FPN09-25

U.S. FY 2010 Budget Submission

May 8, 2009

President Obama sent Congress the details of his FY2010 budget requests on May 7. Included in the requests are $26.4 B for the Department of Energy (DOE) compared to $33.7 B in FY 2009. The Department also has received $38.7 B in "stimulus" money in FY 2009, most of which will be spent in future years.

Within DOE, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would receive $9.9 B compared to $9.1 B in FY 2009. The NNSA received none of the DOE "stimulus" money.

Within DOE, the Office of Science would receive $4.9 B compared to $4.8B in FY 2009. The Office of Science also received $1.6 B in "stimulus" money in FY 2009, to be spent over several years.

Within the Office of Science, the Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) program would receive $421 M compared to $403 M in FY 2009. The OFES will likely received "a little over $70 M" from the Office of Science $1.6 B "stimulus" money according to a DOE source, but this has not been announced by DOE. Within the $421 M OFES request is $135 M for U.S contributions to the international ITER project compared to $124 M in FY 2009. The DOE estimates the total U.S. contribution to ITER construction will be between $1.4 B and $2.2 B. The range will be narrowed in late FY 2010 or early FY 2011. The domestic (non-ITER) portion of the OFES program would receive $286 M compared to $281 M in FY 2009, plus the estimated $70 plus M in "stimulus" funds mentioned above.

Within NNSA, the Inertial Confinement Fusion Ignition and High Yield Campaign would receive $437 M, the same as in FY 2009.

Links to the complete DOE budget submission documents have been posted at http://fire.pppl.gov