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container for transporting MOX fuel for boiling water reactors. Continue to procure containers for
transportation of plutonium pits and plutonium oxide. Packaging and loading equipment development
will continue during FY 2012.
• MOX Other Project Cost
Activities (OPC) 56,466 30,000 97,035
The MOX OPC Activities support project activities such as management oversight, design
reviews, facility start-up, testing and licensing. The FY 2012 activities include continuing
management oversight and licensing activities as well as planning for start-up and operation of
the MFFF along with safety, security, and physical protection activities. The OPC will continue
to fund the design and testing support of the aqueous polishing process located at the front end
of the MOX facility, environmental permitting, and the monitoring and support for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) review of the possession and use-license application for the
MFFF. In addition, OPC funds will support ramp-up of operating start-up staffing and related
training, NNSA oversight, and additional NRC inspection levels.
• MOX Operating Expenses
(OPEX) 976 865 100
The MOX Operating Expenses support activities associated with hot start-up testing and
operations of the MFFF. FY 2012 activities include efforts to maintain the hot start-up bases of
estimate and schedule, including analysis and review of changes. Additionally, funds will
support the costs associated with background investigations and security clearances for MOX
operators.
• Waste Solidification Building
(WSB) (OPC) 7,000 21,500 23,345
The WSB OPC funding supports planning for facility operations (development of operating
procedures and training program), program development activities (start-up testing, spare parts,
emergency preparedness), waste management planning (development of waste compliance
plans), interface management, and use of the Smart Plant foundation database (a software
relationship management tool that provides the capability to transition engineering/project
documents from design/construction/testing to eventual operations while maintaining
requirements and configuration control).
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget