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fissile material, and supports U.S. Government policy development and implementation for
potential future transparency initiatives and the following current treaties and agreements: New
START, the Treaty of Moscow, the Threshold Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty, the
CWC, and the PPRA. The WDT activity is responsible for all monitoring and policy aspects of
PPRA implementation, and works on behalf of the Secretary of Energy to fulfill DOE's
responsibilities as the U.S. Government's Executive Agent for the Agreement. In addition, the
WDT activity provides support to international organizations to develop an International
Monitoring System for detecting nuclear explosions worldwide and serves as the DOE/NNSA
focal point for implementation activities associated with the potential ratification and entryinto-force
of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
In FY 2012, the WDT activities include the development and assessment of advanced technical
concepts for warhead and fissile material transparency, monitoring and dismantlement
verification to assure the technologies needed to protect our national interests, including those
needed to verify arms control and nonproliferation agreements essential to our security, are
developed.
• Nuclear Noncompliance
Verification 0 0 8,338
The Nuclear Noncompliance Verification (NNV) activity provides advanced technology
applications to verify declared nuclear activities, detect undeclared nuclear materials and
activities, and support the verifiable dismantlement of nuclear programs in countries of
proliferation concern. Subprogram activities are closely coordinated with the work of the
NNSA Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development program. Other speciallydesigned
tools and technologies will also be developed to address unique proliferation threats.
In FY 2012, the NNV activity will complete the development of three verification tools,
technologies, or analyses, and planning and readiness to support verifiable dismantlement of
nuclear programs in countries of proliferation concern.
• HEU Transparency
Implementation 0 0 21,645
The HEU Transparency Implementation activity annually monitors the conversion of 30 metric
tons (MT) of Russian HEU from dismantled nuclear weapons into low enriched uranium (LEU),
to provide confidence that the LEU purchased under the 1993 HEU Purchase Agreement is
derived from dismantled Russian nuclear weapons processed and eliminated from Russia’s
weapons stockpile and used for peaceful purposes in the United States. Reciprocal transparency
monitoring visits are conducted to ensure the nonproliferation objectives of the Agreement are
met both in the Russian Federation and the United States. In FY 2012, the HEU Transparency
Implementation activity will complete 24 monitoring visits, monitor the conversion of 30 MT of
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