TOP-1-2-612, TEST OPERATIONS PROCEDURE (TOP): NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT SURVIVABILITY (24-OCT-2008)

TOP-1-2-612, TEST OPERATIONS PROCEDURE (TOP): NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT SURVIVABILITY (24-OCT-2008)., This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) is a general outline on test and analysis procedures required to determine the effects of a specified nuclear environment on Army materiel. This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) is a general outline on test and analysis procedures required to determine the effects of a specified nuclear environment on Army materiel. The purpose of these test and analysis procedures is to ascertain the degree to which the Operational Requirements Document (ORD), Capabilities Development Document (CDD), Army Regulation (AR) 70-751**, Independent Evaluation Plan (IEP)/Independent Assessment Plan (IAP) criteria, and Army Nuclear Hardening Criteria (NHC) are met. Army materiel can consist of complete end items, subsystems, Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), components or piece-parts of major systems. All materiel must be tested and analyzed to its NHC with respect to the performance of all its mission essential functions. Realistic hardware, and practical test configurations and scenarios must be tested and analyzed in order to achieve an accurate and complete Nuclear Survivability Test and Assessment (NTSA). All NTSAs must include a three phase approach in order to meet the requirements of Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5000.12, AR 70-75 and its NHC3. This TOP adheres to an integrated set of test principles and procedures that will result in timely, reliable, and consistent data for nuclear survivability analysis. This document is encouraged for use by all nuclear survivability testers (government and contractor) for test planning, for test conduct, and for acquiring and analyzing data in technical and customer tests.