restricted data (U.S. nuclear information classification)

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Restricted Data is a special U.S. national security classification category that covers all information concerning the design, manufacture, or use of nuclear weapons and the production of special nuclear material, protected by law regardless of how it is obtained.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. national security classification category
legal information category
accessRequires appropriate security clearance
need to know
personnel security investigation
administeredBy National Nuclear Security Administration
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Department of Defense
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy
appliesTo U.S. government contractors
U.S. government employees
members of the public
canBeDeclassifiedBy U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: Department of Energy

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
classificationBasis born classified
protected regardless of source
classificationLevelCanBe Confidential
Secret
Top Secret
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distinguishedFrom Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information
Formerly Restricted Data
National Security Information
Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
governingLaw Atomic Energy Act of 1954
includesInformationOn isotope separation technology
nuclear material production processes
nuclear weapon engineering design details
nuclear weapon manufacturing processes
nuclear weapon physics design details
plutonium production technology
reactor designs for special nuclear material production
uranium enrichment technology
legalDefinitionLocatedIn 42 U.S.C. § 2014(y)
legalStatus classified by statute
mayBeTransclassifiedTo Formerly Restricted Data
originalGoverningLaw Atomic Energy Act of 1946
purpose prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons
protect national security
relatedToProgram U.S. nuclear fuel cycle
U.S. nuclear weapons program
scope sensitive nuclear production information
technical nuclear weapons information
subjectMatter design of nuclear weapons
manufacture of nuclear weapons
military application of nuclear energy
production of special nuclear material
use of nuclear weapons
utilization of special nuclear material
violationsPunishedBy criminal penalties
fines
imprisonment

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McMahon Act introducedConcept restricted data (U.S. nuclear information classification)