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The Department Of Energy'S Tritium Production Program

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Richard Rowberg

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2001/07/23


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The U.S. Department of Energy has contracted with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to produce tritium for the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile at the TVA Watts Bar and Sequoyah nuclear power plants. Tritium is a critical component of thermonuclear weapons and needs to be replenished because it is a radioactive substance with a short (12.3 years) half-life. The nation currently has no tritium production facilities capable of meeting the demands of the stockpile. This report provides a background discussion about tritium, describes the process that led up to the DOE decision, relates congressional appropriations and authorization actions, and analyzes the important issues that were debated during the decision-making process. These issues are not completely resolved and might arise again as actual production approaches.
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