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 47,924 48,339 51,449 53,482
Engineering Campaign 1,776 1,964 1,941 1,978
Readiness Campaign 37,589 46,080 42,501 40,949
Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities 128,407 134,792 136,414 140,031
Nuclear Counterterrorism Incident Response 2,835 2,800 2,876 2,970
Site Stewardship 1,502 1,390 1,693 1,757
Defense Nuclear Security 8,700 8,800 23,900 64,899
Cyber Security 5,335 5,335 5,335 5,335
Subtotal Weapons Activities
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
234,068 249,500 266,109 311,401
Nonproliferation and Verification Research & Development 8,359 8,604 8,628 9,118
Nonproliferation and International Security 4,994 5,148 5,270 5,362
International Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation 1,250 1,416 1,400 1,092
Fissile Materials Disposition 980,412 829,815 853,299 962,581
Global Threat Reduction Initiative 13,971 17,907 18,581 20,810
Subtotal Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 1,008,986 862,890 887,178 998,963
Total, NNSA 1,243,054 1,112,390 1,153,287 1,310,364
Congressional Items of Interest: Construction of the Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility and the
related facilities in support of U.S. plutonium disposition activities.
Major Changes and Shifts: The request for Readiness Campaign funding increases to support the
increase of tritium production from 240 TPBARs per cycle to 544 TPBARs per cycle; capital projects at
the Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF) for repairs and improvements; and for initial procurement and
installation preparations for the large water management tank at TVA’s Watts Bar reactor.
INTRODUCTION:
Site Description
The Savannah River Site (SRS) spans approximately 310 square miles bordering the Savannah River in
western South Carolina. The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is the site
landlord. The Savannah River Site is designated as a National Environmental Research Park and covers
a small portion of Aiken, Barnwell, and Allendale counties.
The SRS Tritium Facilities, which occupy a portion of the total site, are supporting the National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship and Stockpile Evaluation programs, and are
executing a plan to meet the challenges of the future through the following core missions:
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget