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

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Laboratory/Utility/Office Building (RLUOB) is complete, and installation of associated equipment
is underway and ahead of schedule. Following a series of cost reviews, the updated cost range
estimate based on 45 percent design maturity for the CMRR Total Project Cost (TPC) is
$3,700,000,000 to $5,800,000,000. This updated cost range estimate reflects bounding cost estimate
data from the contractor and government contingency. Consistent with NNSA’s increased emphasis
on project management rigor, baseline cost and schedule will not be finalized until the project
achieves 90 percent design maturity. The project is scheduled to achieve 90 percent design maturity
in FY 2012, and the Department will set the performance baseline in FY 2013. The increased
funding level in the FY 2012-FY 2016 period is needed to support the required schedule of
construction completion in FY 2020 and a ramp-up to full operations by FY 2023. For FY 2012, the
amounts shown in the line item request for CMRR represent TPC, which includes both Construction
and OPC. Construction and OPC funds will be executed through the line item. Funds will be
obligated and recorded in the appropriate object classes (object class 32.0 and 25.4) as defined in
Office of Management and Budget Circular A-11.
The UPF at the Y-12 Complex will replace deteriorating 50-year-old facilities that do not meet
current standards, are increasingly expensive to maintain, and are technologically obsolete. When
complete, the UPF will allow a substantial reduction in the footprint of the secure area of the site
and associated maintenance and security costs. The UPF will support the nation’s nuclear weapons
stockpile, down blending of enriched uranium in support of nonproliferation, and provide uranium
as feedstock for fuel for naval reactors. Following a series of cost reviews, the updated cost range
estimate based on 45 percent design maturity for the UPF TPC is $4,200,000,000 to $6,500,000,000.
This updated cost range estimate reflects bounding cost estimate data from the contractor,
government contingency, and an independent cost estimate by the Department’s Office of Cost
Analysis. Consistent with NNSA’s increased emphasis on project management rigor, baseline cost
and schedule will not be finalized until the project achieves 90 percent design maturity. The project
is scheduled to achieve 90 percent design maturity in FY 2012, and the Department will set the
performance baseline in FY 2013. The increased funding level in the FY 2012- FY 2016 period is
needed to support the NNSA’s priority to phase out operations in Building 9212 and move required
chemical processing activities from Building 9212 into UPF in FY 2020, with a ramp-up to full
operations in UPF by FY 2024. For FY 2012, the amounts shown in the line item request for UPF
represent TPC, which includes both Construction and OPC. Construction and OPC funds will be
executed through the line item. Funds will be obligated and recorded in the appropriate object
classes (object class 32.0 and 25.4) as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-11.
The Transuranic (TRU) Waste Facility Project at LANL will allow the site to comply with an Order
of Consent with the State of New Mexico which requires the cleanup and vacating of Technical
Area 54. The TRU Waste Facility will receive, process, and ship newly generated wastes to the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The facility will support all nuclear operations at LANL that
generate TRU waste.
Weapons Activities/
Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities Page 156
FY 2012 Congressional Budget