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

FY 2010
Actual
Approp
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2011
Request
• Safeguards Engagement 0 0 16,226
FY 2012
Request
The Safeguards Engagement activity (SE) strengthens the international safeguards regime
through: (1) the development of a nuclear infrastructure that emphasizes safeguards, security and
nonproliferation objectives; and (2) its focus on field-testing and implementing technologies and
methodologies that address anticipated needs of the international community and that increase
the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards measures at specific facilities in partner countries.
In FY 2012, SE will work with foreign partners to develop safeguards technologies to detect
illicit diversion or transfer of nuclear material throughout the nuclear fuel cycle and to strengthen
indigenous safeguards systems. Also, SE will expand its cooperation with countries in the
Middle East and North Africa that have credible plans for nuclear power development to
establish infrastructures that emphasize security and appropriate safeguards.
• Safeguards Technology
Development 0 0 15,944
The Safeguards Technology Development activity aims to strengthen international safeguards
through the application and development of tools, technologies, and methods that optimize the
effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards implementation at both the facility and state levels.
Implementation of safeguards at declared facilities can be made more efficient and effective by
incorporating advances in automation, measurement, and information technology and developing
new tools for containment and surveillance, data integration and authentication, and remote
monitoring. State-level safeguards implementation can be strengthened through the development
multifunctional, field-portable safeguards tools and improved information analysis capabilities.
Activities are closely coordinated with the work of the NNSA Nonproliferation and Verification
Research and Development program.
In FY 2012, the Safeguards Technology Development activity will initiate development of three
new non-destructive assay measurement instruments based on modeling work done in 2010-
2011; demonstrate and/or deploy two new technologies for gas centrifuge enrichment plant
safeguards; develop new safeguards data integration and information analysis algorithms; and
address gaps in safeguards technical capabilities across the nuclear security enterprise. The
activity will also continue to provide day-to-day technical oversight of the United States Support
Program to the IAEA.
• Nuclear Security & Physical
Protection 0 0 5,494
The Nuclear Security & Physical Protection activity works to strengthen physical security norms
and practices worldwide by conducting bilateral physical protection assessments, as required
under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, to verify
that foreign sites holding U.S.-obligated nuclear material are adequately protected. The activity
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Nonproliferation and International Security FY 2012 Congressional Budget
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