Sec. 3140. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY
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## SEC. 3140 PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY ###
(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)the requirement to create a modern, responsive nuclear infrastructure that includes the capability and capacity to produce, at minimum, 50 to 80 pits per year, is a national security priority; ####
(2)delaying creation of a modern, responsive nuclear infrastructure until the 2030s is an unacceptable risk to the nuclear deterrent and the national security of the United States; and ####
(3)timelines for creating certain capacities for production of plutonium pits and other nuclear weapons components must be driven by the requirement to hedge against technical and geopolitical risk and not solely by the needs of life extension programs. ###
(b)Briefing ####
(1)In general Not later than March 1, 2016, the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council established under section 179 of title 10, United States Code, in consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the annual plutonium pit production capacity of the nuclear security enterprise (as defined in section 4002(6) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501(6))). ####
(2)Elements The briefing under paragraph
(1)shall describe the following: #####
(A)The pit production capacity requirement, including the numbers of pits produced that are needed for nuclear weapons life extension programs. #####
(B)The annual pit production requirement, including the numbers of pits produced, to support a responsive nuclear weapons infrastructure to hedge against technical and geopolitical risk.
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