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

Department of Defense (DoD) partners came to more fully understand their new obligations relative to
the nuclear deterrent. The additional resources requested will address the evolved scope and mitigate
newly recognized risks to ensure the continued safety, security, and reliability of the stockpile and
successful modernization of the nuclear security enterprise.
Stockpile Support
Stockpile Support (Directed Stockpile Work, Readiness Campaign) is a key component of the Stockpile
Stewardship and Management Program that ensures that we meet the commitments made by
President Obama, in his April 5, 2009 Prague speech, that “…the United States will maintain a safe,
secure, and effective arsenal to deter any adversary, and guarantee that defense to our allies…”. The
FY 2012-FY 2016 budget proposal for Stockpile Support continues significant efforts to meet
Administration and Secretarial priorities for the enterprise with the following emphases:
• Ensuring that the nation's nuclear weapons are safe, secure and reliable, without the use of
underground nuclear testing; and
• Delivering nuclear weapons with improved safety and security features through the execution of Life
Extension Programs (LEPs) for key weapons systems; and
• Meeting DoD production requirements while strengthening management of the nuclear weapons
stockpile.
FY 2010 Actual
Appropriation
FY 2011
Request
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2012
Request FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016
Stockpile Support
Directed Stockpile Work 1,564,290 1,898,379 1,963,583 2,111,439 2,327,859 2,529,992 2,630,707
Readiness Campaign 106,744 112,092 142,491 130,753 130,754 133,706 135,320
Total, Stockpile Support 1,671,034 2,010,471 2,106,074 2,242,192 2,458,613 2,663,698 2,766,027
This budget request is based on the following specific stockpile requirements:
• Produce sufficient quantities of W76-1 warheads to meet Navy requirements;
• Complete a full scope (nuclear and non-nuclear) life extension study of the B61-12 and preparing for
first production unit in 2017 that meets all safety, security, use control, and reliability objectives;
• Continue the life extension study for the W78, consistent with the principles of the Stockpile
Management Program defined in Section 3113 (a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act of
Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2524).
• Provide sufficient funds for warhead surveillance and for the science and technology that support
stockpile assessment and certification in the absence of nuclear testing.
Effective stockpile management includes routine surveillance and replacement of limited life
components. Since the average age of the weapons in the nuclear stockpile is close to 25 years,
stockpile management also demands that steps be taken to extend the active life of the weapons systems.
Surveillance assesses the relative ability of a weapon system to meet a specified military attribute and
provides the analytical foundation to plan the work necessary to assure that a given system is safe,
secure and effective. As stockpiles are reduced in size, and the NNSA transforms the infrastructure to a
capability-based capacity, the surveillance program plays a larger role in assuring that priority is given
Weapons Activities Overview FY 2012 Congressional Budget
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