Complete the Laboratory process to explore visions for dealing with the plutonium future. Develop and apply the Laboratory's capabilities to the management and control of plutonium arising from nuclear weapons dismantlement, downsizing of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons production complexes, and nuclear power activities. Tactic 1 Continue Global Nuclear Vision Project. Tactic 2 Expand joint efforts with Russian nuclear facilities. Number of Russian facilities and institutions collaborated with Interim Results Targets partially met.
Discussions are underway for an agreement with a production site.
Lead efforts to upgrade safeguard technologies and practices at DOE sites. Interim Results Target met for upgrades at our Lab facility. Tactic 4 Develop and verify potential effectiveness of new and innovative ways of detecting covert production plants. Interim Results Progress being made towards meeting target. We are working on one specific innovative approach now.