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

In February 2005, the Bratislava Initiative resulted in a comprehensive plan for the cooperation on
security upgrades of Russian nuclear facilities at Rosatom and Ministry of Defense sites and cooperation
in the areas of nuclear regulatory development, sustainability, secure transportation, Materials Protection
Control and Accounting (MPC&A) expertise training, and protective force equipment. Workscope as of
February 2005 was completed at the end of 2008. However, a number of important areas/buildings have
been added to the scope of joint work since February 2005. The MPC&A upgrades at most of these
additional areas/buildings were completed in 2010, while some work scope will continue through 2018.
The Navy Complex program element improves security of Russian Navy warhead and weapons
exploitable material by installing improved security systems at Russian Navy nuclear warhead sites,
Russian Navy HEU fuel storage facilities (fresh and damaged fuel), and shipyards where nuclear
materials are present. There are 39 Russian Navy nuclear warhead sites and 8 Russian Navy
fuel/nuclear material storage sites. The program also improves security systems at checkpoints near
upgraded sites, the Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) for the Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD),
and sustainability activities consisting of training and site-level maintenance support for upgraded MOD
sites.
The Strategic Rocket Forces (SRF)/12th Main Directorate program element improves security of
Russian warheads maintained by the Russian Ministry of Defense by installing improved security
systems at Strategic Rocket Forces and 12th Main Directorate nuclear warhead sites. A total of
25 SRF sites (at 11 bases) and nine 12th Main Directorate sites have received MPC&A upgrades.
The Rosatom Weapons Complex program element improves the security of nuclear weapons and
materials at seven Rosatom nuclear weapons, uranium enrichment, and material processing/storage sites,
which are located within the closed cities of the Rosatom Weapons complex. The Civilian Nuclear Sites
program improves security at 32 civilian nuclear sites (19 Russian and 13 sites outside of Russia).
The Material Consolidation and Conversion (MCC) program element reduces the complexity and the
long-term costs of securing weapons exploitable nuclear material in Russia. The MCC program is
designed to significantly reduce the proliferation risk associated with weapons exploitable nuclear
materials by consolidating excess, non-weapons exploitable highly enriched uranium (HEU) and
plutonium into fewer, more secure locations. The MCC program achieves further risk reduction by
downblending weapons exploitable HEU to non-weapons exploitable low enriched uranium (LEU).
The National Programs and Sustainability element assists Russia and other partner countries in
developing and maintaining a nation-wide MPC&A infrastructure, thereby ensuring that U.S.-funded
security upgrades and an effective infrastructure can be sustained. Activities include developing and
revising regulations, developing inspection capabilities, training, education and regional support, site
sustainability planning, nuclear security culture activities, secure transportation and protective force
improvements, developing and revising measurement methodologies, and maintaining material control
and accounting measurement capabilities.
The Second Line of Defense (SLD) program strengthens the capability of foreign governments to deter,
detect, and interdict illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials across international
borders and through the global maritime shipping system. The SLD Program also provides training in
the use of the equipment to appropriate law enforcement officials and initial system sustainability
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
International Nuclear Materials
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget