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The Nuclear Safeguards and Security (NSS) subprogram coordinates and manages the Next Generation
Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) to develop the policies, concepts, technologies, expertise, and
infrastructure necessary to sustain the international safeguards system as its mission evolves over the
next 25 years. This subprogram also implements DOE Additional Protocol and Voluntary Offer
Agreement Safeguards activities at U.S. facilities and oversees DOE participation in the U.S. Support
Program to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards. Additionally, the NSS
subprogram works with the IAEA and other partners to enhance the application of physical protection
and safeguards norms and best practices.
The Nuclear Controls (NC) subprogram coordinates and manages programs to control and limit the
spread of WMD-related material, equipment, technology and expertise. This subprogram builds global
capacity to prevent theft, diversion, and spread of nuclear materials, technologies, and expertise through
activities that: strengthen international laws, regulations and standards governing nuclear controls; train
international partners on export control, licensing, enforcement, and interdiction of nuclear materials;
provide technical and financial support to strengthen nonproliferation regimes and multilateral
organizations; and provide specialized support to domestic licensing, enforcement and interdiction
agencies and the U.S. nuclear industry. The NC subprogram will promote global security by engaging
international partners in a variety of activities, such as strengthening export control systems, assisting
foreign countries to meet their nonproliferation obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT), and helping to transition WMD scientific communities in high-risk nations. These activities
strengthen overall security within volatile regions, create partnerships that can lead to international
stability, and reduce the risk of scientist migration to states of proliferation concern and terrorists.
The Nuclear Verification (NV) subprogram negotiates, monitors, and verifies compliance with
international arms control and nonproliferation treaties and agreements. This subprogram develops
negotiating and ratification strategies to achieve U.S. national security objectives as related to arms
control and nonproliferation; develops technologies tailored for monitoring compliance with arms
control and nonproliferation treaties and agreements and detecting potential clandestine weapons
programs or illicit diversions; and provides policy, technical and implementation expertise to support
nonproliferation and arms control treaties and agreements.
The Nonproliferation Policy (NP) subprogram develops and implements DOE/NNSA nonproliferation
and arms control policy. The subprogram’s activities support implementation of bilateral and
multilateral, Presidential-directed or Congressionally-mandated nonproliferation and international
security requirements stemming from high-level nonproliferation initiatives, agreements and treaties.
Specifically, the NP subprogram conducts policy and technical analysis on urgent national security
issues, proliferation trends in regions and countries of concern, and options to strengthen international
regimes and mechanisms for preventing proliferation; develops policy and provides program oversight
on nonproliferation and international security issues; supports the development and negotiation of
nuclear treaties and agreements; provides DOE/NNSA nonproliferation policy guidance on nuclear fuel
cycle issues; and undertakes activities to improve and update multilateral nuclear supplier arrangements,
and identify supplier vulnerabilities and potential gaps in supplier arrangements.
In FY 2012, the NIS program will work to prevent WMD proliferation through the following activities:
strengthening the international nonproliferation regime, including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
the system of IAEA safeguards, multilateral supplier regimes, and bilateral nuclear cooperation
agreements; cooperating with foreign partners to improve national export controls, safeguards, physical
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget