Modifications to requirements for plutonium pit production capacity

Division C · Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs · Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

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The law requires the Secretary of Energy to make sure that by 2050, the U.S. can reliably produce at least 180 plutonium pits for nuclear weapons each year. It also changes reporting rules so updates are provided every two years instead of annually, and comparisons are made to the previous report rather than the previous year.

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Section Text · Sec. 3111.

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(1)

by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

(a) Requirement

Consistent with the requirements of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that, by not later than 2050, the nuclear security enterprise has the capability to reliably produce no fewer than 180 war reserve plutonium pits annually.

(2)

in subsection (e)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by striking each year and inserting each odd numbered year ; and

(B)

in paragraph (2)(D), by striking as compared to the report submitted during the previous year and inserting as compared to the preceding report .