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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1790 (EAH) — 116 S1790 EAH: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 · Sec. 4701

Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs

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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS (In Thousands of Dollars) Program FY 2020 Request House Authorized Discretionary Summary By Appropriation Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies Appropriation Summary: Energy Programs Nuclear Energy 137,808 137,808 Atomic Energy Defense Activities National nuclear security administration: Weapons activities 12,408,603 11,807,074 Defense nuclear nonproliferation 1,993,302 2,005,087 Naval reactors 1,648,396 1,632,142 Federal salaries and expenses 434,699 410,000 Total, National nuclear security administration 16,485,000 15,854,303 Environmental and other defense activities:
Defense environmental cleanup 5,506,501 5,616,001 Other defense activities 1,035,339 1,035,339 Defense nuclear waste disposal 26,000 0 Total, Environmental & other defense activities 6,567,840 6,651,340 Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities 23,052,840 22,505,643 Total, Discretionary Funding 23,190,648 22,643,451 Nuclear Energy Idaho sitewide safeguards and security 137,808 137,808 Total, Nuclear Energy 137,808 137,808 Weapons Activities Directed stockpile work Life extension programs and major alterations B61–12 Life extension program 792,611 792,611 W76–2 Modification program 10,000 0 Terminate effort [–10,000] W88 Alt 370 304,186 304,186 W80–4 Life extension program 898,551 898,551 W87–1 Modification Program (formerly IW1) 112,011 53,000 Unjustified growth [–59,011] Total, Life extension programs and major alterations 2,117,359 2,048,348 Stockpile systems B61 Stockpile systems 71,232 71,232 W76 Stockpile systems 89,804 89,804 W78 Stockpile systems 81,299 81,299 W80 Stockpile systems 85,811 80,204 Unjustified study requirement [–5,607] B83 Stockpile systems 51,543 22,421 Unjustified growth [–29,122] W87 Stockpile systems 98,262 98,262 W88 Stockpile systems 157,815 157,815 Total, Stockpile systems 635,766 601,037 Weapons dismantlement and disposition Operations and maintenance 47,500 47,500 Stockpile services Production support 543,964 510,000 Unjustified program growth [–33,964] Research and development support 39,339 36,150 Unjustified program growth [–3,189] R&D certification and safety 236,235 201,840 Unjustified program growth [–34,395] Management, technology, and production 305,000 305,000 Total, Stockpile services 1,124,538 1,052,990 Strategic materials Uranium sustainment 94,146 94,146 Plutonium sustainment 712,440 471,309 Pit production beyond 30 pits per year [–241,131] Tritium sustainment 269,000 269,000 Lithium sustainment 28,800 28,800 Domestic uranium enrichment 140,000 140,000 Strategic materials sustainment 256,808 256,808 Total, Strategic materials 1,501,194 1,260,063 Total, Directed stockpile work 5,426,357 5,009,938 Research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) Science Advanced certification 57,710 57,710 Primary assessment technologies 95,169 95,169 Dynamic materials properties 133,800 133,800 Advanced radiography 32,544 32,544 Secondary assessment technologies 77,553 77,553 Academic alliances and partnerships 44,625 44,625 Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments 145,160 145,160 Total, Science 586,561 586,561 Engineering Enhanced surety 46,500 39,717 Unjustified program growth [–6,783] Delivery Environments (formerly Weapons Systems Engineering Assessment Technology) 35,945 23,029 Unjustified program growth [–12,916] Nuclear survivability 53,932 53,932 Enhanced surveillance 57,747 57,747 Stockpile Responsiveness 39,830 5,000 Unjustified request [–34,830] Total, Engineering 233,954 179,425 Inertial confinement fusion ignition and high yield Ignition and Other Stockpile Programs 55,649 55,649 Diagnostics, cryogenics and experimental support 66,128 66,128 Pulsed power inertial confinement fusion 8,571 8,571 Joint program in high energy density laboratory plasmas 12,000 12,000 Facility operations and target production 338,247 338,247 High energy density R&D 0 0 National ignition facility, LLNL 0 0 Z Facility, SNL 0 0 Omega laser facility, URochester 0 0 Total, Inertial confinement fusion and high yield 480,595 480,595 Advanced simulation and computing Advanced simulation and computing 789,849 789,849 Construction: 18–D–620, Exascale Computing Facility Modernization Project, LLNL 50,000 50,000 Total, Construction 50,000 50,000 Total, Advanced simulation and computing 839,849 839,849 Advanced manufacturing Additive manufacturing 18,500 18,500 Component manufacturing development 48,410 48,410 Process technology development 69,998 30,914 Unjustified program growth [–39,804] Total, Advanced manufacturing 136,908 97,824 Total, RDT&E 2,277,867 2,184,254 Infrastructure and operations Operations of facilities 905,000 870,000 Unjustified program growth [–35,000] Safety and environmental operations 119,000 110,000 Unjustified program growth [–9,000] Maintenance and repair of facilities 456,000 456,000 Recapitalization:
Infrastructure and safety 447,657 447,657 Capability based investments 135,341 109,057 Unjustified program growth [–26,284] Total, Recapitalization 582,998 556,714 Construction: 19–D–670, 138kV Power Transmission System Replacement, NNSS 6,000 6,000 18–D–690, Lithium Processing Facility, Y–12 (formerly Lithium Production Capability, Y–12) 32,000 39,000 Program increase [7,000] 18–D–650, Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS 27,000 27,000 17–D–640, U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS 35,000 35,000 15–D–612, Emergency Operations Center, LLNL 5,000 5,000 15–D–611, Emergency Operations Center, SNL 4,000 4,000 15–D–301, HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX 123,000 123,000 06–D–141 Uranium processing facility Y–12, Oak Ridge, TN 745,000 745,000 04–D–125, Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project, LANL 168,444 168,444 Total, Construction 1,145,444 1,152,444 Total, Infrastructure and operations 3,208,442 3,145,158 Secure transportation asset Operations and equipment 209,502 209,502 Program direction 107,660 107,660 Total, Secure transportation asset 317,162 317,162 Defense nuclear security Operations and maintenance 778,213 750,000 Excess to need [–28,213] Total, Defense nuclear security 778,213 750,000 Information technology and cybersecurity 309,362 309,362 Legacy contractor pensions 91,200 91,200 Total, Weapons Activities 12,408,603 11,807,074 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs Global material security International nuclear security 48,839 48,839 Domestic radiological security 90,513 90,513 International radiological security 60,827 80,827 Secure additional radiologic materials [20,000] Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence 142,171 142,171 Total, Global material security 342,350 362,350 Material management and minimization HEU reactor conversion 114,000 114,000 Nuclear material removal 32,925 32,925 Material disposition 186,608 186,608 Total, Material management & minimization 333,533 333,533 Nonproliferation and arms control 137,267 137,267 Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D 495,357 525,357 Proliferation detection research [15,000] Additional verification and detection effort [15,000] Nonproliferation Construction: 18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project 79,000 79,000 99–D–143 Mixed Oxide
(MOX)Fuel Fabrication Facility, SRS 220,000 213,500 Program decrease [–6,500] Total, Nonproliferation construction 299,000 292,500 Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs 1,607,507 1,651,007 Legacy contractor pensions 13,700 13,700 Nuclear counterterrorism and incident response program 372,095 340,380 Unjustified cost growth [–31,715] Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 1,993,302 2,005,087 Naval Reactors Naval reactors development 531,205 514,951 Unjustified growth [–16,254] Columbia-Class reactor systems development 75,500 75,500 S8G Prototype refueling 155,000 155,000 Naval reactors operations and infrastructure 553,591 553,591 Construction: 20–D–931, KL Fuel Development Laboratory 23,700 23,700 19–D–930, KS Overhead Piping 20,900 20,900 14–D–901 Spent fuel handling recapitalization project, NRF 238,000 238,000 Total, Construction 282,600 282,600 Program direction 50,500 50,500 Total, Naval Reactors 1,648,396 1,632,142 Federal Salaries And Expenses Program direction 434,699 410,000 Unjustified growth [–24,699] Total, Office Of The Administrator 434,699 410,000 Defense Environmental Cleanup Closure sites: Closure sites administration 4,987 4,987 Richland: River corridor and other cleanup operations 139,750 139,750 Central plateau remediation 472,949 522,949 Program increase [50,000] Richland community and regulatory support 5,121 5,121 Construction: 18–D–404 WESF Modifications and Capsule Storage 11,000 11,000 Total, Construction 11,000 11,000 Total, Hanford site 628,820 678,820 Office of River Protection: Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning 15,000 15,000 Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition 677,460 705,460 Program increase [28,000] Construction: 18–D–16 Waste treatment and immobilization plant—LBL/Direct feed LAW 640,000 640,000 01–D–16 D, High-level waste facility 30,000 30,000 01–D–16 E—Pretreatment Facility 20,000 20,000 Total, Construction 690,000 690,000 ORP Low-level waste offsite disposal 10,000 10,000 Total, Office of River Protection 1,392,460 1,420,460 Idaho National Laboratory: Idaho cleanup and waste disposition 331,354 331,354 Idaho community and regulatory support 3,500 3,500 Total, Idaho National Laboratory 334,854 334,854 NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,727 1,727 LLNL Excess facilities R&D 128,000 128,000 Nuclear facility D & D Separations Process Research Unit 15,300 15,300 Nevada 60,737 60,737 Sandia National Laboratories 2,652 2,652 Los Alamos National Laboratory 195,462 195,462 Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 403,878 403,878 Oak Ridge Reservation: OR Nuclear facility D & D 93,693 93,693 Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D 93,693 93,693 U233 Disposition Program 45,000 45,000 OR cleanup and waste disposition OR cleanup and disposition 82,000 82,000 Construction: 17–D–401 On-site waste disposal facility 15,269 15,269 14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility 49,000 49,000 Total, Construction 64,269 64,269 Total, OR cleanup and waste disposition 146,269 146,269 OR community & regulatory support 4,819 4,819 OR technology development and deployment 3,000 3,000 OR Excess facilities D&D 0 Total, Oak Ridge Reservation 292,781 292,781 Savannah River Sites: Savannah River risk management operations Savannah River risk management operations 490,613 515,613 Program increase [25,000] Construction: 18–D–402, Emergency Operations Center 6,792 6,792 Total, risk management operations 497,405 522,405 SR community and regulatory support 4,749 11,249 Program increase [6,500] Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition 797,706 797,706 Construction: 20–D–402 Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative Facility
(AMC)50,000 50,000 20–D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12 500 500 18–D–402 Saltstone Disposal Unit #8/9 51,750 51,750 17–D–402 Saltstone Disposal Unit #7 40,034 40,034 05–D–405 Salt waste processing facility, Savannah River Site 20,988 20,988 Total, Construction 163,272 163,272 Total, Savannah River site 1,463,132 1,494,632 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 299,088 299,088 Construction: 15–D–411 Safety significant confinement ventilation system, WIPP 58,054 58,054 15–D–412 Exhaust shaft, WIPP 34,500 34,500 Total, Construction 92,554 92,554 Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 391,642 391,642 Program direction 278,908 278,908 Program support 12,979 12,979 Safeguards and Security Safeguards and Security 317,622 317,622 Total, Safeguards and Security 317,622 317,622 Use of prior year balances –15,562 –15,562 Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup 5,506,501 5,616,001 Other Defense Activities Environment, health, safety and security Environment, health, safety and security 139,628 139,628 Program direction 72,881 72,881 Total, Environment, Health, safety and security 212,509 212,509 Independent enterprise assessments Independent enterprise assessments 24,068 24,068 Program direction 57,211 57,211 Total, Independent enterprise assessments 81,279 81,279 Specialized security activities 254,578 254,578 Office of Legacy Management Legacy management 283,767 283,767 Program direction 19,262 19,262 Total, Office of Legacy Management 303,029 303,029 Defense related administrative support Chief financial officer 54,538 54,538 Chief information officer 124,554 124,554 Total, Defense related administrative support 179,092 179,092 Office of hearings and appeals 4,852 4,852 Subtotal, Other defense activities 1,035,339 1,035,339 Total, Other Defense Activities 1,035,339 1,035,339 Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal Yucca mountain and interim storage 26,000 0 Program cut 0 [–26,000] Total, Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal 26,000 0
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