NNSA Planning & Budgeting

• DoD National Defense Strategy, including the Nuclear Posture Review & the Missile Defense Review, Oct 27, 2022
• DoD NPR, Feb 2, 2018
• LASG press release
• Pre-decisional NPR, Jan 2018
• DoD NPR, Apr 2010
• DoD NPR, Jan 2002
   — Excerpts
   — Foreword
   — Briefing transcript
   — Slides

Department of Defense Nuclear Matters Handbook

• Nuclear Matters 2020, revised
• Nuclear Matters 2020
• Nuclear Matters 2016
• Nuclear Matters 2011
• Nuclear Matters 2008

National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs)

• Statutory plutonium pit production deadlines (50 U.S. Code § 2538a)
• FY 2022 NDAA (section 3111)
• FY 2021 NDAA (section 3114)
• FY 2020 NDAA (section 3116)
• FY 2019 NDAA (section 3120)
• FY 2018 NDAA (section 3141)
• FY 2016 NDAA (section 3140)
• FY 2015 NDAA (section 3112 & 3132)

NNSA Strategic Integrated Roadmap 2020-2044

NNSA/DOE STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP & MANAGEMENT PLAN (SSMP)

• FY 2024 SSMP, Nov 2023
• FY 2023 SSMP, Apr 2023
• FY 2022 SSMP, Mar 2022
• FY 2021 SSMP, Dec 2020
• FY 2020 SSMP, Jul 2019
• FY 2019 SSMP, Oct 2018, Biennial Plan summary
• FY 2018 SSMP, Nov 2017
• FY 2017 SSMP, Mar 31, 2016
• FY 2016 SSMP, Mar 16, 2015
• FY 2015 SSMP, Apr 10, 2014
• FY 2014 SSMP, Jun 2013
• FY 2012 SSMP, Apr 15, 2011
• FY2011 SSMP, May 2010, summary

SSMP Section 1251 reports pursuant to the FY2010 NDAA

• FY2011 Stockpile Stewardship Plan, Annex A, May 2010
• FY2011 Biennial Plan & Budget Assessment on the Modernization and Refurbishment of the Nuclear Security Complex, Annex D, May 2010
• Update to the NDAA of FY2010 Section 1251 Report, "New START Treaty Framework and Nuclear Force Structure Plans," Nov 2010

Memorandum of Agreement between the DoD & DOE re: Modernization of the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure, May 3, 2010. Obtained by the Union of Concerned Scientists. [Los Alamos Study Group's FOIA request, Jul 30, 2010, never fulfilled.]

NNSA/DOE FY 2022 - FY 2026 Prevent, Counter, and Respond: NNSA’s Plan to Reduce Global Nuclear Threats, Report to Congress, Dec 2021

NNSA/DOE FY 2010-2014 Supplement to the Stockpile Stewardship Plan, Dec 2009

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO) reports

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032, Jul 2023

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2021 to 2030, May 2021

The Potential Costs of Expanding US Strategic Nuclear Forces if the New START Treaty Expires, CBO, Aug 2020

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2019 to 2028, Jan 2019

Approaches for Managing the Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2017 to 2046, Oct 2017

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2017 to 2026, Feb 2017

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2015 to 2024, Jan 2015

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2014 to 2023, Dec 19, 2013

• The Nuclear Weapons Council is worried about Biden’s spending. So are activists., Aiken Standard, Jul 31, 2021
• Pentagon chiefs insist flat defense budget is enough, Defense News, Jun 24, 2021
• NNSA ’22 Budget Details: SRS Pit Costs Balloon; W80 Alt for Sea-Launched Cruise Missile; B83 Sustainment Price Tag, Exchange Monitor, Jun 1, 2021
• $20B Biden NNSA Budget Whacks Weapon Activities, Compared With Trump Forecast, Exchange Monitor, May 28, 2021
• Biden nuclear nominee would continue Trump-era plutonium pit production plans, Defense News, May 28, 2021
• Biden proposes $1 billion for nuclear weapons work, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 28, 2021
• House Appropriations Committee Wants NNSA To Submit Plans, Schedules For Pit Production, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 13, 2020
• Undisclosed delays plague atomic programs, cost billions to fix, Roll Call, Mar 20, 2020
• Proposed budget would almost triple plutonium spending, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 24, 2020
• Administration seeks 49% increase in Los Alamos nuclear weapons activities, 33% plus-up for LANL overall, press release, Feb 23, 2020
• Trump seeks $46 billion for nuclear weapons programs in budget request, Defense News, Feb 10, 2020
• Final FY20 Appropriations: National Nuclear Security Administration, American Institute of Physics, Feb 6, 2020
• As U.S. ramps up nuclear production (again), the human toll of past work continues to mount, including at LANL, press release, Feb 5, 2020
• In nuclear spending fight, it’s Trump’s Hill allies vs. White House budget office, Defense News, Jan 23, 2020
• Budget Squabble Threatens U.S. Nuclear Modernization Efforts, The Dispatch, Jan 21, 2020
• $220M requested for 'orderly and safe' closure of MOX, budget documents show, Aiken Standard, Mar 19, 2019
• Trump's 2020 budget pitch includes multimillion-dollar boost for SRS cleanup, Aiken Standard, Mar 18, 2019
• NNSA Wants to Study Sea-Launched Missile, ‘Sustain’ B83 With 2020 Funds, Exchange Monitor, Mar 18, 2019
• Trump request contains funding for LANL upgrades, projects, Los Alamos Monitor, Mar 15, 2019
• Trillion + dollar nuclear budget, Cultural Energy, interview with Greg Mello, Nov 9, 2017
• Congressional Budget Office: US Nuclear Forces To Cost $1.2 Trillion over 30 Years, Pressenza, Nov 2, 2017
• White House budget plan a mixed bag for state’s labs, WIPP, Albuquerque Journal, Feb 2, 2015
• Stockpile Stewardship and Management 3+2 Strategy, Donald Cook, AAAS conference, Sep 12, 2014
• NNSA gets $11.7B from FY15 budget -- updated, Los Alamos Monitor, Mar 6, 2014
• Obama budget boosts NM labs, Albuquerque Journal, Mar 5, 2014
• President Requests Unprecedented Spending on Nuclear Weapons Maintenance, Design, Production, warisacrime.org, Mar 5, 2014
• New budget for LANL does not include money for plutonium facility, Santa Fe New Mexican, Mar 4, 2014
• Chuck Hagel's nuclear exemption, Los Angeles Times, Feb 26, 2014
• The Threat to America’s Nukes, Politico Magazine, Feb 25, 2014
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) scoring of NNSA's FY 2013 budget, Jul 12, 2013 (posted Jan 15, 2014)
• U.S. nuclear weapon plans to cost $355 billion over a decade: CBO report, Reuters, Dec 20, 2013
• GAO questions NNSA long-term modernization cost estimates, Nuclear Weapons & Materials Monitor, Dec 13, 2013
• GAO: Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA’s Budget Estimates Do Not Fully Align with Plans, Dec 2013
• Study Group letter to Congress re: DOE Reprogramming Request of 9/13/12 concerning NNSA plutonium sustainment, Sep 28, 2012
• Letter from Senator Carl Levin, Chairman SASC, to Joanne Choi, DOE, re: reprogramming request, Sep 19, 2012
• Letter from Joanne Choi, DOE, to Senator Carl Levin, Chairman Senate Armed Services Committee, re: reprogramming request for use of the unspent funds from the CMRR-NF project, Sep 13, 2012
• GAO raises questions about credibility of NNSA budget, Nuclear Weapons & Materials Monitor, Aug 3, 2012
• GAO: Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise, NNSA’s Reviews of Budget Estimates and Decisions on Resource Trade-offs Need Strengthening, Jul 2012
• GAO letter of Jun 7, 2012 re: absence of FY13 NNSA planning & budgeting documents.
• Letter from Senator Feinstein to Representative Swalwell & Lofgren re: FY2014 budget & NIF, May 16, 2013
• Joint DOE/NNSA &and DoD Programmatic Realignments, Memorandum for members of the Nuclear Weapons Council, Mar 27, 2012 (What is the Nuclear Weapons Council?)
• Rep. Edward J. Markey, (D) MA, Calls for Cuts to U.S. Nuclear Weapons Budget, Feb 8, 2012