Senate OKs bill to fund NUKE BOMB DEVELOPMENT
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CAROL A. CLARK, lanews@lamonitor.com, Monitor Staff Writer
The Senate's passage of the FY2006 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill moves millions in federal dollars forward to fund critical scientific and nuclear weapons security programs, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. said today.
The bill provides $25.04 billion for DOE in FY2006, $1.12 billion more than the budget request and $778 million more than FY2005.
The Senate approved the $31.2 billion total funding measure, 92-3, early this morning to fund DOE and water programs administered by the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation.
In a news release from Domenici's Washington, D.C., office he stated, "This bill has been carefully crafted to strike the right balance between maintaining our nuclear arsenal and advancing basic scientific research in this country. I believe the strong Senate support shown today reflects the careful consideration we took in making sure that America's immediate water needs are balanced without long-term need for scientific advances."
As chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, Domenici will lead the conference committee negotiations to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of this bill.
Domenici said he looks forward to a productive conference to reconcile two very different Senate and House bills.
"It will be a challenge, but it is important that we reach an accord that suits our security and scientific priorities," he said.
"I know that Sens. Domenici and (Jeff) Bingaman have both worked very hard to take care of Los Alamos and protect and promote the science being done here," Rep. Jeannette Wallace, R-Los Alamos, said in an interview this morning. "I know they feel confident that this bill has what it should."
Domenici provides $1.7 billion for nonproliferation activities, which is $91.8 million above the request and $236 million over FY2005. The bill provides level funding, $577 million, for the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada.
Domenici included a provision for Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD) that will allow up to 8 percent - up from 6 percent-of a lab budget to be used for laboratory-initiated scientific R&D.
"These funds for LDRD support a central program that contributes to the revolutionary technologies researched at the laboratories. The innovations explored here have a profound impact on our national security strategy," Domenici said.
For New Mexico, Domenici added $4.6 million to complete construction of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology (CINT), a joint Sandia and Los Alamos venture at Kirtland Air Force Base. The bill also has $30 million to establish a National Nanotechnology Enterprise Development Center at CINT to support the transfer of technology from four nanotechnology centers into the commercial market.
The bill provides $25.04 billion for DOE in FY2006, $1.12 billion above the budget request and $778 million more than FY2005. The bill has $1.08 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation ($130 million more than the budget request and $63.5 million more than FY2005) and $5.3 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers ($258 million more than FY2005 and $966 million over the budget request).
For DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) nuclear weapons activities, the bill has $6.55 billion. This is $76 million less than the budget request largely due to the $222 million transfer of cleanup operations from the NNSA to the Office of Environmental Management and a reduction in construction funds for the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
The bill also includes $230.6 million for WIPP, including $18 million for a variety of related projects in the Carlsbad area and $24.5 million to the state of New Mexico for transportation funding.
Highlights of the New Mexico-related spending included by Domenici in the FY2006 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill include:
# Environmental Cleanup-$142.2 million for cleanup of lab property. The bill rejects the Administration's proposal to require NNSA to perform cleanup and requires the Office of Environmental Management to maintain this responsibility.
# Environmental Cleanup / Los Alamos County - $5.2 million to Los Alamos County to support the cleanup and stabilization of the LANL landfill at the Los Alamos Airport, an increase of $3.3 million more than the budget request.
# Advance Simulation Computing (NNSA)-$75 million earmarked to purchase a 150 teraflop machine at Los Alamos to reduce the time it takes to perform a weapons calculations. Currently, LANL has the most responsibility under the Life Extension Program (LEP), but the slowest computer (20 teraflop). LANL has been running a calculation on the existing computer for the past 19 months.
The new computer will only take three months to develop a solution for the same calculation. (LANL share of the $735 million in Advanced Simulation and Computing, including the $75 million earmark is $269.8 million.)
# Science Campaigns-Additional $46 million to the Science campaign to support increased R&D efforts at LANL. Within the increases, LANL will receive: $5 million to initiate preliminary engineering and design work on upgrades to the LANSCE facility; and, $15 million from the Dynamic Materials Properties program to support experimentation on the Atlas Machine to validate thermodynamic properties.
# Stockpile Systems/R&D Certification-$10 million to support additional hydrodynamics test at LANL.
# Red Network Expansion-$20 million increase to complete the expansion of classified network at LANL, the same level as FY2005.
# TA-18 Cat III/IV-$2 million increase to begin design effort for a new facility to accommodate Cat III/IV material that is in the process of moving out of TA-18
# Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Facility (CMR)-$65 million, a $10 million increase, to keep construction on track and reduce costs because of schedule delays. Domenici secured $39.6 million for the project in FY2005.
# Advanced Fuel Cycle-$7 million earmark for Material Test Station at LANSCE to support material science research. This is the second year request for the material test station at LANL. This account is provided $85 million in FY2006.
For Joint Lab Funding:
# National Nanotechnology Enterprise Development Center-$30 million to establish the National Nanotechnology Enterprise Development Center at CINT, a joint Los Alamos and Sandia facility. This fund will support the transfer of technology out of the four nanotechnology centers into the commercial market.
# Chemical/Biological Detection R&D-$30 million is added to the Nuclear Detection R&D effort within the Office of Nuclear Nonproliferation to support long-term R&D efforts.
# ICF Stockpile Support (Inertial Confinement Fusion Campaign)-$41.1 million has been provided to support stockpile stewardship activities on Z Machine, which will be distributed in the following manner: $12.9 million to Sandia National Labs; $16.5 million to LANL; $11.6 million to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The budget request proposed to eliminate these activities in an effort to support NIF construction.
# Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW)-$25 million, an increase of $15 million, to support a design competition between Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore to design replacement components on existing weapons. The goal will be to reduce overall lifecycle cost, improve safety and reliability of our nuclear deterrent.
# Lab Directed Research and Development-Bill and report language have been included supporting an increase in the LDRD program to spend up to 8 percent (up from 6 percent) of the lab budget for laboratory-initiated scientific R&D. This will provide additional resources to support cutting-edge science that contribute to the mission, but may not be directly relevant to today's challenges.
# WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT-$230.6 million for the DOE Carlsbad Area Office and WIPP, an $18 million increase over the budget request. The bill has $24.5 million in transportation funding to be provided directly to the state of New Mexico. This overall funding level includes the following earmarks added by Domenici:
# Accelerated Cleanup: $6 million added by Domenici the purchase of TRUPACT-III containers.
# Community Impact: $3.5 million for infrastructure improvements, and acceleration impact funding for the Carlsbad community.
# Center of Excellence: $2 million for continued development of the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management.
# Neutrino Research: $1.5 million to support ongoing research at WIPP.
# MIND Institute: Domenici secured $12 million, a $1.0 million increase over FY2005, to continue federal support for the Mental Illness and Neuroscience Discovery Institute (MIND Institute). The institute funds three national centers of excellence in functional brain imaging in Albuquerque, Minneapolis, and Boston. The New Mexico center of excellence involves the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.
# Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention - $50 million for IPP program to cost-share with industry to engage Russian Scientists in commercial and non-weapons related activities. There is strong New Mexico support for this Domenici-created initiative.
# Yucca Mountain: $577 million, the same level as FY2005 and $64 million below the budget request. The bill does not address the interim storage issue.
# NNSA Stockpile Stewardship Program: $6.57 billion for nuclear weapons Stockpile Stewardship activities, $224 million over FY2005. This program is carried out at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Nevada Test Site, and at plants in Texas, Missouri, Tennessee and South Carolina. This funding includes:
$2.09 billion - Science-based Stockpile Stewardship ($17 million over request).
$25 million - Reliable Replacement Warhead program ($15 million over request).
$314 million - National Ignition Facility, but no funds to continue construction.
# Defense Environmental Management: $7.2 billion, a $324 million above the request.
# Directed Stockpile Stewardship-$1.45 billion, up $37 million above the request (+2.5%). This includes:
# Reliable Replacement Warhead-$25 million, an increase of $15 million, to initiate a design competition between the weapons laboratories to improve the existing stockpile to reduce design tolerance to reduce maintenance cost and ensure the lab directors ability to certify the stockpile.
# Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator-$4 million to complete the testing of this concept by FY2007. There are no plans or funding to develop this weapon.
# Science Campaign-$307.9 million, up $46 million above the request, to support research and experiments that are critical to certification of the stockpile.
# Engineering Campaign-$272.7 million, up $52 million, to support R&D efforts in weapons security to prevent terrorist from ever using U.S. weapons.
# Inertial Confinement Fusion-$314 million to support critical R&D funding to support high yield experiments on Z machine, the Omega Laser and NIF. The budget virtually eliminated all experimental work in order to support NIF construction.
# National Ignition Facility (NIF)-No construction funding is provided. Instead the NNSA is directed to use the existing laser, the most powerful in the world to focus on supporting the Science Campaign and stockpile stewardship activities.
# Advanced Simulation Computing-$735 million, $75 million over the budget request, which will support the purchase of new computers to support the stewardship program. This will improve the Life Extension Program (LEP) at LANL, which has the smallest computer but largest LEP responsibility.
# Pit Manufacturing and Certification-$248.7 million, equal to the budget request and including $7.68 to support a Modern Pit Facility.
# NNSA Infrastructure-$1.66 billion, up $64 million, for construction and O&M of NNSA facilities (RTBF Account), including $65 million (up $10 million) for LANL CMR Replacement, and $65.5 million for construction and $12 million for operation of Sandia's MESA facility.
# Nuclear Nonproliferation - $1.73 billion, an increase of $91.8 million above the request and $236 million above FY2005 levels.
# Nonproliferation Detection R&D-$297 million, up $30 million, to support long-term research into chemical and biological detection.
# International Materials Control-$343 million, a $24 million increase over FY2005, to support nuclear materials control activities in Russia.
# Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention- $50.9 million, up $13 million, to engage Russian weapons scientist in commercial efforts. Additional funding is provided to expand the scope of cooperation to other countries that may pose a proliferation threat.
# Plutonium Disposition (MOX)-$362 million for construction of a MOX fabrication facility. This program is fully funded as a result of positive U.S.-Russia negotiations.
# Global Threat Reduction Initiative-$108.9 million, an increase of $11 million, to increase the collection of civilian radiation sources in the United States, and $7 million to convert up to four U.S. university research reactors from highly enriched uranium fuel to low enriched uranium fuel.
# DOE Office of Science Research-$3.7 billion in basic scientific research, which is $240 million over the budget request and $97 million over FY2005. This includes:
# Genomes for Life -$40 million to accelerate the deployment of four research facilities
# DOE Science Facilities-$100 million to support 100 percent utilization of all DOE facilities.
# Nanotechnology Transfer Fund-$30 million to establish this fund to help commercialize. nanotechnology discoveries at the four nanoscience research centers. These collaborative facilities will provide access to world-class DOE and NNSA facilities.
# Spallation Neutron Source-$41.7 million to fully fund this Oakridge National Lab program.
# Domestic Fusion Research-$290 million to restore funding for this work.
# DOE Office of Science-$3.72 billion, $240 million above the request and $102 million above FY2005, which includes:
$100 million to guarantee 100 percent runtime capacity for all DOE science facilities, some of which may only run 12 weeks this year.
$40 million for the Genome to Life program, as well as language instructing DOE to use the nanotechnology centers as a model and build four proposed genome facilities.
$30 million is provided to establish a technology development fund.
# Fossil Energy R&D-$646.6 million, $79 million over FY2005, including:
Clean Coal Power - $50 million
Future Gen - $18 million
Carbon Sequestration - $74 million, up $7 million
Fuel Cells - $69 million
Natural Gas Technologies R&D - $27 million, up $17 million
Oil Technology R&D - $32 million, up $22 million
# Nuclear Energy: $449.9 million for nuclear energy initiatives, a $64.3 million over FY2005 and $60 million over the request. This includes $76 million for Nuclear Power 2010 (up $20 million); $60 million for the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Initiative (up $15 million), including language requiring DOE to focus on two reactor designs; $40 million for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactor project in Idaho; and $85 million for the Advanced Fuel Cell Initiative (up $10 million, in addition to including $7 million for the LANCE program at LANL).
# Renewable Energy Technologies-$1.24 billion, $53 million over the budget and $13 million over FY2005, for renewable energy R&D. All Congressional earmarks are paid for and will not undercut DOE research. This funding includes:
$182 million for hydrogen, $13 million over FY2005
$92 million for biomass research, $20 million above the request
$187 million for vehicle technology R&D, a $20 million over FY2005
$240 million for weatherization assistance, up $15 million
# High Temperature Superconductivity R&D: $55.5 million, a $5.5 million increase over the budget request, for this research. LANL plays a big role in this superconductivity research.
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CAROL A. CLARK, lanews@lamonitor.com, Monitor Staff Writer
The Senate's passage of the FY2006 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill moves millions in federal dollars forward to fund critical scientific and nuclear weapons security programs, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. said today.
The bill provides $25.04 billion for DOE in FY2006, $1.12 billion more than the budget request and $778 million more than FY2005.
The Senate approved the $31.2 billion total funding measure, 92-3, early this morning to fund DOE and water programs administered by the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation.
In a news release from Domenici's Washington, D.C., office he stated, "This bill has been carefully crafted to strike the right balance between maintaining our nuclear arsenal and advancing basic scientific research in this country. I believe the strong Senate support shown today reflects the careful consideration we took in making sure that America's immediate water needs are balanced without long-term need for scientific advances."
As chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, Domenici will lead the conference committee negotiations to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of this bill.
Domenici said he looks forward to a productive conference to reconcile two very different Senate and House bills.
"It will be a challenge, but it is important that we reach an accord that suits our security and scientific priorities," he said.
"I know that Sens. Domenici and (Jeff) Bingaman have both worked very hard to take care of Los Alamos and protect and promote the science being done here," Rep. Jeannette Wallace, R-Los Alamos, said in an interview this morning. "I know they feel confident that this bill has what it should."
Domenici provides $1.7 billion for nonproliferation activities, which is $91.8 million above the request and $236 million over FY2005. The bill provides level funding, $577 million, for the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada.
Domenici included a provision for Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD) that will allow up to 8 percent - up from 6 percent-of a lab budget to be used for laboratory-initiated scientific R&D.
"These funds for LDRD support a central program that contributes to the revolutionary technologies researched at the laboratories. The innovations explored here have a profound impact on our national security strategy," Domenici said.
For New Mexico, Domenici added $4.6 million to complete construction of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology (CINT), a joint Sandia and Los Alamos venture at Kirtland Air Force Base. The bill also has $30 million to establish a National Nanotechnology Enterprise Development Center at CINT to support the transfer of technology from four nanotechnology centers into the commercial market.
The bill provides $25.04 billion for DOE in FY2006, $1.12 billion above the budget request and $778 million more than FY2005. The bill has $1.08 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation ($130 million more than the budget request and $63.5 million more than FY2005) and $5.3 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers ($258 million more than FY2005 and $966 million over the budget request).
For DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) nuclear weapons activities, the bill has $6.55 billion. This is $76 million less than the budget request largely due to the $222 million transfer of cleanup operations from the NNSA to the Office of Environmental Management and a reduction in construction funds for the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
The bill also includes $230.6 million for WIPP, including $18 million for a variety of related projects in the Carlsbad area and $24.5 million to the state of New Mexico for transportation funding.
Highlights of the New Mexico-related spending included by Domenici in the FY2006 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill include:
# Environmental Cleanup-$142.2 million for cleanup of lab property. The bill rejects the Administration's proposal to require NNSA to perform cleanup and requires the Office of Environmental Management to maintain this responsibility.
# Environmental Cleanup / Los Alamos County - $5.2 million to Los Alamos County to support the cleanup and stabilization of the LANL landfill at the Los Alamos Airport, an increase of $3.3 million more than the budget request.
# Advance Simulation Computing (NNSA)-$75 million earmarked to purchase a 150 teraflop machine at Los Alamos to reduce the time it takes to perform a weapons calculations. Currently, LANL has the most responsibility under the Life Extension Program (LEP), but the slowest computer (20 teraflop). LANL has been running a calculation on the existing computer for the past 19 months.
The new computer will only take three months to develop a solution for the same calculation. (LANL share of the $735 million in Advanced Simulation and Computing, including the $75 million earmark is $269.8 million.)
# Science Campaigns-Additional $46 million to the Science campaign to support increased R&D efforts at LANL. Within the increases, LANL will receive: $5 million to initiate preliminary engineering and design work on upgrades to the LANSCE facility; and, $15 million from the Dynamic Materials Properties program to support experimentation on the Atlas Machine to validate thermodynamic properties.
# Stockpile Systems/R&D Certification-$10 million to support additional hydrodynamics test at LANL.
# Red Network Expansion-$20 million increase to complete the expansion of classified network at LANL, the same level as FY2005.
# TA-18 Cat III/IV-$2 million increase to begin design effort for a new facility to accommodate Cat III/IV material that is in the process of moving out of TA-18
# Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Facility (CMR)-$65 million, a $10 million increase, to keep construction on track and reduce costs because of schedule delays. Domenici secured $39.6 million for the project in FY2005.
# Advanced Fuel Cycle-$7 million earmark for Material Test Station at LANSCE to support material science research. This is the second year request for the material test station at LANL. This account is provided $85 million in FY2006.
For Joint Lab Funding:
# National Nanotechnology Enterprise Development Center-$30 million to establish the National Nanotechnology Enterprise Development Center at CINT, a joint Los Alamos and Sandia facility. This fund will support the transfer of technology out of the four nanotechnology centers into the commercial market.
# Chemical/Biological Detection R&D-$30 million is added to the Nuclear Detection R&D effort within the Office of Nuclear Nonproliferation to support long-term R&D efforts.
# ICF Stockpile Support (Inertial Confinement Fusion Campaign)-$41.1 million has been provided to support stockpile stewardship activities on Z Machine, which will be distributed in the following manner: $12.9 million to Sandia National Labs; $16.5 million to LANL; $11.6 million to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The budget request proposed to eliminate these activities in an effort to support NIF construction.
# Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW)-$25 million, an increase of $15 million, to support a design competition between Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore to design replacement components on existing weapons. The goal will be to reduce overall lifecycle cost, improve safety and reliability of our nuclear deterrent.
# Lab Directed Research and Development-Bill and report language have been included supporting an increase in the LDRD program to spend up to 8 percent (up from 6 percent) of the lab budget for laboratory-initiated scientific R&D. This will provide additional resources to support cutting-edge science that contribute to the mission, but may not be directly relevant to today's challenges.
# WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT-$230.6 million for the DOE Carlsbad Area Office and WIPP, an $18 million increase over the budget request. The bill has $24.5 million in transportation funding to be provided directly to the state of New Mexico. This overall funding level includes the following earmarks added by Domenici:
# Accelerated Cleanup: $6 million added by Domenici the purchase of TRUPACT-III containers.
# Community Impact: $3.5 million for infrastructure improvements, and acceleration impact funding for the Carlsbad community.
# Center of Excellence: $2 million for continued development of the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management.
# Neutrino Research: $1.5 million to support ongoing research at WIPP.
# MIND Institute: Domenici secured $12 million, a $1.0 million increase over FY2005, to continue federal support for the Mental Illness and Neuroscience Discovery Institute (MIND Institute). The institute funds three national centers of excellence in functional brain imaging in Albuquerque, Minneapolis, and Boston. The New Mexico center of excellence involves the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.
# Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention - $50 million for IPP program to cost-share with industry to engage Russian Scientists in commercial and non-weapons related activities. There is strong New Mexico support for this Domenici-created initiative.
# Yucca Mountain: $577 million, the same level as FY2005 and $64 million below the budget request. The bill does not address the interim storage issue.
# NNSA Stockpile Stewardship Program: $6.57 billion for nuclear weapons Stockpile Stewardship activities, $224 million over FY2005. This program is carried out at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Nevada Test Site, and at plants in Texas, Missouri, Tennessee and South Carolina. This funding includes:
$2.09 billion - Science-based Stockpile Stewardship ($17 million over request).
$25 million - Reliable Replacement Warhead program ($15 million over request).
$314 million - National Ignition Facility, but no funds to continue construction.
# Defense Environmental Management: $7.2 billion, a $324 million above the request.
# Directed Stockpile Stewardship-$1.45 billion, up $37 million above the request (+2.5%). This includes:
# Reliable Replacement Warhead-$25 million, an increase of $15 million, to initiate a design competition between the weapons laboratories to improve the existing stockpile to reduce design tolerance to reduce maintenance cost and ensure the lab directors ability to certify the stockpile.
# Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator-$4 million to complete the testing of this concept by FY2007. There are no plans or funding to develop this weapon.
# Science Campaign-$307.9 million, up $46 million above the request, to support research and experiments that are critical to certification of the stockpile.
# Engineering Campaign-$272.7 million, up $52 million, to support R&D efforts in weapons security to prevent terrorist from ever using U.S. weapons.
# Inertial Confinement Fusion-$314 million to support critical R&D funding to support high yield experiments on Z machine, the Omega Laser and NIF. The budget virtually eliminated all experimental work in order to support NIF construction.
# National Ignition Facility (NIF)-No construction funding is provided. Instead the NNSA is directed to use the existing laser, the most powerful in the world to focus on supporting the Science Campaign and stockpile stewardship activities.
# Advanced Simulation Computing-$735 million, $75 million over the budget request, which will support the purchase of new computers to support the stewardship program. This will improve the Life Extension Program (LEP) at LANL, which has the smallest computer but largest LEP responsibility.
# Pit Manufacturing and Certification-$248.7 million, equal to the budget request and including $7.68 to support a Modern Pit Facility.
# NNSA Infrastructure-$1.66 billion, up $64 million, for construction and O&M of NNSA facilities (RTBF Account), including $65 million (up $10 million) for LANL CMR Replacement, and $65.5 million for construction and $12 million for operation of Sandia's MESA facility.
# Nuclear Nonproliferation - $1.73 billion, an increase of $91.8 million above the request and $236 million above FY2005 levels.
# Nonproliferation Detection R&D-$297 million, up $30 million, to support long-term research into chemical and biological detection.
# International Materials Control-$343 million, a $24 million increase over FY2005, to support nuclear materials control activities in Russia.
# Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention- $50.9 million, up $13 million, to engage Russian weapons scientist in commercial efforts. Additional funding is provided to expand the scope of cooperation to other countries that may pose a proliferation threat.
# Plutonium Disposition (MOX)-$362 million for construction of a MOX fabrication facility. This program is fully funded as a result of positive U.S.-Russia negotiations.
# Global Threat Reduction Initiative-$108.9 million, an increase of $11 million, to increase the collection of civilian radiation sources in the United States, and $7 million to convert up to four U.S. university research reactors from highly enriched uranium fuel to low enriched uranium fuel.
# DOE Office of Science Research-$3.7 billion in basic scientific research, which is $240 million over the budget request and $97 million over FY2005. This includes:
# Genomes for Life -$40 million to accelerate the deployment of four research facilities
# DOE Science Facilities-$100 million to support 100 percent utilization of all DOE facilities.
# Nanotechnology Transfer Fund-$30 million to establish this fund to help commercialize. nanotechnology discoveries at the four nanoscience research centers. These collaborative facilities will provide access to world-class DOE and NNSA facilities.
# Spallation Neutron Source-$41.7 million to fully fund this Oakridge National Lab program.
# Domestic Fusion Research-$290 million to restore funding for this work.
# DOE Office of Science-$3.72 billion, $240 million above the request and $102 million above FY2005, which includes:
$100 million to guarantee 100 percent runtime capacity for all DOE science facilities, some of which may only run 12 weeks this year.
$40 million for the Genome to Life program, as well as language instructing DOE to use the nanotechnology centers as a model and build four proposed genome facilities.
$30 million is provided to establish a technology development fund.
# Fossil Energy R&D-$646.6 million, $79 million over FY2005, including:
Clean Coal Power - $50 million
Future Gen - $18 million
Carbon Sequestration - $74 million, up $7 million
Fuel Cells - $69 million
Natural Gas Technologies R&D - $27 million, up $17 million
Oil Technology R&D - $32 million, up $22 million
# Nuclear Energy: $449.9 million for nuclear energy initiatives, a $64.3 million over FY2005 and $60 million over the request. This includes $76 million for Nuclear Power 2010 (up $20 million); $60 million for the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Initiative (up $15 million), including language requiring DOE to focus on two reactor designs; $40 million for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactor project in Idaho; and $85 million for the Advanced Fuel Cell Initiative (up $10 million, in addition to including $7 million for the LANCE program at LANL).
# Renewable Energy Technologies-$1.24 billion, $53 million over the budget and $13 million over FY2005, for renewable energy R&D. All Congressional earmarks are paid for and will not undercut DOE research. This funding includes:
$182 million for hydrogen, $13 million over FY2005
$92 million for biomass research, $20 million above the request
$187 million for vehicle technology R&D, a $20 million over FY2005
$240 million for weatherization assistance, up $15 million
# High Temperature Superconductivity R&D: $55.5 million, a $5.5 million increase over the budget request, for this research. LANL plays a big role in this superconductivity research.
"
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