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available and support enhancements of NNSA capabilities. Through such joint planning the science and
engineering activities within NNSA can be tuned to give value to a greater range of national interests.
Specific funding for joint activities is currently small and aimed at technical issues that clearly advance
program goals of all of the participants. The emphasis on cross-cutting projects will grow in future
years. NNSA is currently participating in Cross-Cutting Initiatives: Exascale Computing and Materials
for Extreme Nuclear Technology Environment.
Infrastructure
The FY 2012 Request for Infrastructure (Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities, Secure
Transportation Asset, Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program, and Site Stewardship)
continues significant efforts to meet Administration and Secretarial priorities for infrastructure with the
following emphases:
• Bringing the plutonium and uranium manufacturing infrastructure up to modern safety and security
standards;
• Ensuring environmental compliance and energy and operational efficiency throughout the nuclear
security enterprise, while modernizing, streamlining, consolidating, and sustaining the stewardship
and vitality of the sites, and
• Reducing the deferred maintenance backlog for critical facilities that will not be replaced.
FY 2010 Actual
Appropriation
FY 2011
Request
(dollars in thousands)
FY 2012
Request FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016
Infrastructure
Readiness in Technical Base
and Facilities, Operations and
Maintenance
Readiness in Technical Base
1,526,375 1,449,954 1,705,624 1,907,125 1,922,025 1,935,825 1,957,146
and Facilities, Construction 283,904 399,016 620,510 577,134 820,479 793,832 777,744
Secure Transportation Asset
Facilities and Infrastructure
240,683 248,045 251,272 249,456 252,869 261,521 267,773
Recapitalization 95,575 94,000 96,380 94,000 0 0 0
Site Stewardship
Congressionally Directed
63,308 105,478 104,002 104,699 175,370 207,488 212,706
Projects 3,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Use of Prior Year Balances -81,830 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total, Infrastructure 2,131,015 2,296,493 2,777,788 2,932,414 3,170,743 3,198,666 3,215,369
The FY 2012 budget sustains the investment in construction of replacement plutonium research and
uranium manufacturing facilities. Current plutonium research and uranium manufacturing facilities
(Chemistry and Metallurgy Research facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Building 9212 at
Y-12 respectively) have significant safety concerns that have been identified by the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board and others, and these facilities need to be closed at the earliest feasible date.
Until that time, continued operation requires stringent administrative and safety control measures, which
affect the efficiency and cost of operations.
The NNSA will continue to oversee and maintain the physical plant infrastructure at government-owned,
contractor-operated laboratories, NNSS, and production plants, according to applicable statutes, laws,
agreements, and standards. The NNSA is continuing to improve its ability to provide insight and
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