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SEC. 3136. 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.
SEC. 3137. MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REFABRICATION
AND CERTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE.
(a) MANUFACTURING PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall
carry out a program for purposes of establishing within the Govern-
ment a manufacturing infrastructure that has the capabilities of
meeting the following objectives as specified in the Nuclear Posture
Review:
(1) To provide a stockpile surveillance engineering base.
(2) To refabricate and certify weapon components and types
in the enduring nuclear weapons stockpile, as necessary.
(3) To fabricate and certify new nuclear warheads, as nec-
essary.
(4) To support nuclear weapons.
(5) To supply sufficient tritium in support of nuclear weap-
ons to ensure an upload hedge in the event circumstances
require.
(b) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES.—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 capabilities of the Pantex Plant.
(2) The weapon secondary fabrication capabilities of the
Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
(3) The tritium production, recycling, and other weapons-
related capabilities of the Savannah River Site.
(4) The non-nuclear component capabilities of the Kansas
City Plant.
(c) NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW.—For purposes of subsection (a),
the term ‘‘Nuclear Posture Review’’ means the Department of
Defense Nuclear Posture Review as contained in the Report of
the Secretary of Defense to the President and the Congress dated
February 19, 1995, or subsequent such reports.
(d) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under
section 3101(b), $143,000,000 shall be available for carrying out
the program required under this section, of which—
(1) $35,000,000 shall be available for activities at the
Pantex Plant;
(2) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities at the Y–
12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee;
(3) $35,000,000 shall be available for activities at the
Savannah River Site; and
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(4) $43,000,000 shall be available for activities at the Kan-
sas City Plant.
(e) PLAN AND REPORT.—The Secretary shall develop a plan
for the implementation of this section. Not later than March 1,
1996, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the obliga-
tions the Secretary has incurred, and plans to incur, during fiscal
year 1996 for the program referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 3138. HYDRONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy pursuant to section 3101, $30,000,000 shall be available
to prepare for the commencement of a program of hydronuclear
experiments at the nuclear weapons design laboratories at the
Nevada Test Site, Nevada. The purpose of the program shall be
to maintain confidence in the reliability and safety of the nuclear
weapons stockpile.
SEC. 3139. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT HYDRONUCLEAR
TESTS.
Nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize the conduct
of hydronuclear tests or to amend or repeal the requirements of
section 507 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations
Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–377; 106 Stat. 1343; 42 U.S.C. 2121
note).
SEC. 3140. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS
CRITICAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR
WEAPONS COMPLEX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a
fellowship program for the development of skills critical to the
ongoing mission of the Department of Energy nuclear weapons
complex. Under the fellowship program, the Secretary shall—
(1) provide educational assistance and research assistance
to eligible individuals to facilitate the development by such
individuals of skills critical to maintaining the ongoing mission
of the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex;
(2) employ eligible individuals at the facilities described
in subsection (c) in order to facilitate the development of such
skills by these individuals; or
(3) provide eligible individuals with the assistance and
the employment.
(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Individuals eligible for participation
in the fellowship program are the following:
(1) Students pursuing graduate degrees in fields of science
or engineering that are related to nuclear weapons engineering
or to the science and technology base of the Department of
Energy.
(2) Individuals engaged in postdoctoral studies in such
fields.
(c) COVERED FACILITIES.—The Secretary shall carry out the
fellowship program at or in connection with the following facilities:
(1) The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri.
(2) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
(3) The Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
(4) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the fellow-
ship program at a facility referred to in subsection (c) through
the stockpile manager of the facility.
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(e) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall, in consultation
with the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs, allo-
cate funds available for the fellowship program under subsection
(f) among the facilities referred to in subsection (c). The Secretary
shall make the allocation after evaluating an assessment by the
weapons program director of each such facility of the personnel
and critical skills necessary at the facility for carrying out the
ongoing mission of the facility.
(f) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1996 under section 3101(b),
$10,000,000 may be used for the purpose of carrying out the fellow-
ship program under this section.
SEC. 3141. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 1996 under section 3101 may be
obligated and expended for activities under the Department of
Energy Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program
or under Department of Energy technology transfer programs only
if such activities support the national security mission of the
Department.
SEC. 3142. PROCESSING AND TREATMENT OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR
WASTE AND SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS.
(a) PROCESSING
OF
SPENT
NUCLEAR
FUEL
RODS.—Of the
amounts appropriated pursuant to section 3102, there shall be
available to the Secretary of Energy to respond effectively to new
requirements for managing spent nuclear fuel—
(1) not more than $30,000,000, for the Savannah River
Site for the development and implementation of a program
for the processing, reprocessing, separation, reduction, isolation,
and interim storage of high-level nuclear waste associated with
aluminum clad spent fuel rods and foreign spent fuel rods;
and
(2) not more than $15,000,000, for the Idaho National
Engineering Laboratory for the development and implementa-
tion of a program for the treatment, preparation, and condi-
tioning of high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel
(including naval spent nuclear fuel), nonaluminum clad fuel
rods, and foreign fuel rods for interim storage and final disposi-
tion.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than April 30, 1996,
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a five-year plan for the
implementation of the programs referred to in subsection (a). The
plan shall include—
(1) an assessment of the facilities required to be constructed
or upgraded to carry out the processing, separation, reduction,
isolation and interim storage of high-level nuclear waste;
(2) a description of the technologies, including stabilization
technologies, that are required to be developed for the efficient
conduct of the programs;
(3) a projection of the dates upon which activities under
the programs are sufficiently completed to provide for the trans-
fers of such waste to permanent repositories; and
(4) a projection of the total cost to complete the programs.
(c) 
ELECTROMETALLURGICAL
WASTE
TREATMENT
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—Of the amount appropriated pursuant to section
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3102(c), not more than $25,000,000 shall be available for develop-
ment of electrometallurgical waste treatment technologies at the
Argonne National Laboratory.
(d) USE OF FUNDS FOR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.—Funds made
available pursuant to subsection (a)(2) for the Idaho National
Engineering Laboratory shall be considered to be funds made avail-
able in partial fulfillment of the terms and obligations set forth
in the settlement agreement entered into by the United States
with the State of Idaho in the actions captioned Public Service
Co. of Colorado v. Batt, Civil No. 91–0035–S–EJL, and United
States v. Batt, Civil No. 91–0054–S–EJL, in the United States
District Court for the District of Idaho and the consent order
of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, dated
October 17, 1995, that effectuates the settlement agreement.
SEC. 3143. PROTECTION OF WORKERS AT NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILI-
TIES.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy under section 3102, $10,000,000 shall be available to
carry out activities authorized under section 3131 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public
Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1571; 42 U.S.C. 7274d), relating to worker
protection at nuclear weapons facilities.
SEC. 3144. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DECLASSIFICATION PRODUC-
TIVITY INITIATIVE.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy under section 3103, $3,000,000 shall be available for
the Declassification Productivity Initiative of the Department of
Energy.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 3151. REPORT ON FOREIGN TRITIUM PURCHASES.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 1996, the President shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
feasibility of, the cost of, and the policy, legal, and other issues
associated with purchasing tritium from various foreign suppliers
in order to ensure an adequate supply of tritium in the United
States for nuclear weapons.
(b) FORM
OF REPORT.—The report shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may contain a classified appendix.
SEC. 3152. STUDY ON NUCLEAR TEST READINESS POSTURES.
Not later than February 15, 1996, the Secretary of Energy
shall submit to Congress a report on the costs, programmatic issues,
and other issues associated with sustaining the capability of the
Department of Energy—
(1) to conduct an underground nuclear test 6 months after
the date on which the President determines that such a test
is necessary to ensure the national security of the United
States;
(2) to conduct such a test 18 months after such date;
and
(3) to conduct such a test 36 months after such date.