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<strong>FY</strong> 2010<br />

Actual<br />

Approp<br />

(dollars in thousands)<br />

<strong>FY</strong> 2011<br />

Request<br />

<strong>FY</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

Request<br />

Accomplishment <strong>of</strong> the full agenda <strong>of</strong> weapons SSP deliverables is only possible with these<br />

3 facilities working together. Funds to support Z experiments are also requested in the Science<br />

Campaign budget. Improved efficiency <strong>of</strong> operations at the NIF is anticipated as experience is<br />

gained in operating the facility. In <strong>FY</strong> <strong>2012</strong>, all NNSA HED facilities will move towards<br />

operation as user facilities. One responsibility <strong>of</strong> a user facility is to be responsive to user<br />

requests for enhanced facility performance and capability. This subprogram supports capability<br />

enhancement in response to user requests.<br />

Other activities carried out in the Facilities Operations and Target Production subprogram<br />

include: (1) support for shot directors and operational staff at all the NNSA facilities,<br />

(2) maintenance and ongoing facility improvements, (3) support staff for the final optics<br />

inspections system and its associated optics conditioning, initiation and mitigation processes to<br />

increase the lifetime <strong>of</strong> optics exposed to ultraviolet light at NIF, (4) operation <strong>of</strong> the Electra<br />

Laser at the Naval Research Laboratory to support future Inertial Fusion <strong>Energy</strong> (IFE) research,<br />

depending on the results <strong>of</strong> the National Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences ongoing IFE review, and (5) at<br />

Headquarters, funding for support for the Campaign, including external reviews.<br />

Total, Inertial Confinement Fusion<br />

Ignition and High Yield Campaign 457,486 481,548 476,274<br />

Weapons Activities/<br />

Inertial Confinement Fusion Ignition<br />

and High Yield Campaign Page 117<br />

<strong>FY</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Congressional</strong> Budget

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