2015 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense (Sections 1 - 4705)
Chapter 42 - Atomic Energy Defense Provisions (Sections 2501 - 2822)
Subchapter II - Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Matters (Sections 2521 - 2545)
Part B - Tritium (Sections 2541 - 2545)
Sec. 2541 - Tritium production program
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS SUBCHAPTER II - NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS Part B - Tritium Sec. 2541 - Tritium production program |
| Contains | section 2541 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4231, formerly Pub. L. 104-106, div. C, title XXXI, §3133, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 618; renumbered Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4231, and amended Pub. L. 108-136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(e)(16), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1761; Pub. L. 112-239, div. C, title XXXI, §3131(h), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2182; Pub. L. 113-66, div. C, title XXXI, §3146(c)(11)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075. |
| Statutes at Large References | 110 Stat. 618, 2830 117 Stat. 1761 126 Stat. 2182 127 Stat. 1075 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 104-106, Public Law 104-201, Public Law 107-314, Public Law 108-136, Public Law 112-239, Public Law 113-66 |
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The Secretary of Energy shall establish a tritium production program that is capable of meeting the tritium requirements of the United States for nuclear weapons.
(b) Location of tritium production facilityThe Secretary shall locate any new tritium production facility of the Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.
(c) In-reactor testsThe Secretary may perform in-reactor tests of tritium target rods as part of the activities carried out under the commercial light water reactor program.
(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, §4231, formerly Pub. L. 104–106, div. C, title XXXI, §3133, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 618; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, §4231, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(e)(16), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1761; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §3131(h), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2182; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, §3146(c)(11)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly set out as a note under section 2121 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Subsec. (b) of section 2543 of this title, which was transferred to the end of this section and redesignated subsec. (c) by Pub. L. 113–66, §3146(c)(11)(A), was based on Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, §4233, formerly Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXI, §3133(c), (d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2830; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, §4233, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(e)(18), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1761.
AMENDMENTS2013—Pub. L. 112–239 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to tritium production program.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–66 transferred subsec. (b) of section 2543 of this title to the end of this section and redesignated it subsec. (c). See Codification note above.
2003—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(e)(16)(D)(i), substituted "February 10, 1996" for "the date of the enactment of this Act".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(e)(16)(D)(ii), inserted "of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106)" after "section 3101".
Subsecs. (d)(2)(B), (e). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(e)(16)(D)(i), substituted "February 10, 1996" for "the date of the enactment of this Act".
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