Department of Energy FY 2012 Congressional ... - The FIRE Place

(dollars in thousands)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL)
FY 2010
Actual
Approp
FY 2011
Request
86,083 80,106 83,990
The RTBF Operations of Facilities at LLNL supports the nuclear security enterprise by
providing the capability to perform plutonium, tritium and high explosive operations;
environmental tests; and regulated site-wide comprehensive waste management.
FY 2012
Request
In FY 2012, activities to be funded include: weapon assessment and certification; LEP research,
development and design; plutonium research and technology programs; tritium recovery/loading
and target manufacturing; high explosives experimental synthesis, formulation, processing,
assembly and testing; Nuclear Counter Terrorism research, experimentation, and emergency
support; DOE’s Nuclear Criticality Safety Training Course; and packaging design, maintenance
and certification.
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 338,479 318,464 318,526
The RTBF Operations of Facilities at LANL provides a number of capabilities in support of the
nuclear security enterprise, including: plutonium production, research and development;
chemistry and metallurgy research; weapons engineering tritium capability; beryllium
operations; high explosives production, assembly, development and firing; component
production and fabrication; stored and newly generated radiological waste operations; and nonnuclear
testing, which includes both the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) Linear
Accelerator and the Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility (DARHT).
In FY 2012, major RTBF funded facilities, capabilities and activities include: the engineering,
manufacturing systems and methods shops; tritium; dynamic experimentation; LANSCE; waste
management; Nuclear Materials Technology (TA-55); Chemistry and Metallurgy Research
(CMR); and beryllium technology. In addition, RTBF supports solid waste risk reduction
activities (including the processing of stored new generation transuranic (TRU) waste at Area G
in support of a Consent Order issued by the New Mexico Environmental Department), TA-55
Seismic and Fire Safety Engineering, CMR Risk Mitigation and Consolidation and Radioactive
Liquid Waste Facility System upgrade/replacement. Funding is also included for the Los
Alamos Pueblo Project (approximately $800,000 per year). In cases where replacement facilities
are planned, such as the CMRR facility, the program is allowing deferred maintenance to grow.
RTBF will also develop and implement Authorization Basis modifications needed to reduce the
risk and extend the life of the CMR until the CMRR facility is operational. The CMR hazard
reduction activities will be funded in FY 2012 to continue to reduce hazards and maintain the
facility until the mission work can be transferred to the CMRR, which is scheduled to be fully
operational in FY 2023.
Weapons Activities/
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget