President Obama released his fiscal year 2013 budget today.

 

Secretary Chu will give a presentation at 2:30 p.m. today on the DOE budget. ECA will attend the briefing and  provide more information as it becomes available

 

-$5.65 Billion for EM

-$7.6 billion for Weapons Activities, an increase of $363 million or 5 percent above the 2012 enacted level

 

 

 

-Positions the Environmental Management program to meet its legally enforceable cleanup commitments at sites across the country.

 

-Continues investments to maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear weapons stockpile in support of the planned decrease in deployed U.S. and Russian weapons under the New
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

 

-Strengthens national security through funding for securing, disposing of, and detecting nuclear and radiological material worldwide.

 

 

The Federal Budget is available here.

The DOE overview is available here.

The detailed DOE budget request is available here.