the range of 560-800 nm. NOT UCNI
4.4.2 The specification of a sub-range of wavelengths of interest expressed in round numbers with a minimum width of 20 nm (e.g., 560-580 nm) for use in procurement of detectors, instruments, and coatings for optics having a finite optical response; provided the specific function or application is not revealed, and no specific process wavelength is identifiable by the subrange. NOT UCNI
4.4.2.1 If unclassified, such specification of a sub-range of wavelengths which reveals information concerning function or application. (Reference No.: PAV #13, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
NOTE: Information revealing specific process wavelength or subrange of less than 20 nm are classified.
4.4.3 Minor or evolutionary modifications to commercially available components, lasers, or laser designs for AVLIS applications, provided classified information is not revealed. (Reference No.: PAV #14, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
4.4.4 Commercially procured lasers or laser components for the Plutonium-AVLIS auxiliary laser system. NOT UCNI
Specific design or design-related operational information about advances in copper-laser (CL) technology that are applicable to Plutonium-AVLIS and promise significant increases in laser lifetime, efficiency, or power output if such information could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing laser isotope separation capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #15, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
5.1 Copper-laser technology per se, or information on CL designs for applications other than for the separation of SNM, not revealing information important to lasers for an SIS Plant. NOT UCNI
5.2 Copper-laser incremental or evolutionary design improvements that apply to engineering development of the Plutonium-AVLIS laser system and details of CL hardware and engineering designs that are beyond the state of the art in the public domain. (Reference No.: PAV #16, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
5.3 Performance specifications for the copper-laser chains for the SIS Plant. (Reference No.: PAV #17, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
5.3.1 Nominal CL power output, efficiencies, and lifetimes for the SIS Plant. NOT UCNI
5.3.2 Total required CL operating power for the SIS Plant. NOT UCNI
5.3.3 The power output levels, efficiencies, and lifetimes of copper lasers and associated electronics for the Laser Demonstration Facility (LDF) and earlier research facilities. NOT UCNI
5.3.4 The pulse-repetition frequency selected for the CL chains for the SIS Plant. NOT UCNI
5.4 The design and engineering details of the support systems for the CL system (cooling systems and power-conditioning equipment) and components of these support systems for the SIS Plant or developed specifically for AVLIS. (Reference No.: PAV #18, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
5.4.1 The general characteristics of CL system support systems and components. NOT UCNI
Unclassified design and engineering details of the dye laser system, components, and support systems including the dye handling systems specific to the SIS Plant, or that is prototypical of the SIS Plant system or hardware, if these details could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing laser isotope separation capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #19, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
6.1 Unclassified design specifications for dye laser components and chains important to achievement of the separator performance required for the SIS Plant. (Reference No.: PAV #20, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
6.2 Visual access to dye laser hardware for the SIS Plant, or dye laser hardware that is prototypical of the hardware for the SIS Plant and has been determined to be UCNI, but not revealing the design details or other sensitive information upon which the UCNI determination was based. NOT UCNI
The architecture, design, and engineering details of the Plutonium-AVLIS optical systems (not revealing classified information such as details of the photoionization process), if such optical-system details could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing laser isotope separation capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #21, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
7.1 Detailed and specific layouts or mockups of the optical systems for the copper and dye lasers. (Reference No.: PAV #22, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
7.2 General nondesign-specific descriptions of the Plutonium-AVLIS optical systems. NOT UCNI
7.3 General imaging optics and off-the-shelf optical components for handling and combining laser beams. NOT UCNI
7.4 For LDF, the beam profile revealing the cross-sectional shape of the beam without referencing the physical location of the beam cross section with respect to separator line optics or separator components. (Reference No.: PAV #23, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
NOTE: If beam dimension are revealed or if the location of the beam cross-section with respect to separator line optics or separator components is revealed then the profile is classified.
A detailed layout of the SIS Plant separator system showing material flow in addition to the number of separator units or separator lines (provided classified information is not revealed), if such details could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing fissile isotope separation capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #24, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.1 A general layout of the SIS Plant separator system showing the number of separators units or separator lines, provided classified information is not revealed. (Reference No.: PAV #25, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.1.1 The number of separator units per separator line. (Reference No.: PAV #26, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.1.2 The number of separator lines in the SIS Plant. NOT UCNI
8.2 The external appearance of a Plutonium-AVLIS separator chamber, separator unit, or separator line for a demonstration system or for the SIS Plant, provided classified information is not revealed. NOT UCNI
8.3 Engineering details on shielding of an SIS Plant separator, any quantitative information on separator shielding, or the amount of plutonium a separator unit can contain based on radiation safety considerations. (Reference No.: PAV #27, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
8.4 SIS Plant separator criticality calculations or the amount of plutonium a separator unit can contain based on criticality safety considerations. (Reference No.: PAV #28, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
8.5 The cooling system for the ion extractor provided the operating heat load is not revealed. (Reference No.: PAV #29, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.5.1 The heat load from separator components, separator units, or separator lines, except information revealing the ion extractor operating heat load. (Reference No.: PAV #30, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
NOTE: Ion extractor operating heat load is classified.
8.6 Modifications to commercially procured electron-beam guns or gun components specifically for a Plutonium-AVLIS demonstration system or SIS Plant applications. (Reference No.: PAV #31, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.6.1 Commercially procured electron-beam guns or gun components. NOT UCNI
8.6.2 The fact that unidentified commercially available electron-beam guns and gun components are used in the Plutonium-AVLIS separator system. NOT UCNI
8.7 The deflection magnet design provided no classified information concerning the separator is revealed. (Reference No.: PAV #32, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.8 Design of the water-cooled vaporization crucible (without liner) for an SIS Plant separator including the geometry, dimensions, and materials of construction, without revealing classified source performance parameters or separator design features. (Reference No.: PAV #33, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
8.9 The lifetime of the vapor collimator and the fact, without amplifying details, that a refluxing vapor collimator is used in Plutonium-AVLIS. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Design information concerning the vapor collimator and details concerning vapor refluxing are classified.
8.10 The fact that honeycomb structures or baffles are used to collect and contain by-product material. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Other extractor and by-product collector design information is classified
The identification of a particular refractory material or surface treatment with a new or innovative application in the handling of molten plutonium in the SIS balance of plant (provided classified information is not revealed), if such information could significantly aid another nation in improving or developing fissile isotope separation capabilities. (Reference No.: PAV #34, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
9.1 The identification of a specific new (not in the public domain) refractory material or treatment process to be used with the SIS balance of plant for the handling of liquid plutonium and not being used for critical separator components. (Reference No.: PAV #35, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
9.2 The identification of well-known refractory materials or surface treatments being used for the chemical processing of plutonium in the balance of plant and not being used for critical separator components. NOT UCNI
Comprehensive descriptions of the balance-of-plant processes for the SIS Plant (e.g., an SIS Plant flowsheet showing significant detail). (Reference No.: PAV #36, Basis: GG #10 and 11). UCNI
10.1 Detailed descriptions of any of the processes used in the preparation of feed to the AVLIS separators or in the preparation of weapons-grade plutonium including purification and reduction to metal processes. (Reference No.: PAV #37, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
10.2 Design or engineering details for any major or crucial component used in the preparation of feed to the AVLIS separators or in the preparation of weapons-grade plutonium. (Reference No.: PAV #38, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
10.3 New or innovative methods for the chemical processing of plutonium either as feed for the AVLIS separators or in the preparation of weapons-grade plutonium metal. (Reference No.: PAV #39, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
NOTE: Information about new processes or methods must be reviewed for classification to determine if the information is classified.
10.4 Specific information on advances in plutonium chemistry or metallurgy, including the hardware and materials used, which promise significant increases in the efficiency of plutonium processing. (Reference No.: PAV #40, Basis: GG #10). UCNI
10.5 Any association of significant design details for plutonium chemical processing that are in the public domain with the SIS Plant or for the demonstration system if that information would assist a malefactor. (Reference No.: PAV #41, Basis: GG #11) UCNI
The following topics apply to the sensitive facilities (identified in Section E) used for SIS Program activities. The information identified below as being UCNI may be classified for a particular facility. Before such information for a particular facility can be determined to be UCNI, the information must be determined to be unclassified by an authorized classifier using an approved local classification guide for the facility in question.
The fact that AVLIS R&D and the construction and operation of AVLIS facilities are sensitive functions. (Reference No.: PAV #42, Basis: GG #1) NOT UCNI
The fact that AVLIS R&D, or that the construction or operations of AVLIS facilities are being performed at LLNL, PNL, INEL, or at any other DOE contractor or subcontractor site. (Reference No.: PAV #43, Basis: GG #2). NOT UCNI
12.1 The indirect implication that a specific facility is being used for or is being constructed for AVLIS R&D or operations. (Reference No.: PAV #44, Basis: GG #4). NOT UCNI
12.2 The fact that specified equipment or facilities are critical to Plutonium-AVLIS R&D or operations. (Reference No.: PAV #45, Basis: GG #7). UCNI
Specific information on security systems, guards, patrols, or emergency response capabilities, determined not to be classified and not readily observable from uncontrolled areas, that could assist a malefactor in sabotaging a plutonium facility or in diverting nuclear material. (Reference No.: PAV #46, Basis: GG #15). UCNI
NOTE: This information must be determined to be unclassified using CG-SS-2 and local classification guides for Safeguards and Security.
13.1 General information on security systems that would normally be in the public domain for a classified or nuclear facility (e.g., the fact that armed guards and security equipment are used or general information such as that access control, barriers, deterrent and denial, etc., are used), or that could be determined by visual or other routine access from an uncontrolled area. NOT UCNI
13.2. General information on security system requirements specified in unclassified, not UCNI, DOE directives. NOT UCNI
Information on the location or quantities of nuclear materials in storage or being processed, their form or configuration, the nature of containers, and the nature of processing control systems or material accountability systems that could be of significant assistance or provide an incentive to a male factor for sabotage or diversion. (Reference No.: PAV #47, Basis: GG #11). UCNI
NOTE: This information must be determined to be unclassified using CG-SS-2 and local classification guides for Safeguards and Security.
14.1. The fact that a specific facility is or is not capable of storing or handling Safeguard Category I, II, III, or IV quantities of SNM. NOT UCNI
NOTE: Safeguard categories of SNM are specified in DOE Order 5633.3.
14.2 Generic nonplant-specific or nonsystem-specific information that could aid in defeating U.S. domestic safeguards. (Reference No.: PAV #48, Basis: GG #16). UCNI
NOTE: Plant- or system-specific information that would assist in defeating U.S. domestic safeguards is classified.
Information on the transportation of nuclear materials and wastes to and from Plutonium-AVLIS facilities such as schedules, routes, quantities, types and forms, nature of containers, and safety and security features that could significantly aid a malefactor in sabotaging a shipment, dispersing hazardous nuclear material, or diverting special nuclear material. (Reference No.: PAV #49, Basis: GG #16). UCNI
NOTE: This information must be determined to be unclassified using CG-SS-2 and local classificaiton guides for Safeguards and Security.
15.1 Information pertaining to the shipment of low-level wastes. NOT UCNI
15.2 Information on the transportation of nuclear materials and wastes that is contained in unclassified government regulations, directives, and documents, and has been officially placed in the public domain. NOT UCNI
15.3 Information on the transportation of nuclear materials and wastes that can be obtained by visual or other routine access from an uncontrolled area. NOT UCNI
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