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

FY 2010
Actual
Approp
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2011
Request
• BN-350 Nuclear Material Protection 9,109 2,000 2,000
FY 2012
Request
This activity provides for the safe and secure long-term storage of approximately 3,000 kilograms
of weapons-grade plutonium and 10,000 kilograms of HEU in spent fuel from the shutdown
BN-350 fast breeder reactor in Kazakhstan. The BN-350 shipments were completed in November
2010; and these minimal funds will support the project close out activities and verify all security
systems are fully operational.
• International Material Protection 41,463 57,000 50,000
This activity works in cooperation with foreign counterparts and international agencies to install
security upgrades on high-priority, vulnerable nuclear and radiological materials located at civilian
sites outside the United States.
In FY 2012, GTRI will complete security upgrades at an additional 43 research reactor and
radiological buildings, resulting in a cumulative total of 822 international buildings secured. Efforts
also include working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), foreign regulators, and
sites to support the sustainability of previously installed security upgrades at 779 buildings in over
70 countries.
• Domestic Material Protection (Homeland Security) 35,322 25,147 51,000
This activity works in close cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, and private industry
to install security upgrades on high-priority nuclear and radiological materials located at civilian
sites in the United States to prevent theft.
In FY 2012, GTRI will complete security upgrades at an additional 115 research reactor and
radiological buildings, resulting in a cumulative total of 417 domestic buildings secured. Efforts
also include working with Federal, State, and local authorities and the sites to support the
sustainability of previously installed security upgrades at 302 buildings and conduct 24 Alarm
Response Training sessions for over 900 first responders.
Total, Global Threat Reduction Initiative 333,500 558,838 508,269
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) Page 428
FY 2012 Congressional Budget