Sec. 3133. Independent assessment of plutonium pit aging milestones and progress
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The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the scientific advisory group known as JASON to conduct an assessment of the report entitled Research Program Plan for Plutonium and Pit Aging , published by the National Nuclear Security Administration in September 2021, and the work undertaken as a result of such report. The assessment required under subsection
(a)shall contain the following: A determination regarding whether the report referred to in such subsection meets the criteria for appropriate pit aging research described by JASON in its 2019 Pit Aging Letter Report (JSR-19-2A). Information relating to any improvements or additions to such report. A review of initial data collected by the National Laboratories included in such report to determine the possibility of updating the expected lifetimes of plutonium pits, including, if such updates are not possible, an estimate of when such a updates would be possible.