REPORT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATTERS.

SEC. 3142. REPORT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATTERS. (a) Report.—Not later than April 1, 1992, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following: (1) Information on the national security requirements of each of the following items, for the period beginning on September 30, 1991, and ending on September 30, 2001: (A) The planned stockpile of nuclear weapons. (B) The amount of tritium necessary to maintain the planned stockpile, including— (i) the amount of tritium available from inventory; (ii) the amount of tritium that must be produced and when; and (iii) an assessment of the need for and duration of operation of the K-reactor, located at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. (C) The feasibility and desirability of use of W–76 warheads in place of W–88 warheads in the Trident II missiles carried by Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines. (D) The need for and duration of operation of the Rocky Flats Plant facilities (other than Building 559) located at Golden, Colorado, for the purposes of— (i) production of W–88 warheads; and (ii) plutonium operations other than warhead production. (E) The earliest practicable date for the commencement of operation of facilities that replace the K-reactor and the Rocky Flats Plant, including an assessment of the effect of a delay (beyond the second quarter of fiscal year 1992) in the selection of the site and the technology for the new production reactor. 105 STAT. 1582 (2) A plan for assistance to the workforce at Rocky Flats and the K-reactor, including retraining for new employment opportunities at the sites, that could be provided in the event that either facility ceases production. (b) Form of Report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in classified and unclassified form.