Sec. 3111. Plutonium pit production capacity
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Congress finds that the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Nuclear Weapons Council have acknowledged that producing 80 war reserve plutonium pit per year by 2030 is not achievable. Subsection
(a)of section 4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2538a ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Energy shall produce the annual number of war reserve plutonium pits that the Secretary of Defense identifies as a requirement of the Department of Defense. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary of Energy shall— ensure that Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, has the ability to— produce 30 war reserve plutonium pits during any year that the Secretary of Defense identifies such production amount as a requirement of the Department of Defense; and implement surge efforts to produce more than 30 war reserve plutonium pits during any year that the Secretaries identifies such production amount as a requirement of the Department of Defense; ensure that the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, has a sustainable ability to— produce 50 war reserve plutonium pits during any year the Secretary of Defense identifies such production amount as a requirement of the Department of Defense; and implement surge efforts to produce more than 50 war reserve plutonium pits during any year that the Secretaries identifies such production amount as a requirement of the Department of Defense; and maintain the Los Alamos National Laboratory as the Plutonium Science and Production Center of Excellence for the United States. . Such section is further amended— by striking subsections
(b)and (c); by redesignating subsections
(d)through
(f)as subsections
(c)through (e), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsection (b): Not later than March 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Secretary of Energy and the appropriate congressional committees of the following: The requirement of the Department of Defense with respect to the total minimum number of war reserve plutonium pits to be produced during the 10-year period following the notification and a justification of the requirement. The year, if any, in which not fewer than 80 war reserve plutonium pits are needed to be produced to meet the requirement of the Department of Defense. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Energy receives a notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the following: A certification of whether the programs and budget of the Secretary will enable the nuclear security enterprise to meet the requirements identified by the Secretary of Defense in the notification. A plan by the Secretary of Energy to meet such requirements, including an identification of the number of war reserve plutonium pits the Secretary will produce during each year covered by the notification and a cost estimate to meet such requirements. ; and by striking subsection (e), as so redesignated, and inserting the following new subsection: In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The congressional defense committees. The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The term covered project means— the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina (Project 21–D–511); or the Plutonium Pit Production Project, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (Project 21–D–512). . Section 3120 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 132 Stat. 2292) is repealed. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing that assesses the options for partnering with covered entities to seek cost efficiencies and mitigate supply chain risks related to the production of plutonium pits, including the production and integration of glove boxes. In this subsection, the term covered entities means entities from private industry with expertise in advanced manufacturing and production techniques related to plutonium pits.
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- 50 USC 2538a
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Sec. 3111
Plutonium pit production capacity
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