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Detailed Justification
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2010
Actual
Approp
FY 2011
Request
FY 2012
Request
Operations and Maintenance 63,308 90,478 104,002
Environmental Projects and Operations 43,308 42,273 45,290
The Environmental Projects and Operations (EPO) subprogram provides for the continuance of
Long Term Stewardship (LTS) activities that are regulatory driven to reduce risks to human health
and the environment at NNSA sites and adjacent areas through two mechanisms: (1) by operating
and maintaining environmental cleanup systems installed by the Office of Environmental
Management as part of the Legacy Environmental Cleanup projects at NNSA sites; and
(2) performing long term environmental monitoring activities and analyses in a cost-effective
manner that assures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements. EPO provides effective
oversight of these activities and ensures integration of a responsible environmental stewardship
program with the NNSA’s stockpile stewardship and nuclear security efforts.
In FY 2012, NNSA is responsible for LTS at five sites: Kansas City Plant, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory (LLNL) Main Site, LLNL Site 300, Pantex Plant, and Sandia National
Laboratories. The EPO subprogram supports LTS regulatory requirements by continuing to treat
contaminated groundwater; performing environmental monitoring of surface water, ground water,
and soils; operating and maintenance of landfill remedies; and working with EPA regions and
various states to meet post-completion regulatory cleanup and reporting requirements. The
NNSA, working in concert with other Federal agencies, states, and affected stakeholders, executes
its LTS activities in a cost-effective, compliant, and safe manner consistent with end states that
support the nuclear enterprise mission.
Nuclear Materials Integration 20,000 41,554 33,390
The Nuclear Materials Integration (NMI) subprogram provides focused attention on the
consolidation and disposition of specific NNSA nuclear materials and on material sets owned by
multiple programs and where a single coordinated disposition program is warranted. In addition,
the subprogram includes the Inactive Actinides program activities that ensures programmatic
materials, not in active use, are properly characterized and safely packaged, and that unneeded
materials have an appropriate disposition path.
By the end of 2012, security category I/II special nuclear material (SNM) will have been removed
from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The packaging and removal of transuranic (TRU)
waste generated by the preparation of the LLNL materials, consistent with guidance from the
Office of Environmental Management, for dispositioning at the Waste Isolation Pilot Program will
be completed in FY 2016.
Weapons Activities/
Site Stewardship Page 278
FY 2012 Congressional Budget