### Question
What does new nuclear weapon mean?


### Answer
**New nuclear weapon** has the following meaning in *50 U.S.C. § 2529*:

> a nuclear weapon that contains a pit or canned subassembly, either of which is neither—


(A) in the nuclear weapons stockpile on December 2, 2002

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 2529*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 42-ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS > SUBCHAPTER II-NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS > Part A-Stockpile Stewardship and Weapons Production**

