Sec. 3113. Certification of completion of milestones with respect to plutonium pit aging
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The National Nuclear Security Administration shall complete the milestones on plutonium pit aging identified in the report entitled Research Program Plan for Plutonium and Pit Aging , published by the Administration in September 2021. The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the private scientific advisory group known as JASON to conduct, annually through 2030, an assessment of the progress achieved toward completing the milestones described in subsection (a).
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2030, the Administrator shall brief the congressional defense committees on— the progress achieved toward completing the milestones described in subsection (a); and the results of the assessment described in subsection (b). Not later than October 1, 2031, the Administrator shall certify to the congressional defense committees whether the milestones described in subsection
(a)have been achieved. If the milestones described in subsection
(a)have not been achieved, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees, concurrently with the certification required by paragraph (1), a report— describing the reasons such milestones have not been achieved; including, if the Administrator determines the Administration will not be able to meet one of such milestones, an explanation for that determination; and specifying new dates for the completion of the milestones the Administrator anticipates the Administration will meet.