Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

this activity: the Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) program andthe Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP). The MPC&A program is primarilyrelated to nuclear materials security and nonproliferation, while the goal of the IPP isto engage scientists and engineers from the weapons institutes of the former SovietUnion in peaceful technology applications in order to help stabilize personnel andresources that represent a potential risk of “expertise proliferation.”• Reducing Inventories of Surplus Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Worldwide in aSafe, Secure, Transparent, and Irreversible Manner: Efforts focus on implementingthe disposition of surplus highly enriched uranium and plutonium and providingtechnical support to attain reciprocal actions for the disposition of surplus Russianplutonium. Multinational cooperation is under way to minimize the future demand forhighly enriched uranium in civilian programs through the development of alternativelow-enriched uranium fuels for research reactors.• Strengthening the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime: DOE will lead an interagencytask force on warhead and fissile material to create START III options for warheadelimination and fissile material disposition. DOE will continue to support IAEA andUNSCOM by providing equipment, technologies, and expertise to perform monitoringand intrusive inspections in North Korea and Iraq.Sample Program Milestones (Summarized at the PE/Project Level)PE 603711BR: Nuclear Arms Control/CTBT Technology Support Program.Objectives: This consolidated RDT&E program develops capabilities and technologiesunder the oversight of the Deputy for Nuclear Treaty Programs, to support the preparation,implementation, compliance, and verification of the CTBT. Work under this ProgramElement also includes the Chemical Biological Arms Control Technology Program and theStrategic Arms Control Technology Program.Milestones:Fiscal year (FY) 1999: All U.S. IMS monitoring stations operational.Deliver IDC to CTBT international organization.Complete BW history documentDemonstrate new tagging technologiesFY 2000: IMS and IDC operationalFY 2002: Develop nuclear weapon identification detectors.Funding ($ in millions):PE Project FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04603711BR N/A 55.22 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A159