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Explanation of Funding Changes
FY 2012 vs.
FY 2011
Request
($000)
Plant Technology
• This increase reflects the ramp up of design and development activities
for the OHIO-class replacement submarine reactor plant including
development of I&C, plant arrangements and system designs to meet
performance requirements. +21,500
Reactor Technology and Analysis
• This increase reflects continued design and development of the OHIOclass
replacement submarine reactor plant core, as well as development,
demonstration and manufacturing of core technologies in support of the
S8G Prototype Refueling program. This activity supports the delivery of
an extended life core design for initial fabrication of the OHIO-class
replacement submarine propulsion plant as well as ongoing operation of
the S8G Prototype and related R&D programs beyond 2018. +38,100
Materials Development and Verification
• This increase reflects the continued materials validation work in support
of delivering a core and core technologies for the land-based S8G
Prototype and the OHIO-class replacement submarine. +8,000
Evaluation and Servicing
• This decrease reflects a minor reduction of environmental remediation
efforts. -4,424
• This decrease reflects administrative savings to be achieved in advisory
and assistance services.
-372
ATR Operations and Test Support
• This increase reflects an inflationary increase to support continued
operations of the Advanced Test Reactor. +1,200
Facility Operations
• This increase primarily reflects planned increases in capital equipment
procurements offset by decreases in general plant projects. +7,372
Total Funding Change, Operations and Maintenance +71,376
Naval Reactors/
Operations and Maintenance
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