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Congress Rejects Money for Enhanced Warhead Designs
published Tuesday, February 17, 2009  3054 Views :: 0 Comments
Congress refused to fund production of the last two new nuclear warheads proposed by DOE—the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (“Bunker Buster”) and the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). At the same time, DOE is making an end run around the Congressional rejection of new nuclear weapons by modifying the W76 through its Life Extension Program.

The FY 2008 LEP budget is $234 million; for FY 2009: $211 million. The decrease reflects the completion of the B61 LEP, but the W76 LEP is now ramping up. Additional monies may be included in other parts of the DOE budget.

DOE just finished a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for “Complex Transformation.” The estimated cost for refurbishing the nuclear weapons complex is more than $150 billion. Despite claims that the overall “footprint” of the complex will be reduced, the eight production sites will all add manufacturing facilities in order to construct new design nuclear weapons. This plan is in addition to the current Life Extension programs which are already in place and the Stockpile Stewardship Programs that annually certify that the nuclear arsenal is safe and secure.

-From ANA's 2008 DC Days Fact Sheet


 



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