---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6154"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "6154"
heading: "Disposition of surplus defense plutonium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/6154"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters"
  - "Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense"
  - "Chapter 603 — Proliferation Matters"
---

# §6154. Disposition of surplus defense plutonium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

- (a) **Consultation Required.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Energy shall consult with the Governor of the [State](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) of South Carolina regarding any decisions or plans of the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) related to the disposition of surplus defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials located at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
- (b) **Notice Required.—** For each shipment of defense plutonium or defense plutonium materials to the Savannah River Site, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall, not less than 30 days before the commencement of such shipment, submit to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) a report providing notice of such shipment.
- (c) **Plan for Disposition.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall prepare a plan for [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of the surplus defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials currently located at the Savannah River Site and for [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials to be shipped to the Savannah River Site in the future. The plan shall include the following:
  - (1) A review of each option considered for such [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
  - (2) An identification of the preferred option for such [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
  - (3) With respect to the [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) for such [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) that are required by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy’s [Record](/usc/10/801.md?p=14) of Decision for the Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement dated January 14, 1997—
    - (A) a statement of the cost of construction and operation of such [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2);
    - (B) a schedule for the expeditious construction of such [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), including milestones; and
    - (C) a firm schedule for funding the cost of such [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
  - (4) A specification of the means by which all such defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials will be removed in a timely manner from the Savannah River Site for storage or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) elsewhere.
- (d) **Plan for Alternative Disposition.—** If the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines not to proceed at the Savannah River Site with construction of the plutonium immobilization plant, or with the mixed oxide fuel fabrication [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall prepare a plan that identifies a disposition path for all defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials that would otherwise have been disposed of at such plant or such [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), as applicable.
- (e) **Submission of Plans.—** Not later than February 1, 2002, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall submit to Congress the plan required by [subsection (c)](#c) (and the plan prepared under [subsection (d)](#d), if applicable).
- (f) **Limitation on Plutonium Shipments.—** If the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) does not submit to Congress the plan required by [subsection (c)](#c) (and the plan prepared under [subsection (d)](#d), if applicable) by February 1, 2002, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall be prohibited from shipping defense plutonium or defense plutonium materials to the Savannah River Site during the period beginning on February 1, 2002, and ending on the date on which such plans are submitted to Congress.
- (g) **Rule of Construction.—** Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or limit the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) from shipping defense plutonium or defense plutonium materials to sites other than the Savannah River Site during the period referred to in [subsection (f)](#f) or any other period.
- (h) **Annual Report on Funding for Fissile Materials Disposition Activities.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall include with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy budget for each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under [section 1105(a) of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md?p=a)) a report setting forth the extent to which amounts requested for the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) for such fiscal year for fissile materials disposition activities will enable the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) to meet commitments for the disposition of surplus defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials located at the Savannah River Site, and for any other fissile materials disposition activities, in such fiscal year.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1376.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6154 was renumbered section 8265 of this title.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2567 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).