Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Plutonium Sustainment Monthly Program Report, April 2012

Publisher Marketing: In April of 2012 the Plutonium Sustainment program at LANL completed or addressed the following high-level activities: 1) Construction activities on the Low Voltage Electron Beam (LVEB) Welder and Analytical Chemistry gloveboxes have started, successfully closing out MRT L2 Milestone 4195; 2) Completed installation of the Surface Preparation unit in PF4. The unit will be functionally tested in May; 3) Completed casting of the first two near net shape W87 hemishells; 4) Delivered Revision 3 of the Plutonium Sustainment and Manufacturing Study; 5) Completed machining and inspecting the first set of Pollux parts on Precitech 1; 6) Attended the Pu Sustainment Second Quarter Mid-Year Review and the Pit Production Integrated Project Team meeting in Livermore, providing technical updates across the Plutonium Sustainment portfolio; 7) Analyzed the program impact of the LANL Voluntary Separation Program. The analysis determined an impact of 24.6 FTEs and a budget impact of approximately $3.2 Million Dollars of pull back; 8) The Power Supply Assembly Area project received a LANL Pollution Prevention "Gold" award in the category of Cradle-to-Cradle - Cleanouts. A gold award is presented to the number one project in its pollution prevention category. There are currently no major issues associated with achieving MRT L2 Milestones 4195-4198 or the relevant PBIs associated with Plutonium Sustainment. There are no budget issues associated with FY12 final budget guidance. Table 1 identifies all Baseline Change Requests (BCRs) that were initiated, in process, or completed during the month. The earned value metrics overall for LANL are within acceptable thresholds, so no high-level recovery plan is required.