a/ Includes $248,600,000 for projects authorized in prior years for which additional authorization is being requested in FY 1974.

The following table summarizes the total obligations for each of the programs for 1972, 1973 and 1974. The detailed
Justifications present these programs in the same order they appear on this table.

The financing of the estimated total obligations of $675,375,000 proposed in the budget estimates for 1974, together with comparable data for 1972 and 1973, is summarized in the following table:

Expenditures from the "Plant and Capital Equipment" appropriation for 1974 are estimated to be $507,600,000. The estimated amounts available for expenditure in 1972, 1973, and 1974, the remaining unexpended balances and the expenditures for each year are shown in the following table:

1. Nuclear Materials Obligations for nuclear materials plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $205.3 million of which $43.6 million is required for obligation against new projects proposed for authorization, $131.6 million is for projects authorized in prior years for which additional authorization and funding is now being proposed, $12.0 million is for funding of previously authorized projects, and $18.1 million is for capital equipment not related to construction. The new construction projects include: additional facilities, high level waste storage, Savannah River, South Carolina ($6.0 million); replacement ventilation, air filter, F chemical separations area, Savannah River, South Carolina ($5.2 million); calcined solids storage and plant safety improvements, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho ($3.0 million); cooling tower fire protection, gaseous diffusion plants ($3.3 million); new purge cascade, gaseous diffusion plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee ($5.9 million); plant liquid effluent pollution control, gaseous diffusion plants ($2.6 million); cascade uprating program, gaseous diffusion plants, partial AE only ($6.0 million); transuranium contaminated solid waste treatment development facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico ($1.6 million); and general plant projects ($10.0 million). Previously authorized projects for which additional authorization and funding is required in 1974 include: gaseous diffusion production support facilities ($45.7 million); process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants ($70.0 million); and component test facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee ($15.9 million). Projects previously authorized for which funding is required in 1974 include: component preparation laboratories, multiple sites ($7.0 million); in-tank solidification systems auxiliaries, Richland, Washington ($1.5 million); rover fuels processing facilities, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho ($1.7 million); and atmospheric pollution control facilities, heavy water plant, Savannah River, South Carolina ($1.8 million).

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Weapons Obligations for weapons plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $191.6 million of which $50.8 million is for new construction projects requiring authorization, $60.0 million is for projects authorized in prior years for which additional authorization is now being proposed, $3.8 million is for funding of previously authorized projects, and $77.0 million is for capital equipment not related to construction, The new construction projects include: weapons production, development, and test installations ($10.0 million), production facilities, Artillery Fired Atomic Projectiles (AFAP's), various locations ($12.0 million), high energy laser facility, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California ($9.7 million), acid waste neutralization and recycle facilities, Y-12 plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee ($1.7 million), and general plant projects ($17.4 million). Previously authorized projects for which additional authorization is required in 1974 include: fire, safety, and adequacy of operating conditions projects, various locations ($25.0 million), and classified facilities, sites undesignated ($35.0 million) Projects previously authorized for which funding is required in 1974 include: laser- fusion laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California ($3.8 million).

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Obligations for Civilian Reactor Development plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $135.1 million, of which $19.8 million will provide for new construction projects proposed for authorization, $92.8 million for funding of projects previously authorized, and $22.5 million for capital equipment not related to construction. Civilian Reactor Development liquid metal engineering center facility modifications, Santa Susana, California ($3.0 million); 4. modifications to EBR-II, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho ($2.0 million); modifications to reactors ($2.0 million); emergency process waste treatment facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee ($1.3 million); and general plant projects struction projects include: ($11.5 million). Funding is also proposed for the fast flux test facility ($87.8 million) and for the sodium pump test facility ($5.0 million) which were authorized in previous years.

Obligations for Space Nuclear Systems plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $6.8 million, consisting of $5.0 million for the Pu-238 fuel form fabrication facility at Savannah River, which had been authorized 6. Space Nuclear Systems in previous years and $1.8 million for capital equipment not related to construction.

The new

Obligations for Physical Research plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $53.7 million of which $8.1 million is for new construction projects proposed for authorization, $10.2 million is for funding on construction projects fully authorized in prior years, and $35.4 million is for capital equipment not related to construction. 7. Physical Research $2.3 million for accelerator improvements at various sites; $2.9 million for the computation building at Stanford Linear Accelerator; and $2.9 million for general plant projects. Additional funding is also proposed for the 200 Bev accelerator, DuPage and Kane Counties near Chicago, Illinois ($10.2 million) which was authorized in previous years. construction projects include: Obligations for Controlled Thermonuclear Research plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $3.0 million, of which $0.2 million is for general plant projects and $2.8 million is for capital equipment not Controlled Thermonuclear Research 8. related to construction.

Obligations for Biomedical and Environmental plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $8.9 million of which $2.5 million is for general plant projects; $1.3 million for an addition to the physics building (human radiobiology facility), Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois; and $5.1 million is for capital equipment not 9. Biomedical and Environmental Research related to Construction.

10. Regulation Activities

11. Program Support - Obligations for program support for plant and capital equipment in 1974 are estimated at $4.3 million of The construction which $1.2 million is for construction and $3.1 million is for capital equipment not related to construction. estimate of $1.2 million is for General Plant Projects ($0.8 million for administrative facilities at Headquarters and $0.4 The estimate for capital equipment not related to construction includes requirements for Operational Program Direction ($2.6 million); Information Services ($0.4 million) and Nuclear Education and million for the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center).

($0.1 million).

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