2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS (§§ 2501 - 2822)
Subchapter II - NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS (§§ 2521 - 2545)
Part B - Tritium (§§ 2541 - 2545)
Section 2545 - Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS
Part B - Tritium
Sec. 2545 - Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements
Containssection 2545
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4235, formerly Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, title XXXI, §3134, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 927; renumbered Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4235, by Pub. L. 108-136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(e)(20), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1762.
Statutes at Large References113 Stat. 927
117 Stat. 1762
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 106-65, Public Law 107-314, Public Law 108-136

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Tritium - 50 U.S.C. § 2545 (2012)
§2545. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements (a) Production of new tritium

The Secretary of Energy shall produce new tritium to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum at the Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar or Sequoyah nuclear power plants consistent with the Secretary's December 22, 1998, decision document designating the Secretary's preferred tritium production technology.

(b) Support

To support the method of tritium production set forth in subsection (a), the Secretary shall design and construct a new tritium extraction facility in the H-Area of the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.

(c) Design and engineering development

The Secretary shall—

(1) complete preliminary design and engineering development of the Accelerator Production of Tritium technology design as a backup source of tritium to the source set forth in subsection (a) and consistent with the Secretary's December 22, 1998, decision document; and

(2) make available those funds necessary to complete engineering development and demonstration, preliminary design, and detailed design of key elements of the system consistent with the Secretary's decision document of December 22, 1998.

(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, §4235, formerly Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, §3134, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 927; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, §4235, by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(e)(20), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1762.)

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