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FINAL <strong>Pantex</strong> Index No.: PLAN-TYSP-FY13<br />
18 of 55<br />
• HE Inert Machining<br />
• HE Formulation<br />
• Zone 11 HPFL Replacement<br />
• HE Component Fabrication and<br />
Qualification Facility<br />
These same projects support the HE R&D<br />
efforts. The HEPF is under construction.<br />
The HE ST&E CD-1 documentation is being<br />
finalized and should result in design efforts<br />
being started within the next year.<br />
Future Vision<br />
The RoD for the Complex Transformation<br />
SPEIS selected <strong>Pantex</strong> Plant as the CoE for<br />
HE production. The <strong>Pantex</strong> HE production<br />
mission is required to support nuclear<br />
weapons stockpile stewardship while<br />
continuously improving levels of safety and<br />
productivity. Major activities include:<br />
• Manufacturing special stockpile<br />
explosives<br />
• Fabricating explosive components<br />
• Performing comprehensive<br />
destructive/non-destructive testing of<br />
explosive products<br />
• Providing explosives asset stewardship<br />
When the HE CoE is fully implemented,<br />
<strong>Pantex</strong> will have the sustainable<br />
infrastructure in place to support the HE<br />
need for the foreseeable future. Production<br />
will be performed in modern sustainable<br />
buildings with efficient and effective<br />
processes to minimize costs and maximize<br />
operability. Explosive formulation could be<br />
performed in large lots to minimize<br />
variations and testing. Pressing could be<br />
done with near net-shape precision and<br />
machining will be minimal.<br />
The Physics Laboratories will have<br />
validated aging models developed through<br />
the accumulation of surveillance and testing<br />
data that will allow historical materials to be<br />
minimized reducing the footprint currently<br />
required for long-term storage. <strong>Pantex</strong> will<br />
continuously manage its explosive inventory<br />
to ensure sufficient storage space to meet<br />
future stockpile stewardship requirements.<br />
Tactical Horizon (FY13-FY22)<br />
Capability/Needs to Achieve NNSA Strategic<br />
Goals and Objectives<br />
• Commence and sustain two-shift<br />
operations for main charge fabrication<br />
(pressing and machining) to satisfy<br />
W76-1 LEP schedule demands<br />
• Planning is also underway with regard to<br />
the B61 LEP scheduled for FPU at<br />
<strong>Pantex</strong> in FY19. In preparation for this<br />
LEP, the site must establish appropriate<br />
Insensitive High Explosives (IHE) main<br />
charge fabrication processes. This<br />
effort will require some degree of<br />
process development and formalized<br />
implementation at the site<br />
• Establish and implement appropriate<br />
IHE charge fabrication process for B61<br />
LEP scheduled for FPU at <strong>Pantex</strong> in<br />
FY19<br />
• Modernize extrudable HE loading and<br />
testing capability to meet B61 LEP<br />
requirements<br />
Relative HE Pressing Workload<br />
• Implement tracking and inventory<br />
system to enhance productivity and to<br />
prevent potential HE over-load and<br />
incompatibility issues in operations<br />
• Implement 900 17/LM Mock HE<br />
capability for production setups and JTA<br />
applications<br />
• Develop and implement virtual training<br />
methods<br />
T W E N T Y • F I V E • Y E A R • S I T E • P L A N