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

FY 2010
Actual
Approp
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2011
Request
FY 2012
Request
Russian HEU to LEU for a cumulative total of 462 MT downblended and verifiably eliminated,
support a Russian monitoring visit to the United States, and continue to monitor and assess
Russian transparency data.
Nonproliferation Policy 0 0 12,417
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. The NP subprogram is responsible for the following
elements: Global Regimes, Regional Engagement and Analysis, and Multilateral Supplier Policy.
• Global Regimes 0 0 4,641
The Global Regimes activity develops policy and provides program oversight on nuclear
nonproliferation and international security issues and nuclear treaties and agreements, including
support for issues pertaining to the NPT, multilateral regimes and groups, and the United
Nations Conference on Disarmament. Issues include negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off
Treaty; the IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) Program that facilitates access by IAEA Member
States to the peaceful use of nuclear energy; bilateral Agreements for Cooperation in the
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (under Atomic Energy Act Section 123); the Biological
Weapons and Toxins Convention (BWC); and development of reliable nuclear fuel service
concepts.
In FY 2012, the activity will provide statutorily-mandated technical assistance to negotiations
supporting agreements for cooperation and their administrative arrangements represent
DOE/NNSA in potential negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) and lead the
development of assured fuel supply concepts and activities. The activity will also support the
development and implementation of a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation as called for
by the President to reduce reliance on indigenous development of enrichment and reprocessing
efforts by recipient states.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Nonproliferation and International Security FY 2012 Congressional Budget
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