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Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSEChapter 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONSSubchapter II - NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS
Part B - TRITIUM
Section 2542 - Tritium recycling

50 U.S.C. § 2542

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Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)
Section 2542 - Tritium recycling
(a) In general

Except as provided in subsection (b), the following activities shall be carried out at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina:

(1) All tritium recycling for weapons, including tritium refitting.
(2) All activities regarding tritium formerly carried out at the Mound Plant, Ohio.
(b) Exception

The following activities may be carried out at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico:

(1) Research on tritium.
(2) Work on tritium in support of the defense inertial confinement fusion program.
(3) Provision of technical assistance to the Savannah River Site regarding the weapons surveillance program.

50 U.S.C. § 2542

Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4232, formerly Pub. L. 104-106, §3136, 110 Stat. 620; renumbered Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4232, by Pub. L. 108-136, §3141, 117 Stat. 1761.