§6122 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6122 Manufacturing Infrastructure for Refabrication and Certification of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part VI— ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B— Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter 602— NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › Subchapter I— STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION › § 6122

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Secretary of Energy to run a program to build and keep a government manufacturing system for the nuclear weapons stockpile. It must provide a stockpile surveillance engineering base; refabricate and certify existing weapon components and types; make and certify new warheads when needed; support nuclear weapons; and supply enough tritium to provide an upload hedge. The program must also develop the manufacturing capacity needed to meet the annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum. The infrastructure must include modernized capabilities at Pantex; Y–12 National Security Complex (Oak Ridge); Savannah River Site; Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility and Los Alamos National Laboratory; and Kansas City National Security Campus.

Title 10, §6122

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(a)(1)The Secretary of Energy shall carry out a program for purposes of establishing within the Government a manufacturing infrastructure that has the capabilities of meeting the following objectives:

(A)To provide a stockpile surveillance engineering base.

(B)To refabricate and certify weapon components and types in the enduring nuclear weapons stockpile, as necessary.

(C)To fabricate and certify new nuclear warheads, as necessary.

(D)To support nuclear weapons.

(E)To supply sufficient tritium in support of nuclear weapons to ensure an upload hedge in the event circumstances require.

(2)The purpose of the program carried out under paragraph (1) shall also be to develop manufacturing capabilities and capacities necessary to meet the requirements specified in the annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum.

(b)The manufacturing infrastructure established under the program under subsection (a) shall include the following capabilities (modernized to attain the objectives referred to in that subsection):

(1)The weapons assembly and high explosives manufacturing capabilities of the Pantex Plant.

(2)The weapon secondary fabrication capabilities of the Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

(3)The capabilities of the Savannah River Site relating to tritium recycling and processing.

(4)The fissile material component processing and fabrication capabilities of the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

(5)The non-nuclear component capabilities of the Kansas City National Security Campus, Kansas City, Missouri.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2532 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.