Personnel Reliability Program
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Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) is a United States Department of Defense
psychological evaluation program, designed to permit only the most trustworthy individuals to have access to nuclear weapons, chemcial weapons, biological weapons.
The program was first instituted during the Cold War
. Among its goals are, (Quoting from DOD Directive 5210.42)
The PRP program evaluates many aspects of the individual's work life and home life. Any disruption of these, or severe deviation from an established norm would be cause to deny access. The denial might be temporary or permanent. However, the policy does explicitly state,
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
psychological evaluation program, designed to permit only the most trustworthy individuals to have access to nuclear weapons, chemcial weapons, biological weapons.
The program was first instituted during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. Among its goals are, (Quoting from DOD Directive 5210.42)
The PRP program evaluates many aspects of the individual's work life and home life. Any disruption of these, or severe deviation from an established norm would be cause to deny access. The denial might be temporary or permanent. However, the policy does explicitly state,
External links
- DODD 5210.42 Nuclear Weapon Personnel Reliability Program (PRP), May 25, 1993
- Review of reports requested by the U.S. government on personnel reliability programs for laboratory personnel, pp. 28-57. http://www.scribd.com/doc/30902475/Bio-Security-Commons-AR-May-2010Biosecurity Commons Review, May 2010