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

protection systems, border security systems and to redirect WMD expertise; and applying technology in
support of treaty and agreement verification and monitoring and international nuclear safeguards.
Annual Performance Results and Targets
The Department is in the process of updating its strategic plan, and has been actively engaging
stakeholders including Congress. The draft strategic plan is being released for public comment
concurrent with this budget submission, with the expectation of official publication this spring. The
draft plan and FY 2012 budget are consistent and aligned. Updated measures will be released at a later
date and available at the following link http://www.mbe.doe.gov/budget/12budget/index.htm.
FY 2010 Accomplishments
Nuclear Safeguards and Security
• Engaged 16 countries, as well as the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of
Nuclear Materials (ABACC) and EURATOM, on 94 ongoing projects related to strengthening the
application of IAEA safeguards, developing the safeguards infrastructure to support nuclear power,
and testing new safeguards technologies for use in the field;
• Developed and released a software tool to assist countries with Additional Protocol (AP) declarations,
and provided AP training and assistance to Vietnam, Thailand, Iraq and Malaysia;
• Hosted two regional infrastructure workshops for countries interested in pursuing nuclear power and
established three new agreements for safeguards cooperation with United Arab Emirates (UAE),
Malaysia and Kuwait;
• Developed 10 new safeguards technologies to strengthen IAEA capabilities to verify declared nuclear
facilities and detect undeclared nuclear material and activities;
• Continued to lead U.S. Government efforts in the revision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Information Circular (IAEA) INFCIRC/225, “The Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and
Facilities”;
• Trained over 330 officials from 31 countries in IAEA physical protection practices and conducted
bilateral physical protection assessments in four countries;
• Provided key policy and technical support to the development, negotiation, and implementation of
nuclear security documents, including treaties and recommendations documents;
• Recruited over 100 students for international safeguards internships at 9 National Laboratories,
funded post-doctoral positions in international safeguards at 8 National Laboratories, and conducted
6 summer courses on international safeguards for NGSI interns and students;
• Initiated a Nuclear Nonproliferation International Safeguards Graduate Fellowship course to support
6 graduate students in technical disciplines at eligible U.S. universities for 2-4 years of safeguardsrelated
study, and
• Completed a comprehensive staffing study assessing the anticipated human resource needs in the U.S.
nuclear security enterprise to support international safeguards objectives over the next decades.
Nuclear Controls
• Reviewed approximately 3,000 foreign WMD/missile procurements for sanctionable activity or
diplomatic/interdiction response;
• Reviewed 6,900 export licenses/requests for proliferation risk, recommending denial of 240;
• Brought on-line the Proliferation Trade Control Directory;
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Nonproliferation and International Security Page 339
FY 2012 Congressional Budget