Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§2544 Modernization and Consolidation of Tritium Recycling Facilities
Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter II— NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › Part B— Tritium › § 2544
Summary
Secretary of Energy must modernize and combine weapons tritium recycling at Savannah River Site and add a modern tritium extraction facility to meet Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum needs.
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Title 50, §2544
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The Secretary of Energy shall carry out activities at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, to—
(1)modernize and consolidate the facilities for recycling tritium from weapons; and
(2)provide a modern tritium extraction facility so as to ensure that such facilities have a capacity to recycle tritium from weapons that is adequate to meet the requirements for tritium for weapons specified in the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum.
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2013—Pub. L. 112–239 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “In general” and struck out subsec. (b), which limited funding to $9,000,000 for activities under subsec. (a). 2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(e)(19)(D), inserted “of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201)” after “section 3101”.
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50 U.S.C. § 2544
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60