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

FY 2010
Actual
Approp
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2011
Request
• Emerging Threats Nuclear Material Removal 5,556 16,000 5,000
This activity develops the capability to rapidly denuclearize a country, ensuring that when
opportunities present themselves, such as Libya in 2004, the United States is able to respond
quickly. This includes in-country stabilization, packaging, and removal of nuclear materials
through the deployment of self-sufficient, trained rapid response teams and mobile facilities.
FY 2012
Request
In FY 2012, GTRI will train rapid response teams, and field test all capabilities. Additional efforts
over the long term address maintaining a short-term readiness posture to deploy assets rapidly to
assist in recovery of nuclear materials. In addition, the program provides life-cycle replacement of
equipment to maintain state-of-the-art technical capability.
• International Radiological Material Removal 8,333 45,000 20,000
This activity supports the removal and disposal of excess or abandoned radiological materials in
other countries. This includes Russian radioisotopic thermoelectric generators (RTGs), U.S.-origin
sealed sources in other countries, and other orphaned radiological materials.
In FY 2012, GTRI will complete the removal of an additional 34 RTGs, resulting in a cumulative
total of 461 RTGs removed by GTRI through direct funding and international contributions
(e.g. Canada). Attesting to the cooperative nature of these tasks, by the end of FY 2012, our
international partners (e.g. Russia, Norway, and France) are expected to have funded the recovery
of an additional cumulative 319 RTGs for a grand total of 780 of the 851 RTGs being completed.
Funds will also be used to recover and dispose of orphaned radioactive sources in other countries.
• Domestic Radiological Material Removal
(Homeland Security) 17,778 25,000 20,000
This effort supports the rapid removal and disposal of domestic radiological materials by working in
close cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, and private industry to recover and
permanently dispose of excess radiological sources in the United States.
In FY 2012, GTRI will remove at least an additional 1,900 excess and unwanted sealed sources
from locations in the United States, resulting in a cumulative total of 29,900 excess sealed sources
removed.
Nuclear and Radiological Material Protection 85,894 84,147 103,000
GTRI's Protect subprogram supports the securing of high priority nuclear and radiological material
worldwide from theft and sabotage. These efforts result in threat reduction by improving security on
the bomb material remaining at civilian sites. The Protect subprogram is key to the GTRI mission
because it upgrades security until a permanent threat reduction solution can be implemented.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) Page 427
FY 2012 Congressional Budget