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

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In FY 2012, GTRI will return to Russia and dispose of an additional 401 kilograms of Russianorigin
HEU fuel from facilities located in Belarus and Ukraine, resulting in a cumulative total of
2,004 kilograms of HEU removed, enough material for 80 nuclear bombs. Funds will also be used
for preparatory activities for removals planned for 2013.
• U.S.-Origin Nuclear Material Removal 9,889 16,500 9,000
This activity supports the removal and disposal of U.S.-origin HEU and LEU from TRIGA and
MTR research reactors. U.S.-origin fuel will be returned to the United States until 2019 as an
incentive for reactor conversions. These activities collectively support the goals contained in the
Administration’s nonproliferation initiative announced in Prague on April 5, 2009 to secure all
vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years, which was further strengthened in
the July 2009 Joint Statement resulting from the Moscow Summit, the September 2009 UNSC
Resolution 1887 and the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit. In accordance with these goals,
GTRI is accelerating the return of U.S.-origin HEU fuel.
In FY 2012, GTRI will return to the United States an additional 15 kilograms of U.S.-origin HEU
from several countries, including Mexico resulting in a cumulative total of 1,265 kilograms of HEU
removed, enough material for 50 nuclear bombs. Funds will also be used for preparatory activities
for removals planned for 2013.
• Gap Nuclear Material Removal 9,111 108,000 56,000
This effort additionally supports the GTRI mission of removal and disposal of vulnerable, high-risk
nuclear materials that are not covered by the Russian-origin and U.S.-origin Nuclear Material
Remove activities. This includes U.S.-origin HEU other than TRIGA and MTR fuel, HEU of non-
U.S.- and non-Russian-origin, and separated plutonium. These combined efforts directly support
the goals contained in the Administration’s nonproliferation initiative to security all vulnerable
nuclear material within four years that was announced in Prague on April 5, which was further
strengthened in the July 2009 Joint Statement, the September 2009 UNSC Resolution 1887, and the
April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit. In accordance with these goals, GTRI is accelerating the
return of Gap material from third countries.
In FY 2012, GTRI will remove or facilitate disposition of an additional 36 kilograms of Gap HEU
and plutonium from several countries resulting in a cumulative total of 286 kilograms of HEU and
plutonium removed, enough material for more than 10 nuclear bombs. Funds will also be used for
preparatory activities for removals planned for 2013.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) Page 426
FY 2012 Congressional Budget