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sub-projects will enhance NNSA’s ability to manage smaller, stand-alone scopes-of-work, while
still managing the interface between the sub-projects and to provide additional feedstock to
MOX in advance of PDC becoming operational.
For FY 2012, the planned activities based on the conceptual integrated plan are: 1) continuing the S&P
line design and receiving required critical decision approvals and 2) completing the MS design and
receiving required critical decision approvals. Completing material storage is on the critical path for
completion of the pit processing sub-project.
In FY 2010, PDCF funding of $30,321,000 was provided within the Weapons Activities appropriation,
RTBF program.
• 99-D-141-02 Waste Solidification
Building (WSB) 70,000 57,000 17,582
The WSB will receive liquid waste streams from the MOX facility and the PDC operations. The
waste will be chemically treated and solidified for ultimate disposal. The WSB is a reinforced
concrete facility that will contain storage tanks, evaporators, cementation equipment, and will
include an adjacent storage area for drums awaiting transfer to SRS packaging facilities.
Construction of the WSB began in FY 2009.
In FY 2012, planned activities will focus on the completion of physical construction, including
the installation of mechanical and electrical systems inside the facility and the construction and
installation of outside equipment and ancillary structures. Component and integrated system
testing will be conducted. Operator training will continue, as will development of operating and
maintenance procedures, development of facility and system start-up procedures, and planning
for the Operational Readiness Review (ORR).
• 99-D-143, MOX Fuel Fabrication
Facility (MFFF) 504,238 475,788 385,172
The MFFF will fabricate plutonium oxide into MOX fuel for subsequent use in commercial
nuclear reactors. The facility will contain the following key areas: shipping and receiving,
storage, chemical processing, pellet manufacturing, fuel rod loading, fuel bundle assembly, fuel
bundle storage and an analytical laboratory. Key supporting facilities include: an administration
building, material receipt warehouse, technical support building, emergency and diesel standby
generator buildings, and a chemical reagent building.
The FY 2012 planned activities include completion of the main MFFF process building structure
and continued installation of ventilation equipment, process piping, and electrical equipment.
Assembly and testing of gloveboxes and process equipment in the Process Assembly Facility
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget