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apidly changing priorities. The FY 2012-FY 2016 ST&E budget proposal meets Administration and
Secretarial priorities for the enterprise with the following emphases:
• Sustaining the national security ST&E supported capabilities;
• Strengthening nuclear weapons assessment and life extension through scheduled development of the
predictive capability framework;
• Achieving scientific milestones essential to assess and certify the stockpile without underground
testing; and
• Supporting key national security issues by maintaining tools and capabilities to find solutions to
current and emerging national scientific problems.
FY 2010 Actual
Appropriation
FY 2011
Request
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2012
Request FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016
Science, Technology and
Engineering
Science Campaign 294,548 365,222 405,939 418,216 416,284 394,315 404,097
Engineering Campaign 149,679 141,920 143,078 168,418 165,898 159,449 158,693
Inertial Confinement Fusion
Ignition and High Yield
Campaign 457,486 481,548 476,274 476,381 471,668 485,237 495,026
Advanced Simulation and
Computing Campaign 566,069 615,748 628,945 616,104 628,100 643,120 659,210
National Security Applications 0 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Total, Science, Technology and
Engineering 1,467,782 1,624,438 1,674,236 1,699,119 1,701,950 1,702,121 1,737,026
The integration of the NNSA multi-disciplinary national security science and technology capabilities
assures that Nuclear Security Enterprise maintains the versatility to address urgent national needs on
appropriate time scales. The Secretary, for example, challenged the Department to identify science and
technology innovations that drive the economy, impact climate change and energy security, and enhance
national security. The NNSA scientific, technology, and engineering base takes on additional strategic
importance and must maintain its agile and responsive capabilities. As these roles are extensions of the
core responsibility to maintain the nuclear deterrent, transparency into these capabilities and the
investments made in them is critical.
Despite the classified nature of NNSA’s mission, many of the science and engineering activities are
unclassified and can, and in some cases already do, involve universities, industry and civilian agencies.
Specific actions are being initiated to improve the open communication and facilitate such cooperation.
One example is the Livermore Valley Open Campus with both Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories-California modifying physical space on the governmentowned
property to provide for easier access by visiting scientists, particularly researchers associated
with transportation science (Combustion Research Facility operated by the Office of Science) and high
energy density physics (National Ignition Facility).
The NNSA ST&E supports several key national priorities. The Administration is committed to the
ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the aggressive pursuit of nonproliferation goals,
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