---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6141"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "6141"
heading: "Tritium production program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/6141"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters"
  - "Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense"
  - "Chapter 602 — Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Matters"
  - "Subchapter II — Tritium"
---

# §6141. Tritium production program

- (a) **Establishment of Program.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Energy shall establish a tritium production [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) that is capable of meeting the tritium requirements of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) for nuclear weapons.
- (b) **Location of Tritium Production Facility.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall locate any new tritium production [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.
- (c) **In-reactor Tests.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may perform in-reactor tests of tritium target rods as part of the activities carried out under the commercial light water reactor [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1372.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6141 was renumbered section 8261 of this title.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2541 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).