REPORTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TRITIUM PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

SEC. 3134. REPORTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TRITIUM PRODUCTION CAPACITY. (a) Report by the Secretary of Energy.— (1) The Secretary of Energy shall annually submit to the congressional defense 106 STAT. 2640committees a report on the new tritium production capacity of the Department of Energy. (2) The annual report shall include the following: (A) An estimate of the date by which new production reactor capacity will be necessary in order to maintain the active and any reserve stockpile of nuclear weapons of the United States. (B) An estimate of the date on which construction of such capacity should begin in order to maintain the active and any reserve stockpile. (C) An assessment of the technical adequacy of the methods available for the production of tritium, including an assessment of the risk that each method may fail to produce tritium on a reliable basis within the period necessary for meeting the requirements of the United States. (D) An assessment of the capability of the potential industrial suppliers of new tritium production capacity, including reactors, to design and construct such capacity by the date estimated pursuant to subparagraph (A). (3) The Secretary shall submit the annual report in 1993 and each year thereafter until the construction of the new tritium production capacity is completed. The Secretary shall submit the report not later than 60 days after the date on which the President submits the budget to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form with a classified appendix if necessary. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the technology chosen for new tritium production capacity shall be the technology that has the highest probability of successfully sustaining operation, the lowest risk of operational failure, and the lowest cost of construction and operation (including any revenues accruing to the United States from such operation).