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Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition
• Exceeded scheduled Canned Subassembly dismantlement quantities at Y-12.
• Exceeded scheduled weapons dismantlement quantities at Pantex.
• Completed scheduled disposition of weapons components at Y-12, Kansas City Plant, and Pantex.
• Developed plans for all sites in the Enterprise to safely disposition material recovered during
dismantlement.
• Completed scheduled Seamless Safety for the 21st Century (SS-21) activities to authorize processing
for the W84.
• Completed scheduled SS-21 activities to authorize processing for the B53.
Stockpile Services
• Met scheduled multi-weapon surveillance requirements for Canned Subassembly, pit, NG, GTS, and
detonator evaluations.
• Submitted Weapons Reliability Report to DoD (November and May).
• Completed Product Realization Integrated Digital Enterprise (PRIDE) deliverables to enable
information sharing across the Enterprise for the W76 LEP production.
• Completed 40 percent of storage space reduction goal as planned.
• Performed Permissive Action Link tests to ensure safety of the nuclear weapon stockpile.
• Conducted experiments to better understand the reliability of the stockpile; updated computer
models; and validated experimental results against predictions.
• Produced five W88 war reserve pits.
Major Outyear Priorities and Assumptions
The outyear projections for DSW total $9,599,997,000 for FY 2013 through FY 2016. The DSW will
continue to provide a safe, secure, and reliable stockpile through: (1) W76 LEP full production; (2) the
B61 LEP with NWC approval following the 6.2/6.2A study; and (3) the study of life extension options
for the W78 and applicability to the W88, 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) and the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) Report.
Funding requested in FY 2012 and the outyears has increased under the LEP activity in anticipation of
the NWC approval of the B61 LEP. The outyear funding request for the W78 increases due to a
development effort with the assumption of an approved LEP. Further, the W88 Stockpile Systems
profile includes increased funding for a replacement W88 Arming Firing and Fuzing (AF&F) system.
The DSW will support the DoD as it implements the NPR recommendations by supporting projects such
as the Analysis of Alternative for Long Range Stand-off capability.
The DSW plans increased investments in surveillance over the Future-Years Nuclear Security Program
(FYNSP) consistent with the needs of reliability reporting and the Annual Assessment process. The outyear
profile also includes funding to replace NGs for all stockpile weapons. Further, DSW will sustain
dismantlements consistent with the goal of dismantling all weapons retired prior to the end of FY 2009
by 2022.
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget