ASC Program Elements
Click image for enlargement with caption.Integrated Codes
This sub-program constitutes laboratory code projects that develop and improve the weapons simulation tools, the physics, the engineering, and the specialized codes. These code projects are at varying levels of maturity, from recasted legacy codes that are able to run on advanced architectures to more sophisticated and accurate models and numerics being developed for representation in the next generation codes. This sub-program addresses the improvement of simulations of weapons systems that would predict, with reduced uncertainties, the behavior of devices in the stockpile, and which would begin the analysis and design for a Reliable Replacement Warhead. In general, the sub-program’s products are large-scale, integrated simulation codes needed for (1) SSP maintenance, (2) the Life Extension Program, (3) addressing and closing Significant Findings, and (4) the support of dismantlement processes and future modifications.