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

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• Regional Analysis and
Engagement 0 0 3,883
The Regional Analysis and Engagement activity supports implementation of Presidentialdirected
or Congressionally-mandated nonproliferation and international security requirements
stemming from high-level nonproliferation initiatives, agreements and treaties. Specifically, the
activity conducts policy and technical analysis on urgent national security issues, strategic
engagement, proliferation trends in regions of concern, and options to strengthen international
mechanisms for preventing proliferation. This includes funding research and engagement
activities by non-governmental organizations and institutes of higher learning that support
NNSA’s mission and policy requirements. Examples of this work include analysis of regional
nuclear fuel cycle growth and engagement of technical experts in a dialogue on nonproliferation
infrastructure requirements for emerging and existing nuclear power programs. The activity
continues to provide for unexpected, unplanned responses to requirements of an immediate
nature based on U.S. national security needs. Examples of unforeseen activities in the past have
included: providing technical and policy support to U.S. delegations to the Six-Party Talks
denuclearization and energy assistance working groups; analysis of procurement associated
with the emergence of proliferation networks; and dismantlement and removal of nuclear
materials from clandestine WMD programs.
In FY 2012, the activity will conduct policy studies/analyses undertaken by National
Laboratories, non-government organizations, or institutes of higher learning in support of the
Department’s implementation of high-level nonproliferation initiatives. In addition, the activity
will provide policy and technical analyses of, and responses to, emerging and immediate
nonproliferation and counter-proliferation security issues including the global expansion of
nuclear energy and evolution of the nuclear fuel cycle.
• Multilateral Supplier
Policy 0 0 3,893
The Multilateral Supplier Policy activity provides technical and policy support to U.S.
Government diplomacy within the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and the NPT Exporters’
(Zangger) Committee, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Australia Group
(AG) and the Wassenaar Arrangement. The activity draws on the unparalleled technical
expertise in the national laboratories. This activity develops timely and topical analyses of
WMD proliferation risk and programs of concerns, identifying export control vulnerabilities
and critical technology needs of countries of proliferation concern (choke-points). In FY 2012
the activity will continue to lead the U.S. effort to conduct a fundamental review of the NSG
control list to ensure it adequately reflects the latest technology developments in the nuclear
fuel-cycle and dual-use technology.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Nonproliferation and International Security FY 2012 Congressional Budget
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