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• Supported interagency efforts to advance negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty;
• Commenced negotiations with URENCO countries and France on a nuclear cooperation agreement to
create a legal framework for construction of an AREVA enrichment facility in the United States, and
• Supported the entry into force of the India Agreement for Cooperation.
Major Outyear Priorities and Assumptions
The NIS outyear funding profile totals $677,998,000 (FY 2013 – FY 2016). The NIS will place
increasing emphasis on the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI), a subprogram designed to
strengthen IAEA safeguards and revitalize the U.S. technical and human capital base that supports them.
The activity will address looming gaps in IAEA safeguards through generational improvements in
safeguards technology, recruitment of expertise, political and technical analyses of issues and
challenges, assistance in implementing safeguards, and collaboration with foreign partners.
The NGSI complements related NIS priorities to reduce proliferation risks associated with growing
international interest in the use of nuclear power. IAEA safeguards must be credible and effective in
deterring the diversion of nuclear materials and reassuring states that peaceful-use commitments are
upheld. Another priority is the development and implementation of reliable fuel services as an
alternative to the further spread of enrichment and reprocessing capabilities. The NIS will work with
other Departmental elements and U.S. agencies to promote such concepts. Assuring that states adopt
safeguards and security measures in line with the highest international nonproliferation standards is
another priority.
The NIS will also support the applied development and evaluation of technologies to support U.S. arms
control and nonproliferation initiatives separate from its work associated with NGSI. This will include
advanced radiation measurement technologies that could be applied under the New START Treaty as
well as other technologies for treaty verification, transparency and nonproliferation purposes.
The NIS funding profile also will provide for activities that prevent and counter WMD proliferation,
including continued support for U.S. efforts to address proliferation by Iran, North Korea, and
proliferation networks, implement nuclear arms reduction and associated agreements, strengthen
international nonproliferation agreements and standards, implement statutory export control and
safeguards requirements, encourage global adherence to and implementation of international
nonproliferation requirements, and support high-priority diplomatic initiatives.
The table below provides a crosswalk from the FY 2011 Budget Structure to the proposed Budget
Structure for FY 2012.
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget