DOD Doctrine

SORT: 5210.83
DOCI: DODD 5210.83
DATE: 19911115
TITL: DODD 5210.83 Department of Defense Unclassified Controlled Nuclear
Information (DoD UCNI), November 15, 1991, ASD(C3I) thru ch 1
November 16,1994

Refs:(a) Section 128 of title 10, United States Code
(b) DoD 54O0.7-R, "DoD Freedom of Information Act Program," October 1990,
authorized by DoD Directive 5400.7, May 13, 1988
(c) Section 552 of title 5, United States Code
(d) CG-W-5, "Joint DOE/DoD Nuclear Weapon Classification Policy Guide,"
the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense, January 1984
(e) through (k), see enclosure 1

A. PURPOSE

This Directive implements reference (a) by establishing policy, assigning
responsibilities, and prescribing procedures for identifying, controlling,
and limiting the dissemination of unclassified information on the physical
protection of DoD special nuclear material (SNM), equipment, and
facilities.  That information shall be referred to as the Department of
Defense Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (DoD UCNI)," to
distinguish it from a similar Department of Energy (DoE) program.

B. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Directive:

1. Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military
Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint
Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, the Defense Agencies, and the
DoD Field Activities (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD
Components").

2. Implements reference (a), which is the statutory basis for controlling
the DoD UCNI in the Department of Defense.  Reference (a) also constitutes
the authority for invoking reference (b) to prohibit mandatory disclosure
of DoD UCNI under the "Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)" in reference
(c).

3. Supplements the security classification guidance contained in reference
(d) and CG-SS-1 and DoD Instruction 5210.67 (references (e) and (f)) by
establishing procedures for identifying, controlling, and limiting the
dissemination of unclassified information on the physical protection of
DoD SNM.

4. Applies to all SNM, regardless of form, in reactor cores to other items
under the direct control of the DoD Components.

5. Applies equally to DoE UCNI under DoD control, except the statute
applicable to DoE UCNI (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq., reference (g))must be used
with the concurrence of the DoE as the basis for invoking the FOIA
(Section 552 of 10 U.S.C., reference (c)).

C. DEFINITIONS

Terms used in this Directive are defined in enclosure 2.

D. POLICY

It is DoD policy:

1. To prohibit the unauthorized dissemination of unclassified information
on security measures, including security plans, procedures, and equipment
for the physical protection of DoD SNM, equipment, or facilities.

2. That the decision to protect unclassified information as DoD UCNI shall
be based on a determination that the unauthorized dissemination of such
information could reasonably be expected to have a significant adverse
effect on the health and safety of the public or the common defense and
security by increasing significantly the likelihood of the illegal
production of nuclear weapons or the theft, diversion, or sabotage of DoD
SNM, equipment, or facilities.

3. That government information shall be made publicly available to the
fullest extent possible by applying the minimum restrictions consistent
with the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 128 (reference (a)) necessary to
protect the health and safety of the public or the common defense and
security.

4. That nothing in this Directive prevents a determination that
information previously determined to be DoD UCNI is classified information
under applicable standards of classification.

E. RESPONSIBILITIES

1. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control,
Communications, and Intelligence shall:

a.  Administer the DoD program for controlling DoD UCNI.

b.  Coordinate DoD compliance with the DoE program for controlling DoE
UCNI.

c.  Prepare and maintain the reports required by 10 U.S.C. 128 (reference
(a)).

2. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) shall provide
guidance to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence) (ASD(C3I)), other elements of the OSD,
and the Heads of the DoD Components on the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552, reference
(c)), as implemented in DoD 54O0.7-R (reference (b)), as it applies to the
DoD UCNI Program.

3. The Heads of the DoD Components shall:

a.  Implement this Directive in their DoD Components.

b.  Advise the ASD(C3I) of the following, when information not in the
guidelines in enclosure 4 is determined to be DoD UCNI:

(1) Identification of the type of information to be controlled as DoD
UCNI. It is not necessary to report each document or numbers of documents.

(2) Justification for identifying the type of information as DoD UCNI,
based on the guidelines in enclosure 4 and prudent application of the
adverse effects test.

F. PROCEDURES

Enclosure 3 outlines the procedures for controlling DoD UCNI. Enclosure 4
provides general and topical guidelines for identifying information that
may qualify for protection as DoD UCNI. The procedures and guidelines in
enclosures 3 and 4 complement the DoD Component programs to protect other
DoD-sensitive unclassified information and may be used with them.

G. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Section 128 of 10 U.S.C. (reference (a)) requires that the Secretary of
Defense prepare on a quarterly basis a report to be made available on the
request of any interested person.  Enclosure 3 outlines the procedures for
preparing the quarterly report.

2. The report is exempt from licensing in accordance with DoD 775O.5-M,
paragraph E,4.e. (reference (h)).

H. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Directive is effective immediately.

Donald J. Atwood Deputy Secretary of Defense

Enclosures - 4 1. References 2. Definitions 3. Procedures for Identifying
and Controlling DoD UCNI 4. Guidelines for the Determination of DoD UCNI

REFERENCES, continued

(e) CG-SS-1, "Safeguards and Security Classification Guide," the
Department of Energy, September 1985
(f) DoD Instruction 5210.67, "Special Nuclear Material Information,
Security Classification Guidance," December 3, 1982
(g) Section 2011 et seq. of title 42, United States Code
(h) DoD 775O.5-M, "DoD Procedures for Management of Information
Requirements," November 1986, authorized by DoD Directive 7750.5,
"Management and Control of Information Requirements, August 7, 1986
(i) DoE GG-2, "Department of Energy Unclassified Controlled Nuclear
Information General Guidelines," the Department of Energy, August 1989
(j) Department of Energy Order 5635.4, "Protection of Unclassified
Controlled Nuclear Information," February 3, 1988
(k) Department of Energy Order 5650.3, "Identification of Unclassified
Controlled Nuclear, Information," February 29, 1988

DEFINITIONS

1. Atomic Energy Defense Programs.  Activities, equipment, and facilities
of the Department of Defense used or engaged in support of the following:

a.  Development, production, testing, sampling, maintenance, repair,
modification, assembly, utilization, transportation, or retirement of
nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon components.

b.  Production, utilization, or transportation of DoD SNM for military
applications.

c.  Safeguarding of activities, equipment, or facilities that support the
functions in definitions 1.a. and 1.b., above, including the protection of
nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components, or DoD SNM for military
applications at a fixed facility or in transit. 2. Authorized Individual.
A person who has been granted routine access to specific DoD UCNI under 10
U.S.C. 128 (reference (a)).

3. Denying Official.  An individual who denies a request made under 5
U.S.C. 552 for all, or any portion, of a document or material containing
DoD UCNI.

4. Document or Material.  The physical medium on, or in, which information
is recorded, or a product or substance which contains or reveals
information, regardless or its physical form or characteristics.

5. Information.  Any fact or concept regardless of the physical form or
characteristics of the medium on, or in, which it is recorded, contained
or revealed.

6. Reviewing Official.  An individual who may make a determination that a
document or material contains, does not contain, or no longer contains DoD
UCNI.

7. Safeguards.  An integrated system of physical protection, material
accounting, and material control measures designed to deter, prevent,
detect, and respond to unauthorized possession, use, or sabotage of DoD
SNM, equipment or facilities.

8. Special Nuclear Material Facility.  A DoD facility that performs a
sensitive function (see definition 9., below).

9. Sensitive Function.  A function 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 (see definition 1., above).

10. Special Nuclear Material (SNM). Plutonium, uranium enriched in the
isotope-233 or in the isotope-235, except source material or any material
artificially enriched by any of the foregoing.

11. Special Nuclear Material Equipment.  Equipment, systems, or components
whose failure or destruction would cause an impact on safeguarding DoD SNM
resulting in an unacceptable interruption to a national security program
or an unacceptable impact on the health and safety of the public.

12. Unauthorized Dissemination.  The intentional or negligent transfer, in
any manner and by any person, of information contained in a document or
material determined by a reviewing official to contain DoD UCNI, and so
marked in accordance with the procedures in Enclosure 3, to any person or
entity other than an authorized individual or a person granted special
access to specific DoD UCNI under 10 U.S.C. 128 (reference (a)).

PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING DoD UCNI

A. GENERAL

1. The Secretary of Defense's authority for prohibiting the unauthorized
disclosure and dissemination of DoD UCNI may be exercised by the Heads of
the DoD Components and by the officials to whom such authority is
specifically delegated by the Heads of the DoD Components.  These
procedures for identifying and controlling DoD UCNI are provided as
guidance for the Heads of the DoD Components to implement the Secretary of
Defense's authority t9 prohibit the unauthorized dissemination of
unclassified information on security measures, including security plans,
procedures, and equipment, for the physical protection of DoD SNM,
equipment, or facilities.

2. The decision to protect unclassified information as DoD UCNI shall be
based on a determination that the unauthorized dissemination of such
information could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the
health and safety of the public or the common defense and security by
increasing significantly the likelihood of the illegal production of
nuclear weapons or the theft, diversion, or sabotage of DoD SNM,
equipment, or facilities.

3. Government information shall be made publicly available to the fullest
extent possible by applying the minimum restrictions consistent with the
requirements of 10 U.S.C. 128 (reference (a)) necessary to protect the
health and safety of the public or the common defense and security.

4. DoD personnel, in making a determination to protect unclassified
information as DoD UCNI, shall consider the probability of an illegal
production, theft, diversion, or sabotage if the information proposed for
protection were made available for public disclosure and dissemination.
The determination to protect specific documents or information is not
related to the ability of DoD UCNI to be obtained by other sources.  For
determining the control of DoD UCNI, the cognizant official should
consider how the unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of such
information could assist a potential adversary in the following:

a.  Selecting a target for an act of theft, diversion, or sabotage of DoD
SNM, equipment, or facilities (e.g., relative importance of a facility or
the location, form, and quantity of DoD SNM). Information that can be
obtained by observation from public areas outside controlled locations
should not be considered as DoD UCNI.

b.  Planning or committing an act of theft, diversion, or sabotage of DoD
SNM, equipment, or facilities (e.g., design of security systems; building
plans; methods and procedures for transfer, accountability, and handling
of DoD SNM; or security plans, procedures, and capabilities).

c.  Measuring the success of an act of theft, diversion, or sabotage of
DoD SNM, equipment, or facilities (e.g., actual or hypothetical
consequences of the sabotage of specific vital equipment or facilities).

d.  Illegally producing a nuclear explosive device (e.g., unclassified
nuclear weapon design information useful in designing a primitive nuclear
device; location of unique DoD SNM needed to fabricate such a device; or
location of a nuclear weapon).

e.  Dispersing DoD SNM in the environment (e.g., location, form, and
quantity of DoD SNM).

5. DoD UCNI shall be identified, controlled, marked, transmitted, and
safeguarded in the DoD Components, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), and among DoD contractors, consultants, and grantees authorized to
conduct official business for the Department of Defense.  Contracts
requiring the preparation of unclassified information that could be DoD
UCNI shall have the requirements for identifying and controlling the DoD
UCNI.

6. DoE GG-2 and DoE Orders 5635.4 and 5650.3 (references (i), (j), and
(k)) provide background on implementation of the UCNI Program in the DoE.
The DoD Components maintaining custody of DoE UCNI should refer to those
documents for its identification and control.

B. IDENTIFYING DoD UCNI

1. To be considered for protection as DoD UCNI, the information must:

a.  Be unclassified.

b.  Pertain to security measures, including plans, procedures, and
equipment, for the physical protection of DoD SNM, equipment, or
facilities.

c.  Meet the adverse effects test; i.e., that the unauthorized
dissemination of such information could reasonably be expected to have an
adverse effect on the health and safety of the public or the common
defense and security by increasing significantly the likelihood of the
illegal production of nuclear weapons or the theft, diversion, or sabotage
of DoD SNM, equipment, or facilities.

2. Information, in the categories in section C. of enclosure 4, about DoD
SNM should be considered for protection as DoD UCNI.

3. Material originated before the effective date of those procedures,
which is found in the normal course of business to have DoD UCNI, shall be
protected as DoD UCNI. There is no requirement to conduct detailed file
searches to retroactively identify and control DoD UCNI. As existing
documents or materials are withdrawn from file, they should be reviewed to
determine if they meet the criteria for protection as DoD UCNI and marked
and controlled, accordingly.

C. ACCESS TO DOD UCNI.

1. A Reviewing Official is an Authorized Individual for documents or
materials that the Reviewing Official determines to contain DoD UCNI. An
Authorized Individual, for DoD UCNI, may determine that another person is
an Authorized Individual who may be granted routine access to the DoD
UCNI, and who may further disseminate the DoD UCNI under the procedures
specified in paragraph E., below.  This recipient of DoD UCNI from an
Authorized Individual is also an Authorized Individual for the specific
DoD UCNI to which routine access has been granted.  An Authorized
Individual designates another person to be an Authorized Individual by the
act of giving that person a document or material that contains DoD UCNI.
No explicit designation or security clearance is required.  This second
Authorized Individual may further disseminate the UCNI under the
procedures specified in paragraph E., below.

2. A person granted routine access to DoD UCNI must have a need to know
the specific DoD UCNI in the performance of official duties or of DoD-
authorized activities.  The recipient of the document or material shall be
informed of the physical protection and access requirements for DoD UCNI.
In addition to a need to know, the person must meet at least one of the
following requirements:

a.  The person is a U.S. citizen who is one of the following:

(1) A Federal Government employee or member of the U.S. Armed Forces;

(2) An employee of a Federal Government contractor, subcontractor, or of
a prospective Federal Government contractor or subcontractor who will use
the DoD UCNI for the purpose of bidding on a Federal Government contract
or subcontract;

(3) A Federal Government consultant or DoD advisory committee member;

(4) A member of Congress;

(5) A staff member of a congressional committee or of an individual
Member of Congress;

(6) The Governor of a State or designated State government official or
representative;

(7) A local government official or an Indian tribal government official;
or

(8) A member of a State, local, or Indian tribal law enforcement or
emergency response organization.

b.  The person is other than a U.S. citizen, and is one of the following:

(1) A Federal Government employee or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces;

(2) An employee of a Federal Government contractor or subcontractor; or

(3) A Federal Government consultant or DoD advisory committee member.

c.  The person may be other than a U.S. citizen who is not otherwise
eligible for routine access to DoD UCNI under paragraph 2.b., above, but
who requires routine access to specific DoD UCNI in conjunction with one
of the following:

(1) An international nuclear cooperative activity approved by the Federal
Government;

(2) U.S. diplomatic dealings with foreign government officials; or

(3) Provisions of treaties, mutual defense acts, or Government contracts
or subcontracts.

3. A person not authorized routine access to DoD UCNI under paragraph 2.,
above, may submit a request for special access to DoD UCNI to Heads of DoD
Components, or their designated representative, as appropriate.  A special
access request must include the following information:

a.  The name, current residence or business address, birthplace, birth
date, and country of citizenship of the person submitting the request;

b.  A description of the DoD UCNI for which special access is being
requested;

c.  A description of the purpose for which the DoD UCNI is needed; and

d.  Certification by the requester of his or her understanding of, and
willingness to abide by, the requirements for the protection of DoD UCNI
contained in this Directive.

4. Heads of DoD Components, or their designated representative, shall base
his or her decision to grant special access to DoD UCNI on an evaluation
of the following criteria:

a.  The sensitivity of the DoD UCNI for which special access is being
requested (i.e., the worst-case, adverse effect on the health and safety
of the public or the common defense and security which would result from
unauthorized use of the DoD UCNI);

b.  The purpose for which the DoD UCNI is needed (e.g., the DoD UCNI will
be used for commercial or other private purposes, or will be used for
public benefit to fulfill statutory or regulatory responsibilities);

c.  The likelihood of an unauthorized dissemination by the requester of
the DoD UCNI; and

d.  The likelihood of the requester using the DoD UCNI for illegal
purposes.

5. Heads of DoD Components, or their designated representative, shall
attempt to notify a person who requests special access to DoD UCNI within
30 days of receipt of the request as to whether or not special access to
the requested DoD UCNI is granted.  If a final determination on the request
cannot be made within 30 days of receipt of the request, Heads of DoD
Components, or their designated representative, shall notify the
requester, within 30 days of the request, as to when the final
determination on the request may be made.

6. A person granted special access to specific UCNI is not an Authorized
Individual and shall not further disseminate the DoD UCNI to which special
access has been granted.

7. An Authorized Individual granting routine access to specific DoD UCNI
to another person shall notify each person granted access (other than when
the person being granted such access is a Federal Government employee, a
member of the U.S. Armed Forces, or an employee of a Federal Government
contractor or subcontractor) of applicable regulations concerning the
protection of DoD UCNI and of any special dissemination limitations that
the Authorized Individual determines to apply for the specific DoD UCNI to
which routine access is being granted.

8. Heads of DoD Components, or their designated representative, shall
notify each person granted special access to DoD UCNI of applicable
regulations concerning the protection of DoD UCNI prior to dissemination
of the DoD UCNI to the person.

9. The requirement to notify persons granted routine access or special
access to specific DoD UCNI may be met by attachment of an appropriate
cover sheet to the front of each document or material containing DoD UCNI
prior to its transmittal to the person granted access.

D. MARKINGS

1. An unclassified document with DoD UCNI shall be marked "DoD
Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information" at the bottom on the outside
of the front cover, if any, and on the outside of the back cover, if any.

2. In an unclassified document, an individual page that has DoD UCNI shall
be marked to show which of its portions contain DoD UCNI information.  In
marking sections, parts, paragraphs, or similar portions, the
parenthetical term (DoD UCNI) shall be used and placed at the beginning of
those portions with DoD UCNI.

3. In a classified document, an individual page that has both DoD UCNI and
classified information shall be marked at the top and bottom of the page
with the highest security classification of information appearing on that
page.  In marking sections, parts, paragraphs, or similar portions, the
parenthetical term "(DoD UCNI)" shall be used and placed at the beginning
of those portions with DoD UCNI. In a classified document, an individual
page that has DoD UCNI, but no classified information, shall be marked
"DoD Unclassified Controlled Information at the bottom of the page.  The
DoD UCNI marking may be combined with other markings, if all relevant
statutory and regulatory citations are included.

4. Other material (e.g., photographs, films, tapes, or slides) shall be
marked "DoD Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information to ensure that a
recipient or viewer is aware of the status of the information.

E. DISSEMINATION AND TRANSMISSION

1. DoD UCNI may be disseminated in the DoD Components, the NATO, and among
the DoD contractors, consultants, and grantees on a need-to-know basis to
conduct official business for the Department of Defense.  Recipients shall
be made aware of the status of such information, and transmission shall be
by means to preclude unauthorized disclosure or dissemination.  Contracts
that shall require access to DoD UCNI shall require compliance with this
Directive and the DoD Component regulations and have the requirements for
the marking, handling, and safeguarding of DoD UCNI.

2. DoD holders of DoD UCNI are authorized to convey such information to
officials in other Departments or Agencies on a need-to-know basis to
fulfill a Government function.  Transmittal documents shall call attention
to the presence of DoD UCNI attachments using an appropriate statement in
the text, or marking at the bottom of the transmittal document, that "The
attached document contains DoD Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
(DoD UCNI)." Similarly, documents transmitted shall be marked, as
prescribed in section I)., above.

3. DoD UCNI transmitted outside the Department of Defense requires
application of an expanded marking to explain the significance of the DoD
UCNI marking.  That may be accomplished by typing or stamping the following
statement on the document before transfer:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLED NUCLEAR INFORMATION EXEMPT
FROM MANDATORY DISCLOSURE (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), as authorized by 10 U.S.C.
128)

4. When not commingled with classified information, DoD UCNI may be sent
by first-class mail in a single, opaque envelope or wrapping.

5. DoD UCNI may only be discussed or transmitted over an unprotected
telephone or telecommunications circuit (to include facsimile
transmissions) in an emergency.

6. Each part of electronically transmitted messages with DoD UCNI shall be
marked appropriately.  Unclassified messages with DoD UCNI shall have the
abbreviation "DoD UCNI" before the beginning of the text.

7. DoD UCNI may be processed, stored, or produced on stand-alone personal
computers, or shared-logic word processing systems, if protection from
unauthorized disclosure or dissemination, in accordance with the
procedures in section F., below, can be ensured.

8. A document marked as having DoD UCNI may be reproduced minimally
without permission of the originator and consistent with the need to carry
out official business.

F. SAFEGUARDING DoD UCNI

1. During normal working hours, documents determined to have DoD UCNI
shall be placed in an out-of-sight location, or otherwise controlled, if
the work area is accessible to unescorted personnel.

2. At the close of business, DoD UCNI material shall be stored so to
preclude disclosure.  Storage of such material with other unclassified
documents in unlocked receptacles; i.e., file cabinets, desks, or
bookcases, is adequate, when normal Government or Government-contractor
internal building security is provided during nonduty hours.  When such
internal building security is not provided, locked rooms or buildings
normally provide adequate after-hours protection.  If such protection is
not considered adequate, DoD UCNI material shall be stored in locked
receptacles; i.e., file cabinets, desks, or bookcases.

3. Nonrecord copies of DoD UCNI materials must be destroyed by tearing
each copy into pieces to reasonably preclude reconstruction and placing
the pieces in regular trash containers.  If the sensitivity or volume of
the information justifies it, DoD UCNI material may be destroyed in the
same manner as classified material rather than by tearing.  Record copies
of DoD UCNI documents shall be disposed of, in accordance with the DoD
Components' record management regulations.  DoD UCNI on magnetic storage
media shall be disposed of by overwriting to preclude its reconstruction.

4. The unauthorized disclosure of DoD UCNI material does not constitute
disclosure of DoD information that is classified for security purposes.
Such disclosure of DoD UCNI justifies investigative and administrative
actions to determine cause, assess impact, and fix responsibility.  The DoD
Component that originated the DoD UCNI information shall be informed of
its unauthorized disclosure and the outcome of the investigative and
administrative actions.

G. RETIREMENT OF DOCUMENT OR MATERIAL

1. Any unclassified document or material which is not marked as containing
DoD UCNI but which may contain DoD UCNI shall be marked upon retirement in
accordance with the DoD Components record management regulations.

2. A document or material marked as containing DoD UCNI is not required to
be reviewed by a Reviewing Official upon or subsequent to retirement.  A
Reviewing Official shall review any retired document or material upon a
request for its release made under 5 U.S.C. 552 (reference (c)).

H. REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF DoD UCNI

DoD 5400.7-R (reference (b)) applies.  Information that qualifies as DoD
UCNI, under 10 U.S.C. 128 (reference (a)), is exempt from mandatory
disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552 (reference (c)). Consequently, requests for
the public release of DoD UCNI shall be denied under Section 552(b)(3) of
reference (c), citing reference (a) as authority.

I. REPORTS

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications,
and Intelligence (ASD(C31)) shall prepare and maintain the quarterly
reports required by 10 U.S.C. 128 (reference (a)). The Heads of the DoD
Components shall advise the ASD(C3I) when information not in the
guidelines in enclosure 4 is determined to be DoD UCNI. Those reports
shall have the following information:

(1) Identification of the information to be controlled as DoD UCNI. It is
not necessary to report each document or numbers of documents.

(2) Justification for identifying the type of information to be
controlled as DoD UCNI.

(3) Certification that only the minimal information necessary to protect
the health and safety of the public or the common defense and security is
being controlled as DoD UCNI.

GUIDELINES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DoD UCNI

A. USE OF DETERMINATION OF DoD UCNI GUIDELINES

1. These guidelines for determining DoD UCNI are the bases for determining
what unclassified information about the physical protection of DoD SNM,
equipment, or facilities in a given technical or programmatic subject area
is DoD UCNI.

2. The decision to protect unclassified information as DoD UCNI shall be
based on a determination that the unauthorized dissemination of such
information could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the
health and safety of the public or the common defense and security by
increasing significantly the likelihood of the illegal production of
nuclear weapons or the theft, diversion, or sabotage of SNM, equipment, or
facilities.

B. GENERAL

1. The policy for protecting unclassified information about the physical
protection of DoD SNM, equipment, or facilities is to protect the public's
interest by controlling certain unclassified Government information so to
prevent the adverse effects described in section D. of this Directive and
in enclosure 3, without restricting public availability of information
that would not result in those adverse effects.

2. In controlling DoD SNM information, only the minimum restrictions
needed to protect the health and safety of the public or the common
defense and security shall be applied to prohibit the disclosure and
dissemination of DoD UCNI.

3. Any material that has been, or is, widely and irretrievably
disseminated into the public domain and whose dissemination was not, or is
not, under Government control is exempt from control under these
guidelines.  However, the fact that information is in the public domain is
not a sufficient basis for determining that similar or updated Government-
owned and -controlled information in another document or material is not,
or is no longer, DoD UCNI; case-by-case determinations are required.

C. TOPICAL GUIDANCE

The following elements of information shall be considered by the DoD
Components during the preparation of unclassified information about the
physical protection of DoD SNM to determine if it qualifies for control as
DoD UCNI:

1. Vulnerability Assessments

a.  General vulnerabilities that could be associated with specific DoD
SNM, equipment, or facility locations.

b.  The fact that DoD SNM facility security-related projects or upgrades
are planned or in progress.

c.  Identification and description of security system components intended
to mitigate the consequences of an accident or act of sabotage at a DoD
SNM facility.

2. Material Control and Accountability

a.  Total quantity or categories of DoD SNM at a facility.

b.  Control and accountability plans or procedures.

c.  Receipts that, cumulatively, would reveal quantities and categories of
DoD SNM of potential interest to an adversary.

d.  Measured discards, decay losses, or losses due to fission and
transmutation for a reporting period.

e.  Frequency and schedule of DoD SNM inventories.

3. Facility Description

a.  Naps, conceptual design, and construction drawings of a DoD SNM
facility showing construction characteristics of building and associated
electrical systems, barriers, and back-up power systems not observable
from a public area.

b.  Maps, plans, photographs, or drawings of man-made or natural features
in a DoD SNM facility not observable from a public area; i.e., tunnels,
storm or waste sewers, water intake and discharge conduits, or other
features having the potential for concealing surreptitious movement.

4. Intrusion Detection and Security Alarm Systems

a.  Information on the layout or design of security and alarm systems at a
specific DoD SNM facility, if the information is not observable from a
public area.

b.  The fact that a particular system make or model has been installed at
a specific DoD SNM facility, if the information is not observable from a
public area.

c.  Performance characteristics of installed systems.

5. Keys, Locks, Combinations, and Tamper-Indicating Devices a.  Types and
models of keys, locks, and combinations of locks used in DoD SNM
facilities and during shipment.

b.  Method of application of tamper-indicating devices.

c.  Vulnerability information available from unclassified vendor
specifications.

6. Threat Response Capability and Procedures

a.  Information about arrangements with local, State, and Federal law
enforcement Agencies of potential interest to an adversary.

b.  Information in "nonhostile" contingency plans of potential value to an
adversary to defeat a security measure; i.e., fire, safety, nuclear
accident, radiological release, or other administrative plans.

c.  Required response time of security forces.

7. Physical Security Evaluations

a.  Method of evaluating physical security measures not observable from
public areas.

b.  Procedures for inspecting and testing communications and security
Systems.

8. In-Transit Security

a.  Fact that a shipment is going to take place.

b.  Specific means of protecting shipments.

c.  Number and size of packages.

d.  Mobile operating and communications procedures that

could be exploited by an adversary. e.  Information on mode, routing,
protection, communications, and operations that must be shared with law
enforcement or other civil agencies, but not visible to the public.

f.  Description and specifications of transport vehicle compartments or
security systems not visible to the public.

9. Information on Nuclear Weapon Stockpile and Storage Requirements,
Nuclear Weapon Destruction and Disablement Systems and Nuclear Weapon
Physical Characteristics.  Refer to CG-W-5 (reference (d)) for guidance
about the physical protection of information on nuclear weapon stockpile
and storage requirements, nuclear weapon destruction and disablement sys
tems, and nuclear weapon physical characteristics that may, und er certain
circumstances, be unclassified.  Such information meeting the adverse
effects test shall be protected as DoD UCNI.

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