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Within a flat overall budget for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Biden administration proposes to ramp up funding for plutonium production while paring back certain stockpile R&D activities, such as inertial confinement fusion.
The Biden administration is proposing to hold the budget of the National Nuclear Security Administration steady at $19.7 billion for fiscal year 2022, following a string of increases that began during the Obama administration and accelerated under President Trump.
Over the past five years, NNSA’s budget has increased by more than 50% overall, primarily to support the modernization of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and associated infrastructure. The Biden administration proposes to continue these efforts, leaving any major changes until after conducting a nuclear posture review, a policy-setting exercise typically undertaken near the beginning of a new presidency.