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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ORDER
National Nuclear Security Administration DOE O 410.2
Office of Nuclear Materials Integration
Approved 8-17-09
MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
1. PURPOSE. To establish requirements for the life-cycle
management of DOE-owned and/or - managed accountable nuclear
materials.
2. CANCELLATION. DOE O 5660.1B, Management of Nuclear
Materials, dated 05-26-94. Cancellation of a directive does
not, by itself, modify or otherwise affect any contractual
obligation to comply with the directive. Contractor
requirements documents (CRDs) that have been incorporated
into or attached to a contract remain in effect until the
contract is modified to either eliminate requirements that
are no longer applicable or to substitute a new set of
requirements.
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. DOE Elements. Except for the exclusions in paragraph
3c, this Order applies to all DOE elements, including
the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),
involved in the oversight, use, and/or life cycle
management of accountable nuclear materials, comprising
americium-241, americium-243, californium, curium,
deuterium, enriched lithium, neptunium-237,
plutonium-238, plutonium-239-241, plutonium-242,
thorium, tritium, depleted uranium, normal uranium,
enriched uranium, and uranium-233. (Go to
http://www.directives.doe.gov/pdfs/reftools/org-list.pd
f for the most current listing of Departmental
elements.)
The Administrator of the NNSA will assure that NNSA
employees and contractors comply with their respective
responsibilities under this Order. Nothing in this
Order will be construed to interfere with the NNSA
Administrator’s authority under section 3212(d) of
Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to establish
Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by
the Secretary.
In accordance with the responsibilities and authorities
assigned by Executive Order 12344, codified at 50 USC
Sections 2406 and 2511 and to ensure consistency
throughout the joint Navy/DOE Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program, the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors
(Director) will implement and oversee requirements and
practices pertaining to this Directive for activities
under the Director’s cognizance, as deemed appropriate.
b. DOE Contractors. Except for the exclusions in paragraph
3c, the CRD, Attachment 1, sets forth requirements that
are intended to apply to facilities management
contracts. The CRD must be included in contracts that
have responsibility for the oversight, use, and/or life
cycle management of accountable nuclear materials
listed in paragraph 3.a. above.
c. Exclusions. The following organizations are excluded
from the scope of this order to avoid duplicative or
conflicting requirements.
(1) Department of Defense or foreign entities that
manage DOE-owned materials located at non-DOE
facilities.
(2) Organizations managing DOE non-accountable nuclear
materials in accordance with DOE waste
regulations.
(3) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees with
DOE-owned materials located at NRC licensed
facilities.
(4) DOE Power Marketing Administrations.
4. REQUIREMENTS. This Order outlines procedural requirements
and responsibilities that apply to all DOE elements involved
in the oversight, use, and/or lifecycle management of
accountable nuclear materials as defined in paragraph 3a.
Nuclear materials management must be performed in compliance
with this Order.
a. Material Forecast and Allotment Reporting.
(1) Material Allotment Forecasts. Material allotment
five-year forecasts must be provided for
applicable nuclear material quantities related to
programmatic requirements; transfers related to
material ownership, material disposition, mutual
defense agreements, research reactors and foreign
and domestic customers, or to a commercial
processor for recovery or down-blending; changes
in status related to down-blending of national
security highly enriched uranium (HEU) or isotopic
down-blending of weapons-grade plutonium;
consumption of any very highly enriched uranium
(VHEU) or very low tritium content heavy water; or
other materials as identified in the allotment
forecast guidance.
The Office of Nuclear Materials Integration (ONMI)
is authorized to amend or exempt this requirement
for specific nuclear materials or DOE sites as
appropriate.
(2) Material Allotments. Based on the forecast,
material allotments must be issued by the ONMI to
provide approval for a specific quantity of
nuclear material for a specific purpose for the
designated fiscal year. The following four-year
projections of programmatic requirements must be
provided to facilitate planning and material
preparation activities.
b. Nuclear Materials Management Plans (NMMPs). DOE field
elements must prepare annual NMMPs for all applicable
nuclear materials unless otherwise amended or exempted
in the annual guidance provided by the ONMI. As
requested by the ONMI, lead material management
organizations (LMMOs) must prepare material-specific
management plans for their designated nuclear
materials.
c. Inventory Assessments. Each DOE field element
responsible for nuclear materials defined in paragraph
3a of this Order must prepare an annual Nuclear
Material Inventory Assessment (NMIA) Report unless
otherwise amended or exempted in the annual guidance
provided by the ONMI.
d. Inventory Management. All DOE headquarters
organizations and field elements engaged in the
management of nuclear material inventories must
facilitate the establishment of project numbers,
provide for safe and secure packaging, storage,
stabilization, and consolidation or disposition of the
materials, categorize materials as Defined Use/No
Defined Use, and effectively manage Restricted Use and
National Asset materials under their jurisdiction.
e. National Strategic Plan for Management of DOE Nuclear
Materials. The ONMI must coordinate with the Nuclear
Materials Advisory Board to prepare a national
strategic plan for nuclear materials management every
three years. The national strategic plan must identify
the availability of nuclear materials to meet DOE and
customer requirements; identify excess nuclear
materials and associated consolidation or disposition
plans; identify facility and material requirements and
consolidation or disposition strategies; identify
technologies and core competencies; describe facility
and resource management utilization and/or replacement,
including end-of-life and capital equipment
requirements; and describe the status of compliance
with applicable requirements, as well as plans for
achieving compliance, as appropriate.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. DOE Headquarters Organizations, including NNSA, that
Manage Any of the Specified Nuclear Materials.
(1) Oversee nuclear materials management activities
under their control with the support and
cooperation of the Office of Nuclear Materials
Integration (ONMI), and DOE field elements.
(2) Approve designation of the DOE headquarters
organization, or of a DOE field element for which
it is responsible, as the lead materials
management organization (LMMO) for specific
nuclear material(s). Approval will be the
responsibility of the Program Secretarial Officer.
(3) Identify and provide to appropriate DOE field
elements programmatic requirements for the use of
nuclear materials to meet DOE goals and objectives
and conserve strategic or unique nuclear materials
resources.
(4) Ensure that nuclear materials inventories are
justified, optimized, and available to meet
programmatic needs.
(5) Ensure accurate characterization and safe and
secure packaging, storage, stabilization, and
consolidation or disposition of nuclear materials
in accordance with programmatic requirements and
consistent with DOE policy and guidance.
(6) Coordinate management and consolidation or
disposition plans with the ONMI and other DOE
headquarters organizations to which this Order is
applicable, including plans for loan/lease
materials under its control.
(7) Integrate nuclear materials production and
utilization programs and activities and coordinate
requirements with the ONMI and other DOE
headquarters organizations to which this Order
applies to ensure a consistent approach to
managing nuclear materials.
(8) Provide guidance to DOE field elements to
facilitate the effective management of DOE nuclear
materials for which the DOE headquarters
organization is responsible.
(9) Coordinate changes in program ownership of nuclear
materials with other DOE headquarters
organizations and the ONMI.
(10) Identify nuclear materials liabilities and assets,
and acknowledge them on the DOE’s financial
statements.
(11) Coordinate the development and reporting of
nuclear materials integration and consolidation or
disposition performance metrics to the ONMI.
(12) Provide programmatic requirements to the DOE field
elements to support timely preparation of material
allotment forecasts.
(13) Support the ONMI in the review of the DOE field
elements’ nuclear materials allotment forecasts,
and resolve any issues between programs and sites
by September 1 each year.
(14) Provide programmatic requirements to the DOE field
element to support timely preparation of NMMPs.
(15) As requested by the ONMI, review site-specific
NMMPs, material-specific management plans, and the
national strategic plan for nuclear materials
management as they relate to materials under the
control of the DOE headquarters organization.
(16) Communicate restrictions regarding the use of
nuclear materials governed by agreements or
obligations to the ONMI and the DOE field
elements.
(17) Approve requests for change of designation of
Restricted Use materials in coordination with the
ONMI and applicable DOE field elements.
(18) Oversee the management and storage of National
Asset materials assigned by the Office of the
Secretary and the Administrator of NNSA.
(19) Identify and recommend analytical studies to the
ONMI. Review analytical study results as
appropriate and provide comments to the ONMI.
Authorize implementation of analytical study
recommendations as appropriate. Analytical studies
of interest only to a specific program would be
identified and performed by the appropriate DOE
headquarters organization.
(20) Serve as the Lead Material Management Organization
(LMMO) for designated nuclear materials if
requested by the ONMI to ensure that integrated
processes and procedures are developed and
implemented for management and consolidation or
disposition of each designed nuclear material.
b. DOE Headquarters Organization Senior Representative for
Nuclear Materials Management Issues.
(1) Serves as primary point of contact on nuclear
materials management issues.
(2) Facilitates the performance of the organization’s
nuclear materials management responsibilities.
(3) Serve on a Nuclear Materials Advisory Board to
coordinate nuclear materials management activities
with the ONMI and other DOE headquarters
organizations.
c. Office of Nuclear Materials Integration (ONMI). The
ONMI is established to facilitate greater integration
of nuclear material management activities within
DOE/NNSA. In carrying out its mission the ONMI must
coordinate with other DOE headquarters organizations.
That coordination will primarily be implemented through
the Nuclear Materials Advisory Board (NMAB), which
includes senior level representative from each of the
DOE headquarters organizations that manage any of the
specified nuclear materials. With the advice and
council of the NMAB, ONMI must:
(1) Develops and issues nuclear materials management
policy and guidance.
(2) Designate a DOE headquarters organization or field
element as the Lead Materials Management
Organization (LMMO) for specific nuclear
material(s), as warranted, in coordination with
other appropriate DOE headquarters organizations
and field elements.
(3) Supports and integrates DOE activities for
consolidation or disposition of nuclear materials.
(4) Maintains and reports materials consolidation or
disposition planning and performance data.
(5) Develops Department-wide policy and guidance
regarding nuclear materials management, safe and
secure packaging, storage, stabilization, and
consolidation or disposition to conserve resources
and optimize operational effectiveness.
(6) Assesses the adequacy of facilities and processes
on a DOE complex-wide level to support nuclear
materials management, storage, and consolidation
or disposition objectives and makes
recommendations for improvements as warranted.
(7) Integrates anticipated needs for nuclear materials
across the DOE complex as reported to the ONMI by
the DOE headquarters organizations and monitors
the availability and inventory of nuclear
materials relative to the need.
(8) Evaluates resources and facility capabilities, as
necessary, to identify integration opportunities
and recommends changes in nuclear materials
management policy and plans to the Office of the
Secretary and senior management.
(9) Organizes and leads the Nuclear Materials Advisory
Board.
(10) Supports the integration of planning for nuclear
materials management and compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
(11) Identifies the need for NEPA reviews regarding
nuclear materials management initiatives and
coordinates related NEPA compliance activities
with the Office of the General Counsel.
(12) Provides NMMP guidance by March 31 each year or
provides guidance for special NMMP requests in
sufficient time to facilitate preparation of the
NMMP. Provides guidance to the LMMOs for material-
specific management plans.
(13) Reviews and integrates the site NMMPs and material-
specific management plans.
(14) Identifies issues from the NMMPs and the material-
specific management plans, evaluates alternatives,
and makes recommendations to the DOE headquarters
organizations.
(15) Every three years (or more frequently, as
warranted), coordinates with DOE headquarters
organizations the development of a national
strategic plan for the management of DOE nuclear
materials.
(16) Identifies, prioritizes, and commissions
analytical studies, as needed, on issues that
impact multiple sites or organizations or that
impact the coordination and integration of nuclear
materials management on a complex-wide level.
(a) Provides guidance and instructions for
performing analytical studies.
(b) Reviews and comments on analytical studies
prepared by the DOE field elements,
contractors, and DOE headquarters
organizations and coordinates review by the
Nuclear Materials Advisory Board and others
as appropriate.
(c) Provides results of analytical studies to
appropriate DOE headquarters organizations
and field elements.
(d) Recommends implementation of study results as
appropriate.
(17) Identifies and recommends designation of National
Asset materials to enable retention and continued
availability of items that have no immediate
programmatic use and no DOE headquarters
organization owner, but that may have future use
and are unique or costly to replace.
(18) Submits National Asset materials designations to
the Office of the Secretary or the Administrator
of NNSA for approval and assignment to an
appropriate DOE headquarters organization.
(19) Develops and maintains an integrated Department
level nuclear materials consolidation or
disposition plan that optimizes Department
resources, provides meaningful performance
metrics, and supports the Department’s budget and
planning processes.
(20) Manages the Nuclear Materials Inventory Assessment
(NMIA) process by issuing detailed guidance for
the DOE field elements’ submissions of NMIA data
by August 31 each year, collects and consolidates
the data, maintains and protects data integrity,
and provides selected data to authorized users in
consultation with the other DOE headquarters
organizations or field elements.
(21) Reviews site NMIA submissions for consistency and
accuracy and provides feedback to the DOE field
elements by June 30 each year. Provides
material-specific NMIA data to applicable DOE
headquarters organizations and LMMOs by June 30
each year.
(22) Provides detailed guidance for site preparation of
other inventory reports to the appropriate DOE
field elements as required.
(23) Reconciles issues regarding other inventory
reports within 90 days after receipt and
communicates to the appropriate DOE headquarters
organizations and field elements.
(24) Manages the declared excess and the Surplus
Fissile Materials Baseline (SFMB) and associated
change control processes in coordination with the
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NN),
Office of Defense Programs (DP), Office of
Environmental Management (EM), and other DOE
offices.
(25) Issues guidance to all applicable DOE field
elements no later than April 15 each year for the
preparation of nuclear materials allotment
forecasts, with a copy to applicable DOE
headquarters organizations.
(26) Coordinates review of all DOE field elements’
nuclear materials allotment forecasts with
appropriate DOE headquarters organizations, LMMOs,
or other DOE customers, as necessary, and resolves
any issues by September 1 each year.
(27) Issues material allotments to DOE field elements
by September 15 each year by formal written
letters identifying the materials, quantities, and
justification for use during the designated year.
(28) Provides four-year projections of programmatic
requirements to the DOE field elements to
facilitate planning and material preparation
activities.
(29) Coordinates with the Office of Health, Safety and
Security or their designee [for example, the
Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System
(NMMSS) operating contractor] and the appropriate
DOE headquarters organizations to designate
project numbers for DOE-owned or DOE-managed
nuclear materials.
(30) Assists the Office of Health, Safety and Security
in establishing and maintaining a process to
assign project numbers consistently throughout the
DOE complex.
(31) Annually (or more frequently, as warranted)
reports the status of nuclear materials
consolidation or disposition activities, including
planning period milestones, compliance with
applicable requirements, and current integration
issues, to the DOE Under Secretaries and others,
as appropriate.
(32) Reviews and evaluates the justification for
retention of materials designated as Defined Use
and the disposition plans for materials designated
as No Defined Use.
(33) Provides guidance to DOE field elements as
required for Defined Use and No Defined Use
materials.
(34) Implements change control procedures for
Restricted Use materials through DOE field
elements in coordination with the appropriate DOE
headquarters organization and in compliance with
applicable agreements or obligations.
(35) Coordinates management and disposition of
Restricted Use materials with the appropriate DOE
headquarters organization.
(36) Provides guidance to DOE field elements regarding
nuclear material discard limits in coordination
with appropriate DOE headquarters organizations.
d. Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. In addition
to the responsibilities identified in paragraph 5a,
must:
(1) Oversee the disposition of declared surplus
fissile materials (make them “non-weapons-usable”)
in support of U.S. nonproliferation goals,
assisted by other DOE headquarters organizations,
as appropriate.
(2) Coordinate with international organizations
regarding safeguards and other verification
protocols and policies for the disposition of
declared surplus fissile material.
(3) Coordinate with the ONMI and other DOE
headquarters organizations, as appropriate,
regarding activities related to declared surplus
fissile materials to ensure consistency in
management plans and disposition activities.
(4) Coordinate DOE receipt and management of nuclear
materials that are removed from domestic or
international custody for security or
nonproliferation purposes.
e. Office of Naval Reactors. In addition to the
responsibilities identified in paragraph 5a, must
oversee all policies and practices pertaining to this
Order for activities under its cognizance, in
accordance with the responsibilities and authorities
assigned by Executive Order 12344, codified at 50 USC
Sections 2406 and 2511 and to ensure consistency
throughout the joint Navy/DOE Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program, the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors
(Director) will implement and oversee requirements and
practices pertaining to this Directive for activities
under the Director’s cognizance, as deemed appropriate.
f. Office of Nuclear Energy. In addition to the
responsibilities identified in paragraph 5a, must
assess the impact of a sale or transfer of DOE natural
or low-enriched uranium on the domestic uranium mining,
conversion or enrichment industries consistent with
applicable law.
g. Office of Science. In addition to the responsibilities
identified in paragraph 5a, must designate the Office
of Nuclear Physics to provide management functions and
interfaces to DOE programs and offices for Isotope
Development and Production for Research and
Applications Program.
h. Office of Health, Safety and Security. In addition to
the responsibilities identified in paragraph 5a, must:
(1) Establish and maintain a process to assign project
numbers consistently throughout the DOE complex
including a change process to ensure that project
numbers in NMMSS are consistent with valid budget
and reporting (B&R) codes established by the DOE
Chief Financial Officer.
(2) Update project numbers requested by the DOE field
elements for the upcoming fiscal year effective
October 1 each year.
(3) In consultation with the ONMI and pertinent DOE
headquarters organizations and field elements,
provide DOE-accountable nuclear materials
inventory data to internal and external
stakeholders to support nuclear materials
management program objectives.
i. Nuclear Materials Advisory Board. Consists of a senior
representative from each DOE headquarters organization
that manages nuclear materials and functional experts
from other DOE organizations as determined by the
Director of ONMI and must:
(1) Serve as the primary working-level interface
between the ONMI and DOE headquarters
organizations.
(2) Provide advice and counsel to the ONMI regarding
nuclear materials management policy guidance,
planning, integration, and consolidation or
disposition.
(3) Provide advice and counsel to the ONMI in the
performance of its mission.
(4) Review, evaluate, and advise on nuclear materials
management policy and guidance developed by the
ONMI to supplement this Order.
(5) Support integrated program planning activities by
the ONMI, including development of a national
strategic plan every three years (or more
frequently, as warranted), performance and/or
review of analytical studies, and other planning
activities as appropriate.
(6) Review, evaluate, and advise on annual nuclear
materials management plans and reports submitted
to or managed by the ONMI, including NMMPs,
allotment forecasts and allotments, and NMIA
reports as appropriate.
j. DOE Field Elements that Manage Nuclear Materials. With
the support of site/facility contractors, must:
(1) Designate DOE field element senior representatives
to serve as primary points of contact on nuclear
materials issues, facilitate the performance of
nuclear materials management responsibilities, and
coordinate nuclear materials management activities
with the ONMI and appropriate DOE headquarters
organizations.
(2) Implement management activities under their
jurisdiction in conformance with the requirements
of this Order to ensure safe and secure packaging,
storage, stabilization, and consolidation or
disposition of nuclear materials.
(3) Document and maintain characterization data to
support management of nuclear materials under
their jurisdiction. Request guidance and support,
as appropriate, from the ONMI and/or the
designated LMMO for consolidation or disposition
of nuclear materials.
(4) Approve discard limits established or recommended
by the contractor for disposal of low equity or
waste nuclear materials based on guidance from the
ONMI. (For government-owned nuclear material at
Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensee facilities,
the approval of discard limits is the
responsibility of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.)
(5) Prepare and submit Nuclear Materials Allotment
Forecast Reports by June 15 each year for their
respective sites in response to guidance from the
ONMI and in accordance with programmatic
requirements from applicable DOE headquarters
organizations.
(6) Receive material allotments from the ONMI prior to
utilization of nuclear materials. DOE field
elements may approve material allotments for
limited quantities of nuclear material based on
guidance from the ONMI.
(7) Prepare and submit NMIA data by January 31 each
year in response to guidance from the ONMI.
(8) Prepare and submit other inventory reports as
requested by the ONMI.
(9) Prepare and submit NMMPs at their respective sites
by June 30, using the prior fiscal year NMIA data,
in response to guidance from the ONMI.
(10) As requested by the ONMI, review
materials-specific management plans, and the
national strategic plan regarding nuclear
materials under their control.
(11) Approve Defined Use or No Defined Use designation
for all materials at sites under the field
element’s control. Provide justification in the
NMMP for materials designated as Defined Use at
sites under the field element’s control. Develop
disposition plans or options for materials
designated as No Defined Use and provide
recommendations to the ONMI.
(12) Ensure transfer of nuclear materials as directed
by the responsible DOE program office for
production, research and development,
consolidation or disposition, and other purposes.
(13) Serve as the Lead Materials Management
Organization (LMMO) for designated nuclear
materials if requested by the ONMI to ensure that
integrated processes and procedures are developed
and implemented for management and consolidation
or disposition of each designated nuclear
material.
(14) Conduct or contribute to complex-wide analytical
studies and plans in response to guidance from the
ONMI and DOE headquarters organizations.
(15) In coordination with the cognizant DOE
headquarters organizations and the Office of
Health, Safety and Security, provide site-specific
nuclear materials inventory data to authorized
external stakeholders.
(16) Evaluate nuclear material liabilities and assets
for acknowledgement on the Department’s financial
statements.
(17) Provide facility landlord and infrastructure
support to materials management activities located
at sites under the DOE field element’s control.
(18) Coordinate with the ONMI and appropriate DOE
headquarters organizations to ensure that project
numbers for nuclear materials are established,
reported, and deactivated in accordance with
guidance from the ONMI.
(19) Annually review and direct the update of project
numbers to reflect budget and reporting (B&R) code
changes for the upcoming fiscal year by October 1
each year.
(20) Coordinate operation of isotope production,
distribution, and sales program for designated
nuclear materials in cooperation with the Office
of Science.
(21) In coordination with appropriate DOE headquarters
organizations, support the development and
reporting of nuclear materials integration and
consolidation or disposition performance metrics
to ONMI.
k. Lead Materials Management Organization (LMMO). A DOE
Headquarters organization or field element designated
by the ONMI in coordination with other appropriate DOE
headquarters organizations and field elements to
integrate and coordinate the management of a designated
nuclear material(s), as assigned. For its assigned
nuclear material(s) the LMMO, consistent with guidance
and direction from the ONMI, must:
(1) Implement and administer a program to integrate
and coordinate planning for the production,
stabilization, recovery, management, storage,
consolidation, or disposition of designated
nuclear material(s).
(2) Review DOE field elements’ material allotment
forecasts, validate programmatic requirements with
responsible DOE headquarters organizations, and
coordinate with the ONMI to resolve any issues.
Provide consolidated material allotment forecast
report for their designated materials to the ONMI
by July 31.
(3) Prepare material-specific management plans if
requested by the ONMI. Review site NMMPs for
assigned material(s). If requested by the ONMI,
review national strategic plan with respect to
assigned material(s).
(4) Evaluate storage and disposition options for
technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and
support of programmatic requirements.
(5) Develop storage and disposition recommendations
for materials with no defined use in coordination
with the appropriate DOE field elements,
headquarters organizations, and the ONMI.
(6) Facilitate review of site plans for acceptance,
retention, use, or disposition of Defined Use and
No Defined Use materials.
(7) Coordinate evaluation of disposition opportunities
for No Defined Use materials prepared by sites and
programs.
(8) Execute sales contracts and loan/lease agreements.
(9) Facilitate the recovery, storage, and
consolidation or disposition of nuclear material
from U.S. colleges/universities and other domestic
and foreign private entities or government
agencies that possess DOE-owned or U.S.-origin
nuclear materials obtained under DOE contract or
loan/lease agreement. Likewise, facilitate the
recovery, storage, and consolidation or
disposition of non-U.S.-origin nuclear materials
provided to DOE by mutual agreement for management
or disposition.
(10) Conduct or review and evaluate analytical studies
related to their assigned material(s) and prepare
plans for implementation of results as
appropriate.
(11) Coordinate, procure, and make settlement for
non-DOE-owned nuclear materials that are required
to meet DOE’s programmatic needs or mission.
(12) Monitor and ensure that DOE-owned nuclear material
inventories are effectively utilized, including
Restricted Use and National Asset materials.
(13) Supplement DOE’s requirements for programmatic
nuclear material by coordinating the recovery of
excess or scrap nuclear material. Execute
contracts for commercial processing as required.
l. Chief Financial Officer must:
(1) Acknowledge assets and liabilities of nuclear
materials on the Department’s financial
statements. The CFO will consult with the Office
of Nuclear Energy regarding the market value of
nuclear materials.
(2) Provide the ONMI, DOE headquarters organizations,
and DOE field elements a listing of B&R code
changes for the upcoming fiscal year.
m. Contracting Officer. Once notified that this Order is
applicable, incorporates the CRD (Attachment 1) into
affected contracts.
6. REFERENCES.
a. DOE O 470.4A, Safeguards and Security Program, dated
5-25-07, which establishes the roles and
responsibilities for Safeguards and Security for
nuclear materials.
b. DOE M 470.4-6 Chg 1, Nuclear Material Control and
Accountability, dated 8-26-05, which prescribes
requirements and procedures for the Nuclear Material
Control and Accountability Program.
c. DOE M 441.1-1, Nuclear Material Packaging Manual, dated
3-7-08, which provides criteria for packaging nuclear
materials.
d. DOE O 534.1B, Accounting, dated 1-6-03, which
prescribes the requirements and responsibilities for
accounting and financial management.
e. Memorandum of Agreement for Control of Surplus Highly
Enriched Uranium (HEU) and Plutonium (Pu), May 18,
2000. [Authorized by Nuclear Weapons Council, approved
by the President, concurrence by DP, NN, the Office of
Nuclear Energy and Technology (NE), and EM.]
f. Memorandum of Agreement for Implementation and Control
of Surplus Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Removed from
Use of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons, March 1,
2006. (Concurrence by NN, DP, NR, and NE.)
g. P.L. 83-703, Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
codified at 42U.S.C. §§ 2011-2286i, 2297f-2297g-4.
h. DOE N 234.1, Reporting of Radioactive Sealed Sources,
which establishes DOE requirements for inventory
reporting of sealed sources that contain nuclear
materials.
7. DEFINITIONS. Definitions of commonly used terms are provided
in Attachment 6.
8. NECESSITY FINDING STATEMENT. DOE hereby finds that this
Order is necessary for the protection of human health and
the environment or safety, fulfillment of current legal
requirements, and conduct of critical administrative
functions.
9. CONTACT. Questions concerning this Order should be addressed
to the Office of Nuclear Materials Integration (OMNI), 202-
586-5272.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
DANIEL PONEMAN
Deputy Secretary
ATTACHMENT 1.
CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT
DOE O 410.2, MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
This contractor requirements document (CRD) establishes the
requirements for Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) contractors awarded contracts
involving the management of nuclear materials. Regardless of the
performer of the work, the contractor is responsible for
complying with the requirements of this CRD and flowing down CRD
requirements to subcontractors at any tier to the extent
necessary to ensure contractor compliance.
As directed by the contracting officer, the contractor must meet
the following requirements:
1. Designate a senior representative to serve as the
contractor’s primary point of contact on nuclear materials
issues, facilitate the performance of nuclear materials
management responsibilities, and coordinate nuclear
materials management activities with their responsible DOE
field element, the Office of Nuclear Materials Integration
(ONMI), and appropriate DOE headquarters organizations.
2. Conduct nuclear materials management activities in such a
manner as to ensure the safe and secure packaging, storage,
stabilization, and consolidation or disposition of nuclear
materials as directed by the responsible DOE field element.
3. Prepare and submit Nuclear Materials Allotment Forecast
Reports for their site by June 15 each year, in accordance
with Section 2 of Attachment 3 and guidance from their
responsible DOE field element and the ONMI.
4. Receive material allotments from the ONMI through the DOE
field element prior to utilization of nuclear materials. DOE
field elements may approve material allotments for limited
quantities of nuclear materials based on guidance from the
ONMI.
5. Prepare NMMP for materials under their control in accordance
with Section 2 of Attachment 4 and programmatic requirements
from applicable DOE headquarters organizations. Submit to
the ONMI through the responsible DOE field element by
June 30 each year using the prior fiscal year’s Nuclear
Material Inventory Assessment (NMIA) data.
6. Through the responsible DOE field element, submit to the
ONMI by January 31 each year, an NMIA based on inventories
as of September 30 of the prior year.
7. Submit data for other inventory reports as requested by the
responsible DOE field element and the ONMI.
8. Transfer nuclear materials as provided in the DOE
programmatic guidance for production, research and
development, consolidation or disposition, and other
purposes.
9. Support their responsible DOE field element in the operation
and management of Lead Materials Management Organizations
(LMMOs) as may be assigned for designated nuclear materials
to ensure that integrated processes and procedures are
developed and implemented for management and consolidation
or disposition of each designated nuclear material.
10. Conduct or contribute to analytical studies and plans in
response to guidance from their responsible DOE field
element, the ONMI, and DOE headquarters organizations.
11. As directed by their responsible DOE field element and in
coordination with the cognizant DOE headquarters
organizations and the Office of Health, Safety and Security,
provide site-specific nuclear materials inventory data to
authorized external stakeholders.
12. As directed by their responsible DOE field element, evaluate
nuclear material liabilities and assets for acknowledgment
on the Department’s financial statements.
13. As directed by their responsible DOE field element,
coordinate with appropriate DOE headquarters organizations
to ensure that project numbers for nuclear materials are
established, reported, and deactivated in accordance with
guidance from the ONMI. Update project numbers to reflect
B&R code changes for the upcoming fiscal year by October 1.
14. As directed by their responsible DOE field element and in
coordination with appropriate DOE headquarters
organizations, support the development and reporting of
nuclear materials integration and consolidation or
disposition performance metrics to the ONMI.
15. Document and maintain characterization data to support safe
management, storage, consolidation, and disposition of
nuclear materials. Request guidance and support, as
appropriate, from the responsible DOE field element for
consolidation or disposition of nuclear materials.
16. Recommend Defined Use or No Defined Use designations for all
materials under its control. Provide justification in the
Nuclear Materials Management Plan (NMMP) for materials
designated as Defined Use under its control. Develop
disposition plans or options for materials designated as No
Defined Use and provide recommendations to the responsible
DOE field element and the ONMI.
17. Manage Restricted Use materials according to the
restrictions in governing agreements or obligations.
18. Manage and store National Asset materials, as assigned.
ATTACHMENT 2.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS
Projected Action
Month-Day
1-31 DOE field elements provide NMIA report to
the ONMI.
3-31 The ONMI provides guidance to the DOE field
elements for NMMP preparation.
4-15 The ONMI provides guidance to the DOE field
elements for preparation of the nuclear
materials allotment forecast.
6-15 DOE field elements provide allotment
forecast report to the appropriate LMMOs and
to the ONMI.
6-30 The ONMI completes the NMIA and provides
feedback to the DOE field elements and
material specific data to appropriate DOE
headquarters organizations and LMMOs.
6-30 DOE field elements provide NMMP to the ONMI.
7-31 LMMOs, as designated, provide consolidated
allotment forecast report for their assigned
materials to the ONMI and appropriate DOE
headquarters organizations.
8-31 The ONMI provides guidance to the DOE field
elements for NMIA preparation.
9-1 DOE headquarters organizations and the ONMI
review the DOE field element allotment
forecasts and resolve any issues between
programs and sites regarding the Forecast.
9-15 The ONMI issues Allotments to the DOE field
elements prior to the utilization of nuclear
materials.
9-30 Applicable LMMOs, as designated, issue
Material-Specific Management Plans for their
assigned materials upon request by the ONMI.
10-1 DOE field elements ensure all project
numbers are updated to reflect valid B&R
codes.
ATTACHMENT 3.
MATERIAL FORECAST AND ALLOTMENT REPORTING
1. GENERAL. The utilization of nuclear materials involves major
expenditures and long lead times. The objective of the
material allotment forecast is to document anticipated
programmatic actions related to nuclear materials, and to
request DOE headquarters’ allotment for the utilization of a
quantity of nuclear materials in DOE programs and for other
DOE customers. The five-year material allotment forecast
report complements, but does not replace the need for
shipping and receiving projections, the supply and demand
analyses included in NMMPs, or other longer-range studies of
nuclear materials requirements.
The objective of material allotments is to provide approval
for the DOE field element’s use of nuclear materials for a
specific purpose. The material allotments will provide
approval for the designated fiscal year. The following four-
year projections of programmatic requirements will be
provided for the purpose of facilitating planning and
material preparation activities.
2. PREPARATION OF MATERIAL ALLOTMENT FORECASTS. Material
allotment forecasts will be submitted in a format provided
in annual guidance and will include projections for the next
five years (the upcoming fiscal year plus four). Unless
otherwise amended or exempted in the ONMI’s annual guidance,
material allotment forecasts must include the following:
a. Requests for a quantity of material to support
programmatic requirements.
b. Transfers of nuclear materials that must be forecast
are:
(1) Transfers of material ownership between DOE
programs (both intra-site and inter-site), such as
transfers from DP to naval reactors (NR).
(2) Transfers of material into a material disposition
program or project.
(3) Transfers related to mutual defense agreements
between the U.S. and other countries.
(4) Transfers related to research reactors and foreign
and domestic customers.
(5) Transfers of material to a commercial processor
for recovery or down-blending.
c. Procurements of nuclear materials.
d. Changes in status of nuclear materials that must be
forecast are:
(1) Down-blending of national security HEU.
(2) Isotopic blending of weapons-grade plutonium to
produce a non-weapons grade assay.
(3) Consumption of any VHEU (>94% U-235).
(4) Consumption of any very low tritium content heavy
water (<0.00005 microcuries tritium/milliliter).
3. ISSUANCE OF MATERIAL ALLOTMENTS. The ONMI will provide
written approval to the DOE field elements for transfers
related to mutual defense, research reactors, and foreign
and domestic customers, down-blending of national security
HEU and conversion of plutonium to a non-weapons usable
form, consumption of VHEU or low tritium content heavy
water, or use of other materials as identified in the
allotment forecast guidance for the designated fiscal year.
The subsequent four year projections of programmatic
requirements will be provided to facilitate planning and
material preparation activities. An explanation will be
provided by the ONMI when annual material allotments differ
from the field element’s submitted material allotment
forecast. Changes to material allotments for the designated
year may be requested by the DOE field elements and formally
approved by the ONMI if the quantities utilized, or
projected to be utilized, exceed original material
allotments.
ATTACHMENT 4.
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PLANS (MMPS)
1. GENERAL. Materials management planning requires annual
evaluations of current and projected mission needs; material
characterization/identification; material packaging,
storage, and disposition; and impacts on site and DOE
operations and budgets. The efficient utilization of
resources to meet DOE objectives requires an understanding
of site-specific, materials-specific, and complex-wide
perspectives. This attachment provides direction for the
uniform preparation of the field NMMP, materials-specific
management plans, and a national strategic plan for nuclear
materials management.
2. SITE NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PLANS (NMMPs).
a. NMMPs will cover nuclear materials activities for the
current year and a minimum of 15 years.
b. Plans will address.
(1) Site inventory, including projected shipments and
receipts, and any off-site inventory for which the
site is responsible.
(2) Program requirements that reflect supply and
demand analysis.
(3) Justification for retention of Defined Use
materials.
(4) Status of disposition and processing plans for No
Defined Use materials.
(5) Identification of Restricted Use materials.
(6) Technical considerations, including facility
capabilities, utilization, and the need for new
production, processing, and storage facilities.
(7) Packaging and shipping projections and resources.
(8) Barriers, issues, integration opportunities,
accomplishments and recommendations.
3. MATERIAL-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS. If requested by the
ONMI, material-specific management plans will be developed
for assigned nuclear materials by the applicable LMMO based
on requirements determined by the ONMI in coordination with
appropriate DOE headquarters organizations. These
material-specific management plans may use information
provided in the NMMPs. Unresolved issues will be addressed
in the following year’s management plans.
If requested, material-specific management plans will be
required annually by September 30 for materials designated
by the ONMI.
4. DOE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR
MATERIALS. The ONMI and the Nuclear Materials Advisory Board
will coordinate the development of a national strategic plan
for nuclear materials management. The national strategic
plan will integrate key features of the site NMMPs and
material-specific plans, as appropriate. It will identify
material and infrastructure requirements, issues, and
integration opportunities and recommend alternatives for
future action.
ATTACHMENT 5.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
1. GENERAL. This attachment provides additional information
related to the management of nuclear material inventories,
including project numbers, storage and disposition, Defined
Use/No Defined Use materials, Restricted Use materials, and
National Asset materials.
2. PROJECT NUMBERS. Nuclear materials under the jurisdiction of
this Order will be categorized using the assignment of an
appropriate project number to each inventory record. DOE
field elements will ensure project numbers are established
for all DOE-owned nuclear materials under their control.
Project numbers identify the DOE headquarters organizations
and field elements with programmatic responsibility and
allow sites to consistently manage nuclear materials based
on material characteristics, programmatic requirements,
classification, and other considerations such as budget and
reporting (B&R) codes. Project numbers will be consistent
with B&R codes found on the US DOE Office of the Chief
Financial Officer web site, http://www.cfo.doe.gov/, to
allow DOE headquarters organizations to identify and
evaluate funding needs for nuclear materials management.
3. STORAGE AND DISPOSITION. Storage and disposition are major
functions required to implement life cycle management of
nuclear materials. At least annually, and consistent with
guidance from ONMI, DOE headquarters organizations that
manage any of the special nuclear materials the responsible
DOE Field element, nuclear materials will be evaluated for
future use, storage, or disposition.
a. Storage methods and systems will comply with DOE
Orders, standards, criteria, and facility-specific
authorization bases. Storage consolidation for improved
security and cost effectiveness will be considered in
nuclear materials management planning. Characterization
data will be linked to existing nuclear material
packages to assure safe storage and/or shipment.
Detailed packaging requirements are found in DOE M
441.1-1, Nuclear Material Packaging Manual. (Additional
guidance may be provided by the ONMI.)
b. Disposition is the process of preparing for and/or
placing nuclear materials in their life-cycle end
state. Disposition is essential for sites to support
ongoing and future nuclear materials missions by
removing unneeded materials. Disposition may include
consumption in DOE or non-DOE programs, transfer or
sale to domestic or foreign programs, or disposal as
waste.
4. DEFINED USE/NO DEFINED USE MATERIALS. Sites will categorize
all nuclear materials as Defined Use or No Defined Use based
on programmatic requirements and guidance from DOE
headquarters organizations to identify materials available
to meet mission needs, determine storage requirements, and
support disposition planning. This information is collected
annually in the NMIA.
a. Defined Use materials are nuclear materials that are
actively being used by a program or being held for
future programmatic use including strategic reserve and
National Asset materials. Defined Use may also include
materials that require processing or materials suitable
for storage that are compatible with the site’s
mission(s).
b. No Defined Use materials are nuclear materials that are
not actively being used by any program and not being
held for future programmatic use. No Defined Use may
include materials that are being stabilized for
discard, materials that may require processing, or
materials suitable for storage pending future
disposition.
5. RESTRICTED USE MATERIALS. Restricted Use materials are
nuclear materials that are governed by domestic or foreign
agreements or obligations that restrict the reuse of the
materials for specific purposes, most commonly restricting
nuclear materials from utilization in nuclear weapons
programs. Examples include, but are not limited to:
a. Foreign Obligation Materials are nuclear materials
received or returned from foreign entities that are
governed by processing/use restrictions. Bulk Special
Nuclear Material (SNM) or tritium may be governed by
restrictions on the use of the materials in nuclear
weapons programs.
b. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguarded
Materials are specific nuclear materials that have been
offered for safeguarding by the IAEA. In general,
restrictions are imposed only on the total quantities
declared by the U.S. for current or potential future
safeguarding.
c. Excess/Surplus Material Declarations are quantities of
HEU and plutonium that the U.S. declared to be
permanently unavailable for nuclear weapons programs.
This includes the Surplus Fissile Materials Baseline
for the 1994 Declarations and the 2005 Excess HEU
Declaration. Future declarations of withdrawals from
national security weapons programs will follow similar
guidelines.
6. NATIONAL ASSET MATERIALS. The designation of National Asset
materials will be recommended by the ONMI, approved by the
Office of the Secretary and the Administrator of NNSA, and
assigned to an appropriate DOE headquarters organization for
management and storage. National Asset materials may be so
designated even though they have no immediate programmatic
use, because they are judged to have potential future use
and because they are unique or costly to replace. This
designation is established to enable retention and continued
availability of such materials.
ATTACHMENT 6. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions are provided for the purpose of
defining the use and meaning of certain words and terms as they
apply to this Order and Attachments.
1. Accountable Nuclear Material. Nuclear materials as defined
in DOE M 470.4-6, Nuclear Material Control and
Accountability, Table I-1.
2. Canned Subassembly. Complete hermetically-sealed weapons
component.
3. Consolidation. Reconfiguration of nuclear materials storage
within the DOE Complex to improve security and
cost-effectiveness, and for other appropriate reasons as
determined by DOE.
4. Defined Use. Nuclear material that is actively being used by
a DOE program or being held for future programmatic use
including strategic reserve and National Asset materials.
Defined Use may also include material that may require
processing or material suitable for storage that is
compatible with the site’s mission(s).
5. Depleted Uranium. Uranium containing less of the fissile
isotope uranium-235 than the naturally occurring
distribution of uranium isotopes (less than 0.71 percent by
weight).
6. Discard Limit. A threshold quantity of nuclear material
below which the material may be discarded as waste. The
discard limit for a specific nuclear material may be a
function of the material quantity, form, concentration,
location, and other factors.
7. Disposal. Emplacement of waste in a manner that assures
isolation from the biosphere with little or no maintenance
and with little or no intent of retrieval, and which
requires deliberate and detectable action to gain access
after emplacement.
8. Disposition. The process of preparing for and/or placing
nuclear materials in their life-cycle end state. Disposition
may include consumption in DOE or non-DOE programs, transfer
or sale to domestic or foreign programs, storage, or
disposal as waste.
9. Down-blending. Intimate mixing of enriched uranium or
plutonium with blend material to reduce the enrichment of
the product material.
10. Enriched Uranium. Uranium containing a higher concentration
of the fissile isotope
11. U-235 than normal uranium (i.e., higher than 0.71 percent U-
235).
12. Excess. Fissile materials that have been declared under U.S.
policy to be permanently withdrawn from use in nuclear
weapons, or nuclear materials that have been approved by a
DOE headquarters organization to be withdrawn from use in
national security weapons-related activities.
13. 2005 Excess Declaration – E05. Approximately 200 metric tons
of HEU removed from any future use as fissile material for
nuclear warheads in October 2005. This is in addition to the
approximately 174.3 metric tons of HEU included in Surplus
Fissile Material – S94.
14. Excess to National Security. Nuclear materials that are no
longer needed to support current or future national security
requirements.
15. Field Element. Includes all of the DOE-designated operations
offices, site offices, and other offices such as the Naval
Reactors Laboratory Field Offices.
16. Fissile Material. Material capable of undergoing fission by
interaction with slow neutrons (uranium-233, uranium-235,
plutonium-239, and plutonium-241).
17. Foreign Obligation. Nuclear materials from foreign entities
that are governed by processing/use restrictions.
18. Headquarters Organization. Includes all DOE or NNSA
headquarters organizations, whether programmatic or
administrative.
19. Highly Enriched Uranium. Uranium enriched to at least 20
percent by weight in the fissile isotope uranium-235.
20. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). A United Nations
agency established in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of
nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes.
DOE interacts with IAEA on U.S. application of specific IAEA
programs and initiatives.
21. Irradiated Nuclear Material. Nuclear material that has been
subjected to a form of nuclear irradiation that consequently
delivers an external radiation dose requiring special
containment and handling.
22. Lead Materials Management Organization (LMMO). A DOE
headquarters organization or field element designated by
ONMI to develop plans, integrate, conduct special studies,
and coordinate the management, safe and secure packaging,
storage, stabilization, and consolidation or disposition of
a specific nuclear material(s).
23. Life-cycle Management. All activities related to the
acquisition/production, general characterization,
utilization, recycle, storage, and disposition of DOE-owned
or DOE-managed accountable nuclear materials.
24. Low Enriched Uranium. Uranium enriched to less than 20
percent by weight in the fissile isotope uranium-235.
25. Material Allotments. Quantities of nuclear materials that
have received DOE headquarters’ approval for a DOE field
element to utilize such materials for a specific purpose or
to dispose of such materials.
26. Material Allotment Forecasts. Projections of nuclear
material requirements, transfers, or change in status for
existing and planned project use or disposition.
27. Material Management Plans. Periodic evaluations of current
and projected mission needs; material
characterization/identification; material packaging,
storage, and disposition; and impacts on site and DOE
operations and budgets. The three levels of material
management plans addressed in this Order include; Nuclear
Material Management Plans to be prepared by the sites,
Material – Specific Management Plans to be prepared by the
applicable LMMO, and DOE National Strategic Plan for
Management of Nuclear Material to be prepared by the ONMI
and the NMAB.
28. National Asset Material. A nuclear material that has no
current programmatic use but that is judged to be unique or
difficult to reproduce, and that is set aside because of a
significant chance that it will be required for future
programmatic use.
29. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A United States
statute that was signed into law on January 1, 1970, to
establish a national policy for the environment, to provide
for the establishment of a Council on Environmental Quality,
and for other purposes. This Act may be cited as the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
30. National Security Materials. Nuclear materials, including
Strategic Reserves, which are designated for use by the NNSA
for weapons-related or Naval Reactors support. [As a result
of the 2005 Excess Declaration (E05), Naval Reactor support
will come from excess (E05) material in the future.]
31. Natural Uranium. Uranium as found in nature containing about
0.71 percent of the fissile isotope U-235.
32. No Defined Use. Nuclear material that is not actively being
used by a DOE program and not being held for future
programmatic use.
33. Non-DOE-Owned. Nuclear material not owned by DOE; e.g.,
material owned by a commercial firm or another government
agency.
34. Normal Uranium. Uranium containing about 0.71 percent of the
fissile isotope uranium-235 by weight. Normal uranium may
include uranium as found in nature (natural uranium) and
uranium reconstituted to have the same uranium-235
concentration as natural uranium.
35. Nuclear Materials. A collective term for materials so
designated in this Order. For information, these materials
are americium-241, americium-243, californium, curium,
deuterium, enriched lithium, neptunium-237, plutonium-238,
plutonium-239-241, plutonium-242, thorium, tritium, depleted
uranium, normal uranium, enriched uranium, and uranium-233.
36. Nuclear Materials Advisory Board. DOE headquarters-level
board organized and led by the ONMI and consisting of a
senior representative from each DOE headquarters
organization that manages nuclear materials and other
functional experts as determined by the Director of the
ONMI.
37. Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS).
The national database and information support system for
nuclear materials regulated by the U.S. Government, created
to support national safeguards and management objectives in
the domestic and foreign utilization of nuclear resources.
The system stores data on nuclear material transactions and
inventories, and produces a wide range of reports.
38. Office of Nuclear Materials Integration. Newly established
office in NNSA responsible for nuclear materials management
policy, guidance, and integration of DOE complex-wide
management, consolidation, and/or disposition of nuclear
materials.
39. Pit. Complete hermetically-sealed weapons component.
40. Project Number. A 10-character alphanumeric description that
identifies nuclear materials for tasks or phases of work
assigned to a DOE headquarters organization and field
element.
41. Reserve. A quantity of nuclear material set aside for a
specific reason, such as a strategic reserve for defense
applications or a programmatic reserve for an identified
program use.
42. Restricted Use. Nuclear material governed by domestic or
foreign agreements or obligations that restrict the use of
the material to a specific purpose, most commonly
restricting nuclear material from utilization in nuclear
weapons.
43. Special Nuclear Material (SNM). Plutonium, uranium-233,
uranium enriched in the isotope 235, and any other material,
which pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2071 (Section 51, as amended, of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954), has been determined to be
special nuclear material, but does not include source
material; or any material artificially enriched by any of
the forgoing, not including source material.
44. Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF). Fuel that has been withdrawn from
a nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent
elements of which have not been separated by processing.
45. Storage. The operations by which nuclear material is
retained and secured with the intent of retrieval for
processing, use, or disposition.
46. Supply and Demand Analysis. Evaluation of current inventory
quantity and characteristics against identified program
needs, including material for reserves, over a given time
frame. These analyses identify potential need for production
or acquisition to meet programmatic requirements.
47. Surplus Nuclear Material. Nuclear materials that are excess
to national security and have no DOE programmatic use.
Surplus Fissile Materials Baseline. A process used to track
U.S. policy for the removal of plutonium and HEU from
potential use in weapons programs, based on materials
quantities declared surplus by the Nuclear Weapons Council
in 1994. A similar process is also applied to separate
tracking and reconciliation for additional excess materials
declared at later dates, including a 2005 declaration of
additional HEU and future U.S. declarations.
48. Surplus Fissile Material – S94. Over 200 metric tons of
fissile material declared surplus by the Nuclear Weapons
Council in 1994.
49. Unirradiated Nuclear Material. Nuclear material that has not
been irradiated in a nuclear reactor or accelerator, or if
it has been irradiated, its contact dose does not exceed 10
millirem per hour.
50. Very Highly Enriched Uranium. Uranium enriched to more than
94 percent, by weight, in the fissile isotope uranium-235.
51. Waste. Radioactive solid, liquid, or gaseous material of
negligible programmatic and/or economic value and having a
documented waste declaration.
52. Weapons-Grade Plutonium. Plutonium containing less than 7
percent, by weight, of the isotope plutonium-240 and not
qualifying for tracking as plutonium-238 or plutonium-242. A
similar, but separate definition is used in certain
international nonproliferation activities, where the
boundary is raised to less than a ratio of 0.10 between
isotopes plutonium-240 and plutonium-239.
ATTACHMENT 7. ACRONYMS
B&R budget and reporting
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CRD Contractor Requirements Document
DP Office of Defense Programs
DOE Department of Energy
EM Office of Environmental Management
HEU highly enriched uranium
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
LEU low enriched uranium
LMMO Lead Materials Management Organization
MMP Materials Management Plan
NE Office of Nuclear Energy
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NN Office of Nuclear Nonproliferation
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NMIA Nuclear Materials Inventory Assessment
NMMP Nuclear Materials Management Plan
NMMSS Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System
NR Office of Naval Reactors
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ONMI Office of Nuclear Materials Integration
SC Office of Science
SFMB Surplus Fissile Materials Baseline
SNF Spent Nuclear Fuel
SNM special nuclear materials
VHEU very highly enriched uranium