The second point I would like to bring up is the Administration's proposed placement of the Defense Programs organization in an Energy Research and Technology Administration, a separate operational entity within the Department of Commerce. I participated in the Steering Committee which developed the proposed organizational concept, and I believe that it will work. I have met with Secretary Baldridge and found him to be very interested in the Atomic Energy Defense Activities, and I found him to share my convictions concerning the importance of this work. DEFENSE PROGRAMS OVERVIEW (Chart 1) The mission of the Defense Programs organization is as shown here. All of these tasks support or otherwise contribute to or are derived from our primary function of research, design, testing, and production of our Nations's nuclear weapons. (Chart 2) Since the last time these programs were presented to this Committee, we have formalized a new organizational structure, with three new Deputy Assistant Secretaries, one for Military Applications including Inertial Fusion, General Hoover, here; a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials, Dr. Gilbert; and a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs, Mr. Culpepper. Those who were in an "acting" capacity at this time last year have now all been formally appointed to their respective positions. Further, at this time last year, the Nuclear Waste Management organization reported to the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy on commercial matters and to the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs on defense waste matters. Now, a new Office of Defense Waste and Byproducts Management is in place under Dr. Gilbert, enabling our direct control over the management of Defense Waste and facili tating closer coordination with the Materials Production program, the source of most of the nuclear waste we manage. (Chart 3) The Agency's FY 1983 budget request for Atomic Energy Defense Activities totals about $5.5 billion, as indicated on this Chart. Of this amount, $5.1 billion is for Defense Programs with the remainder for the Naval Reactors Development Program. The requested increase for Defense Programs in FY 1983 over FY 1982 is about $0.8 billion, or approximately 19 percent. In the context of our responsibilities, this is an austere budget, reflective of the need for restraint in Federal spending. But, it ' does provide a balanced funding approach for continuing ongoing initiatives to assure the vitality, develop the stability, and restore the capability of the Defense Programs' complex. I would like now to begin with a discussion of our plans for FY 1983 in the nuclear weapons program. NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM I would like to begin by describing the weapons complex for you. (Chart 4) Here are the locations of our major weapons program facilities. The nuclear weapons complex includes three design laboratories, the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and seven production facilities. Of the three laboratories, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are responsible for nuclear design, while the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) are responsible for ordnance engineering. All three are broad-based, multiprogram laboratories skilled in the physical sciences and engineering. The NTS is the only location where underground nuclear tests currently are conducted by the United States. The seven production facilities are spread throughout the U.S. and operate as an integrated industry with each facility responsible for production of specific weapon parts or components. Final assembly of nuclear weapons is performed at the Pantex plant near Amarillo, Texas. Perspective of the national scope and size of the nuclear weapons complex can be gained from the following: Once (Chart 5) As this Chart shows, from the air our production (Chart 6) From the equipment for the machining of large castings shown in this picture (Chart 7) to the assembly and inspection of small, complex components we operate at the forefront of high technology and precision in many of our operations ---- (Chart 8) complicated by the fact that some of our work must be conducted in hazardous environments involving high explosives and radioactive materials such as you see here. (Chart 9) The research and development facilities are diverse and capable, dealing as they must with all aspects of the physical world, from the extreme temperatures and accelerations many weapons must withstand to the special environments peculiar to nuclear weapons. (Chart 10) Here you see part of the computer complex at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Our laboratory compu tational capabilities represent a unique national asset. (Chart 11) This is the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator at Sandia, useful in examining the physics of the nuclear weapons, as well as in studying the concepts and theories of inertial fusion. (Chart 12) This is a high explosive experiment at the Los Alamos PHERMEX facility in preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. (Chart 13) Testing involves a wide varity of activities but the centerpiece is the full-scale nuclear testing operation in Nevada about one hundred miles northwest of Las Vegas. (Chart 14) These cables go down hole to the test device and route diagnostic signals to a vast array of equipment contained in these trailers. Tests today are more complex and costly than their predecessors but they return more data and hence more knowledge. (Chart 15) The actual test device is contained in the large canister you see being lowered down hole. In many ways the testing operation resembles the heavy construction industry as much as a high technology data acquisition effort. WEAPON PRODUCTION PROGRAMS (Chart 16) The people and equipment which are the primary assets of our endeavor have produced and are continuing to produce a line of products that is second to none. Some twelve systems will be in production or development through FY 1983 in four different mission categories. STRATEGIC WEAPONS (Chart 17) First, I'll discuss the strategic systems. The W76 warhead for the TRIDENT missile is in production DELETED The W78 is an improved warhead for the MINUTEMAN III ICBM system. DELETED We now have a Phase 3 request for an M-X warhead. DELETED DELETED The B83, is a modern |