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subprogram under Site Stewardship will also be supported by having the requisite facilities available
so they can execute their responsibility. Storage activities will be supported by DSW when the
scope exceeds the base capability provided by the Storage program.
• At Pantex, activities include long-term storage of special nuclear materials, which involves
planning, engineering, design, and start-up activities; processing and repackaging materials for
safe storage; storage activities for the strategic reserve; national security inventory thermal
monitoring and characterizations; disposition of legacy materials; and nuclear materials
management, including planning, assessment, and forecasting nuclear material requirements.
Pit Disassembly and Inspection Surveillance includes surveillance activities associated with pits
in storage. Activities include weight and leak testing, visual inspections, and radiography.
Improvements to surveillance of pits will be provided such as Low Energy Radiography;
Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy; a second Laser Gas Sampling System; High Resolution
Computed Tomography; Non-Destructive Laser Gas Sampling; Dimensional Inspection; and
the Pit Characterization Lab. Increases in non-nuclear material disposition activities at Pantex
and increased capabilities to perform characterization activities on legacy components in
storage are also supported, including the ultimate disposal of components currently backlogged
in scrap status.
• At Y-12, activities include the overall management and storage of uranium, lithium, and other
nuclear and weapons materials, including the nation’s strategic reserve of HEU. In addition, the
Y-12 Nuclear Materials Management, Storage, and Disposition program provides programmatic
guidance and support of these materials and services throughout the nuclear security enterprise.
The Storage program supports the loading, operating, and maintaining of HEUMF. This
program also provides the long-term planning and analysis of materials required for the Y-12
manufacturing strategy in support of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
Construction 283,904 399,016 620,510
The RTBF Construction subprogram plays a critical role in revitalizing the nuclear weapons
manufacturing and research and development infrastructure. Investments from this program will
improve the responsiveness and/or utility of the infrastructure and its technology base. The
subprogram is focused on two primary objectives: (1) identification, planning, and prioritization of
the projects required to support the weapons programs, and (2) development and execution of these
projects within approved cost and schedule baselines.
The RTBF Construction budget request increases the funding for the CMRR Facility and Uranium
Processing Facility (UPF). The high priority of both projects was highlighted in the Nuclear Posture
Review.
The CMRR Facility at LANL will relocate and consolidate mission-critical analytical chemistry,
material characterization, and actinide research and development activities that directly support
Stockpile Stewardship and other programs. Construction of the Radiological
Weapons Activities/
Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities Page 155
FY 2012 Congressional Budget