Sec. 3111. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY

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## SEC. 3111 PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY ###

(a)Certifications Section 4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(d) Certifications on Plutonium Enterprise > > > #### “(1) Requirement > > Not later than 30 days after the date on which a covered project achieves a critical decision milestone, the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management and the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs shall jointly certify to the congressional defense committees that the operations, infrastructure, and workforce of such project are adequate to carry out the delivery and disposal of planned waste shipments relating to the plutonium enterprise, as outlined in the critical decision memoranda of the Department of Energy with respect to such project. > > > #### “(2) Failure to certify > > If the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management and the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs fail to make a certification under paragraph

(1)by the date specified in such paragraph with respect to a covered project achieving a critical decision milestone, the Assistant Secretary and the Deputy Administrator shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees, by not later than 30 days after such date, a plan to ensure that the operations, infrastructure, and workforce of such project will be adequate to carry out the delivery and disposal of planned waste shipments described in such paragraph. > > > ### “(e) Reports > > > #### “(1) Requirement > > Not later than March 1 of each year during the period beginning on the date on which the first covered project achieves critical decision 2 in the acquisition process and ending on the date on which the second project achieves critical decision 4 and begins operations, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the planned production goals of both covered projects during the first 10 years of the operation of the projects. > > > #### “(2) Elements > > Each report under paragraph

(1)shall include— > > > ##### “(A) > > the number of war reserve plutonium pits planned to be produced during each year, including the associated warhead type; > > > ##### “(B) > > a description of risks and challenges to meeting the performance baseline for the covered projects, as approved in critical decision 2 in the acquisition process; > > > ##### “(C) > > options available to the Administrator to balance scope, costs, and production requirements at the projects to decrease overall risk to the plutonium enterprise and enduring plutonium pit requirements; and > > > ##### “(D) > > an explanation of any changes to the production goals or requirements as compared to the report submitted during the previous year. > > > ### “(f) Covered Project Defined > > In this subsection, the term ‘covered project’ means— > > > #### “(1) > > the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina (Project 21-D-511); or > > > #### “(2) > > the Plutonium Pit Production Project, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (Project 21-D-512).” > . ###

(b)Briefing Not later than May 1, 2022, the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the ability of the National Nuclear Security Administration to carry out the plutonium enterprise of the Administration, including with respect to the adequacy of the program management staff of the Administration to execute covered projects (as defined in subsection

(f)of section 4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a), as amended by subsection (a)).

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