AFI 91-108 — Air Force Nuclear Weapons Intrinsic Radiation and 91(B) Radioactive Material Safety Program

What this publication covers

This instruction provides specific guidance for operations involving radioactive material (RAM) covered by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 United States Code (USC) § 2011 et seq., commonly termed Section 91(b). RAM under the 91(b) designation within the scope of this instruction are: RAM associated with current nuclear weapons operations, legacy nuclear weapons maintenance wastes, residuals from nuclear weapons accidents, residuals from atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons on AF installations, residuals from nuclear reactor operations, and some defense-related material supporting current AF missions.

What changed in this edition

This document has had only minor changes. A key change was implementation of a requirement to monitor for tritium releases during maintenance activities handling containers with gaseous tritium

Publications state their own changes on page 1 — behind a PDF the official host will not serve to a search engine. This is that section, verbatim. It describes the edition above, not every historical change.

If AFI 91-108 changes, who else is affected

2 publications in 2 other communities depend on this one, which Safety owns. Each community inspects its own publications; a dependency that crosses communities is owned by nobody, which is why this list normally does not exist anywhere. Built from the publications' own citations, so it reflects what we have read.

Publications that cite AFI 91-108

• AFMAN 40-201 — Radioactive Materials (Ram) Management Current 4 mentions
• AFI 90-201 AMC Sup — The Air Force Inspection System Current 1 mention

If AFI 91-108 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

Changes & supplements to AFI 91-108

• AFI 91-108 USAFE-AFAFRICA Sup — Air Force Nuclear Weapons Intrinsic Radiation And 91(B) Radioactive Material Safety Program Current

Records in this branch carrying the same series and number — interim changes, guidance memoranda, and unit supplements. A copy stamped with one of these is a different document from the base publication.

Nearby in the AFI series

• AFI 91-101 ANG Sup — Air Force Nuclear Weapons Surety Program Current
• AFI 91-102 — Jeannie M. Leavitt Current
• AFI 91-106 — Unauthorized Launch, Threat Mitigation, and Launch Action Studies Current
• AFI 91-108 USAFE-AFAFRICA Sup — Air Force Nuclear Weapons Intrinsic Radiation And 91(B) Radioactive Material Safety Program Current
• AFI 91-111 — Safety Rules for U.s. AIR- Launched Nuclear Weapon Systems Current