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

FY 2010
Actual
Approp
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2011
Request
FY 2012
Request
will continue as will construction of the Emergency Diesel Generator Building. The Technical
Support Building will also be completed.
Russian Surplus Fissile Materials
Disposition 1,000 113,000 10,174
• Russian Surplus Fissile Materials
Disposition (funds spent in the
U.S.) 1,000 8,000 7,174
The FY 2012 funding will continue to support U.S. technical oversight of work in Russia
associated with the disposition of surplus Russian weapon-grade plutonium in the BN-600 and
BN-800 fast reactors as well as the research and development of the GT-MHR technology.
Funding will be used to continue with DOE contractual management and oversight of the
Russian plutonium disposition program and research and development of the GT-MHR. In
addition, these funds will support the implementation of a monitoring and inspection (M&I)
regime in Russia and the U.S. verifying that both countries are disposing of 34 MT of surplus
weapon-grade plutonium, and support negotiations among the U.S., Russia, and the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on M&I issues.
• Russian Surplus Fissile Materials
Disposition (funds spent in
Russia) 0 105,000 3,000
This current assumption is that uncosted carryover balances from FY 2011 will be used to
continue activities in FY 2012. However, if the $100,000,000 Request is not fully appropriated,
this strategy may have to be revisited. The following major activities are planned: modifying
the existing BN-600 MOX fuel fabrication facility at the Research Institute for Atomic Reactors
(RIAR), fabricating and installing non-plutonium breeding assemblies in the BN-600 to replace
the plutonium breeding blanket assemblies, modifying the BN-600 reactor so it can be used to
irradiate MOX fuel, modifying facilities to fabricate MOX fuel for the BN-800, and
implementing an M&I regime at Russian disposition facilities to provide confidence that Russia
is disposing of 34 MT of surplus weapon-grade plutonium.
The FY 2012 request will support research and development (R&D) of the GT-MHR in Russia
including fabrication and testing of particle nuclear fuels and testing of vertical turbo machine
components. Funds used for the GT-MHR are not part of the $400,000,000 U.S. contribution.
Total, Russian Surplus Fissile Materials
Disposition 1,000 113,000 10,174
Total, Fissile Materials Disposition 701,900 1,030,713 890,153
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget