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The [[NNSA Production Office]] (NA-NPO) ensures the safe, secure, and cost-effective management and operations of the [[Pantex Plant]] (Pantex) in Amarillo, [[Texas]]; and the [[Y-12 National Security Complex]] (Y-12) in Oak Ridge, [[Tennessee]]. 

Pantex handles nuclear weapons surveillance and life extension programs; weapons dismantlement; the development, testing, and fabrication of high explosive components; and storage and surveillance of plutonium pits. 

Y-12 is responsible for uranium storage; processing and manufacturing operation; the production of uranium feedstock for the U.S. [[nuclear navy]]; and supports international nuclear nonproliferation programs. 

NA-NPO administers the [[Management and Operating]] contract for the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (a [[Government-owned, contractor-operated|government-owned, contractor operated]] dedicated production facility), and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas (a government owned, contractor-operated production facility).

==Mission Statement==

Execute effective contract management and oversight to safely and securely maintain the nuclear weapons stockpile for the nuclear security enterprise; provide enriched uranium for naval, research, and isotope production reactors; and support nonproliferation activities to reduce the global nuclear threat.

==Budget==

{| class="wikitable"

!Fiscal Year

!Budget

!NPO Budget

|-

|FY 2019 enacted

|$2,700,000,000

|$2,200,000

|-

|FY 2020 enacted

|$2,800,000,000

|$2,300,000

|-

|FY 2021 requested

|$3,200,000,000

|$2,300,000

|}

==Human Resources==

FY 2020 authorized [[Full-time equivalent|full-time equivalents]] (FTEs): 134

==History==

NA-NPO was established in June 2012 when NNSA combined two independent NNSA site offices to report to a single Field Office Manager. This combination allowed NA-NPO to consolidate federal functions and operate under NA-NPO processes prior to the transition to the single consolidated contract on June 1, 2014.

==Functions==

*Vital factory oversight of high hazard nuclear & chemical operations
*Emergency Management Oversight
*Environment Management System Oversight
*Environmental Permit Approvals
*[[Fire Protection|Fire Protection Program]] Oversight
*[[Human reliability program|Human Reliability Program]] Certifications
*Interagency Memorandums of Understanding
*Nuclear Explosive Safety Oversight
*[[Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health committees|Federal Employee Occupational Safety & Health Occupational Safety & Health]] Oversight
*Occurrence Reporting Oversight
*Packaging & Transportation Oversight
*[[Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act|Price Anderson Amendment Act]] Program
*Program Oversight
*Quality Assurance Federal Implementation and Program Oversight
*Quality Assurance Issues Management
*[[Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment|Radiation Protection]] Oversight
*Safeguards & Security Oversight
*Safety Basis Oversight and Approvals
*Safety System Oversight Program Oversight
*Training & Qualifications
*Business, Legal, and Public Affairs

==Recent Organization Accomplishments==

*Completed the W76-2 Program of Record, one of NNSA’s top priorities, thus providing the U.S. Navy with a low-yield, sea-launched ballistic missile warhead capability.
*Completed the B61-12 Life Extension Program’s First Production Capability Unit.
*Completed the W88 Alt 370 First Production Capability Unit disassembly and inspection.
*Effectively managed nuclear weapons programs and strategic partnership project missions through the COVID-19 response.
*Completed successful Binary Vacuum Arc Re-melt (VAR) Secondary Electrode Melt in the Development VAR.
*Developed a corrective action plan that significantly improved the execution of the Pantex Safety Basis.
*Supported the development of the Zero Based Budget, which aligns the out-years funding requests with requirements.
*Ensured effective oversight with regard to the implementation of the Nuclear Quality Assurance for use in weapon and weapon related structures, systems, and components that serve a nuclear safety function.
*Maintained progress and achieved milestones on several key Y-12 projects including the West End Protected Area Reduction, Beta 2 concrete retrofits, and both the Fire Station and Emergency Operations Center construction projects.
*Completed 50-year sprinkler replacements at Y-12, thus ensuring those facilities continue to meet fire protection requirements.
*Continued to make significant progress in advancing Y-12’s Lithium Strategy including the development of lithium production technologies, processes, and equipment.
*Continued demolition and removal of older facilities at Pantex, thus further reducing the site footprint.

==Leadership Challenges==

*Pantex/Y-12 Contract competition and transition by September 30, 2021.
*Reconstituting full production capabilities for Binary at Y-12.
*Managing the fragility of [[Lithium Processing Facility|Lithium processing facility]] and capabilities at Y-12.
*Costs and risks associated with the [[Uranium Processing Facility]] construction with interfaces through the contract and turnover to the future Management & Operating contractor.
*Fragility of [[High explosives|High Explosive]] (HE) supply and HE modernization at Pantex.
*Executing the significant infrastructure investment portfolio at Pantex and Y-12.

==Critical Events and Action Items==

None. 

==Organizational Chart==

[[File:NNSA Production Office org chart (2020 Presidential transition).pdf|left|800px]]