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

OUT-YEAR FUNDING:
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016
NNSA
Weapons Activities
Directed Stockpile Work 31,425 31,600 33,326 39,907
Science Campaign 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000
Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities 132,031 140,585 152,531 189,474
Secure Transportation Asset 204 208 212 216
Nuclear Counterterrorism Incident Response 45,914 46,246 46,850 48,200
Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program 6,582 0 0 0
Site Stewardship 2,007 3,360 4,570 4,827
National Security Applications 100 100 100 100
Subtotal Weapons Activities
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
250,263 254,099 269,589 314,724
Nonproliferation and Verification Research & Development 55,936 56,234 56,541 56,857
Global Threat Reduction Initiative 4,508 5,778 5,996 6,715
Subtotal Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 60,444 62,012 62,537 63,572
Total, NNSA 310,707 316,111 332,126 378,296
Congressional Items of Interest: None.
Major Changes or Shifts: DSW Stockpile Services decreases by 39 percent between FY 2011 and
FY 2012 due to decreased demand for subcritical nuclear tests. Secure Transportation Operations and
Maintenance will decline by $5.7 million between FY 2011 and FY 2012. The program has decided not
to use Nevada as a secondary training venue for Joint Testing Exercises (JTX).
INTRODUCTION:
Site Description
The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) is located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas and is
approximately 1,375 square miles. The NNSS is surrounded by the Department of Defense (DoD)
Nevada Test and Training Ranges and unpopulated land controlled by the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management. In addition to the NNSS, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nevada
Site Office assets include facilities in North Las Vegas; Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), NV; Andrews
AFB, MD; Livermore, CA; Los Alamos, NM; and Santa Barbara, CA.
The NNSS is aligned with complex modernization activities for the nuclear security enterprise. The
NNSS supports the consolidation of Category I/II quantities of special nuclear materials from other sites
and long-term consolidation of hydrodynamic testing and other high-hazard experiments. The current
Environmental Impact Statement and the associated Record of Decision allow for the execution of a
variety of complex and unique projects and experiments, while ensuring the protection of workers, the
public and the environment. The existing assets of the NNSS represent a unique and indispensable
extension of the National Weapons Laboratories experimental capabilities, and are essential to the
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