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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 5515 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 7701

Sec. 7701. Department of Energy national security programs

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SEC. 7701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS (In Thousands of Dollars) Program FY 2019 Request House Authorized Discretionary Summary By Appropriation Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies Appropriation Summary: Energy Programs Nuclear Energy 136,090 136,090 Atomic Energy Defense Activities National nuclear security administration: Weapons activities 11,017,078 11,215,078 Defense nuclear nonproliferation 1,862,825 1,989,825 Naval reactors 1,788,618 1,788,618 Federal salaries and expenses 422,529 404,529 Total, National nuclear security administration 15,091,050 15,398,050 Environmental and other defense activities:
Defense environmental cleanup 5,630,217 5,680,217 Other defense activities 853,300 853,300 Defense nuclear waste disposal 30,000 30,000 Total, Environmental & other defense activities 6,513,517 6,563,517 Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities 21,604,567 21,961,567 Total, Discretionary Funding 21,740,657 22,097,657 Nuclear Energy Idaho sitewide safeguards and security 136,090 136,090 Total, Nuclear Energy 136,090 136,090 Weapons Activities Directed stockpile work Life extension programs and major alterations B61–12 Life extension program 794,049 794,049 W76–1 Life extension program 48,888 48,888 W88 Alt 370 304,285 304,285 W80–4 Life extension program 654,766 654,766 IW–1 53,000 53,000 W76–2 Warhead modification program 65,000 65,000 Total, Life extension programs and major alterations 1,919,988 1,919,988 Stockpile systems B61 Stockpile systems 64,547 64,547 W76 Stockpile systems 94,300 94,300 W78 Stockpile systems 81,329 81,329 W80 Stockpile systems 80,204 80,204 B83 Stockpile systems 35,082 35,082 W87 Stockpile systems 83,107 83,107 W88 Stockpile systems 180,913 180,913 Total, Stockpile systems 619,482 619,482 Weapons dismantlement and disposition Operations and maintenance 56,000 56,000 Stockpile services Production support 512,916 508,916 Program decrease [–4,000] Research and development support 38,129 38,129 R&D certification and safety 216,582 214,582 Program decrease [–2,000] Management, technology, and production 300,736 298,736 Program decrease [–2,000] Total, Stockpile services 1,068,363 1,060,363 Strategic materials Uranium sustainment 87,182 87,182 Plutonium sustainment 361,282 361,282 Tritium sustainment 205,275 205,275 Lithium sustainment 29,135 29,135 Domestic uranium enrichment 100,704 100,704 Strategic materials sustainment 218,794 218,794 Total, Strategic materials 1,002,372 1,002,372 Total, Directed stockpile work 4,666,205 4,658,205 Research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) Science Advanced certification 57,710 57,710 Primary assessment technologies 95,057 93,057 Program decrease [–2,000] Dynamic materials properties 131,000 128,000 Program decrease [–3,000] Advanced radiography 32,544 32,544 Secondary assessment technologies 77,553 77,553 Academic alliances and partnerships 53,364 53,364 Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments 117,632 117,632 Total, Science 564,860 559,860 Engineering Enhanced surety 43,226 43,226 Weapon systems engineering assessment technology 27,536 27,536 Nuclear survivability 48,230 48,230 Enhanced surveillance 58,375 58,375 Stockpile Responsiveness 34,000 40,000 Program increase [6,000] Total, Engineering 211,367 217,367 Inertial confinement fusion ignition and high yield Ignition 22,434 42,434 Maintain sustainable levels [20,000] Support of other stockpile programs 17,397 21,397 Maintain sustainable levels [4,000] Diagnostics, cryogenics and experimental support 51,453 61,453 Maintain sustainable levels [10,000] Pulsed power inertial confinement fusion 8,310 8,310 Facility operations and target production 319,333 334,333 Maintain sustainable levels [15,000] Total, Inertial confinement fusion and high yield 418,927 467,927 Advanced simulation and computing Advanced simulation and computing 656,401 656,401 Construction: 18–D–670, Exascale Class Computer Cooling Equipment, LANL 24,000 24,000 18–D–620, Exascale Computing Facility Modernization Project, LLNL 23,000 23,000 Total, Construction 47,000 47,000 Total, Advanced simulation and computing 703,401 703,401 Advanced manufacturing Additive manufacturing 17,447 17,447 Component manufacturing development 48,477 48,477 Process technology development 30,914 30,914 Total, Advanced manufacturing 96,838 96,838 Total, RDT&E 1,995,393 2,045,393 Infrastructure and operations Operations of facilities 891,000 891,000 Safety and environmental operations 115,000 115,000 Maintenance and repair of facilities 365,000 404,000 Address high-priority repair needs and preventive maintenance [39,000] Recapitalization:
Infrastructure and safety 431,631 498,631 Support high-priority deferred maintenance [67,000] Capability based investments 109,057 113,057 Program increase [4,000] Total, Recapitalization 540,688 611,688 Construction: 19–D–670, 138kV Power Transmission System Replacement, NNSS 6,000 6,000 19–D–660, Lithium Production Capability, Y–12 19,000 19,000 18–D–680, Material Staging Facility, Pantex 0 24,000 18–D–650, Tritium Production Capability, SRS 27,000 27,000 17–D–710, West End Protected Area reduction Project, Y–12 0 9,000 17–D–640, U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS 53,000 53,000 16–D–515, Albuquerque complex project 47,953 47,953 14–D–710, DAF Argus project, NNSS 0 2,000 06–D–141 Uranium processing facility Y–12, Oak Ridge, TN 703,000 703,000 04–D–125 Chemistry and metallurgy research facility replacement project, LANL 235,095 235,095 Total, Construction 1,091,048 1,126,048 Total, Infrastructure and operations 3,002,736 3,147,736 Secure transportation asset Operations and equipment 176,617 176,617 Program direction 102,022 102,022 Total, Secure transportation asset 278,639 278,639 Defense nuclear security Operations and maintenance 690,638 701,638 Physical security infrastructure recapitalization and CSTART [11,000] Total, Defense nuclear security 690,638 701,638 Information technology and cybersecurity 221,175 221,175 Legacy contractor pensions 162,292 162,292 Total, Weapons Activities 11,017,078 11,215,078 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs Global material security International nuclear security 46,339 46,339 Domestic radiological security 90,764 90,764 International radiological security 59,576 59,576 Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence 140,429 140,429 Total, Global material security 337,108 337,108 Material management and minimization HEU reactor conversion 98,300 98,300 Nuclear material removal 32,925 32,925 Material disposition 200,869 200,869 Total, Material management & minimization 332,094 332,094 Nonproliferation and arms control 129,703 129,703 Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D 456,095 468,095 Acceleration of low-yield detection experiments [6,000] Future nuclear proliferation challenges, including 3D printing [6,000] Nonproliferation Construction: 18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project 59,000 59,000 99–D–143 Mixed Oxide
(MOX)Fuel Fabrication Facility, SRS 220,000 335,000 Total, Nonproliferation construction 279,000 394,000 Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs 1,534,000 1,661,000 Legacy contractor pensions 28,640 28,640 Nuclear counterterrorism and incident response program 319,185 319,185 Use of prior year balances –19,000 –19,000 Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 1,862,825 1,989,825 Naval Reactors Naval reactors development 514,951 514,951 Columbia-Class reactor systems development 138,000 138,000 S8G Prototype refueling 250,000 250,000 Naval reactors operations and infrastructure 525,764 525,764 Construction: 19–D–930, KS Overhead Piping 10,994 10,994 17–D–911, BL Fire System Upgrade 13,200 13,200 14–D–901 Spent fuel handling recapitalization project, NRF 287,000 287,000 Total, Construction 311,194 311,194 Program direction 48,709 48,709 Total, Naval Reactors 1,788,618 1,788,618 Federal Salaries And Expenses Program direction 422,529 404,529 Program decrease [–18,000] Total, Office Of The Administrator 422,529 404,529 Defense Environmental Cleanup Closure sites: Closure sites administration 4,889 4,889 Richland: River corridor and other cleanup operations 89,577 89,577 Central plateau remediation 562,473 612,473 Accelerated remediation of 300–296 waste site [50,000] Richland community and regulatory support 5,121 5,121 Construction: 18–D–404 WESF Modifications and Capsule Storage 1,000 1,000 Total, Construction 1,000 1,000 Total, Hanford site 658,171 708,171 Office of River Protection: Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning 15,000 15,000 Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition 677,460 677,460 Construction: 15–D–409 Low activity waste pretreatment system, ORP 56,053 56,053 01–D–416 A-D WTP Subprojects A-D 675,000 675,000 01–D–416 E—Pretreatment Facility 15,000 15,000 Total, Construction 746,053 746,053 Total, Office of River protection 1,438,513 1,438,513 Idaho National Laboratory: SNF stabilization and disposition—2012 17,000 17,000 Solid waste stabilization and disposition 148,387 148,387 Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition 137,739 137,739 Soil and water remediation—2035 42,900 42,900 Idaho community and regulatory support 3,200 3,200 Total, Idaho National Laboratory 349,226 349,226 NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,704 1,704 Nuclear facility D & D Separations Process Research Unit 15,000 15,000 Nevada 60,136 60,136 Sandia National Laboratories 2,600 2,600 Los Alamos National Laboratory 191,629 191,629 Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 271,069 271,069 Oak Ridge Reservation: OR Nuclear facility D & D OR-0041—D&D - Y–12 30,214 30,214 OR-0042—D&D -ORNL 60,007 60,007 Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D 90,221 90,221 U233 Disposition Program 45,000 45,000 OR cleanup and waste disposition OR cleanup and disposition 67,000 67,000 Construction: 17–D–401 On-site waste disposal facility 5,000 5,000 14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility 11,274 11,274 Total, Construction 16,274 16,274 Total, OR cleanup and waste disposition 83,274 83,274 OR community & regulatory support 4,711 4,711 OR technology development and deployment 3,000 3,000 Total, Oak Ridge Reservation 226,206 226,206 Savannah River Sites: Nuclear Material Management 351,331 351,331 Environmental Cleanup Environmental Cleanup 166,105 166,105 Construction: 18–D–402, Emergency Operations Center 1,259 1,259 Total, Environmental Cleanup 167,364 167,364 SR community and regulatory support 4,749 4,749 Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition 805,686 805,686 Construction: 18–D–401, SDU #8/9 37,450 37,450 17–D–402—Saltstone Disposal Unit #7 41,243 41,243 05–D–405 Salt waste processing facility, Savannah River Site 65,000 65,000 Total, Construction 143,693 143,693 Total, Savannah River site 1,472,823 1,472,823 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Operations and maintenance 220,000 220,000 Central characterization project 19,500 19,500 Critical Infrastructure Repair/Replacement 46,695 46,695 Transportation 25,500 25,500 Construction: 15–D–411 Safety significant confinement ventilation system, WIPP 84,212 84,212 15–D–412 Exhaust shaft, WIPP 1,000 1,000 Total, Construction 85,212 85,212 Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 396,907 396,907 Program direction 300,000 300,000 Program support 6,979 6,979 Minority Serving Institution Partnership 6,000 6,000 Safeguards and Security Oak Ridge Reservation 14,023 14,023 Paducah 15,577 15,577 Portsmouth 15,078 15,078 Richland/Hanford Site 86,686 86,686 Savannah River Site 183,357 183,357 Waste Isolation Pilot Project 6,580 6,580 West Valley 3,133 3,133 Total, Safeguards and Security 324,434 324,434 Technology development 25,000 25,000 HQEF-0040—Excess Facilities 150,000 150,000 Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup 5,630,217 5,680,217 Other Defense Activities Environment, health, safety and security Environment, health, safety and security 135,194 135,194 Program direction 70,653 70,653 Total, Environment, Health, safety and security 205,847 205,847 Independent enterprise assessments Independent enterprise assessments 24,068 24,068 Program direction 52,702 52,702 Total, Independent enterprise assessments 76,770 76,770 Specialized security activities 254,378 254,378 Office of Legacy Management Legacy management 140,575 140,575 Program direction 18,302 18,302 Total, Office of Legacy Management 158,877 158,877 Defense related administrative support Chief financial officer 48,484 48,484 Chief information officer 96,793 96,793 Project management oversight and Assessments 8,412 8,412 Total, Defense related administrative support 153,689 153,689 Office of hearings and appeals 5,739 5,739 Subtotal, Other defense activities 855,300 855,300 Rescission of prior year balances
(OHA)–2,000 –2,000 Total, Other Defense Activities 853,300 853,300 Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal Yucca mountain and interim storage 30,000 30,000 Total, Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal 30,000 30,000
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