10 USC § 6142 - Tritium recycling

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s6142"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 6142 - Tritium recycling"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6142"
section_name: "Tritium recycling"
chapter_number: 602
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TRITIUM"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1372.)"
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# § 6142. 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.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6142, , , provided for assignments of pay due to enlisted members. See , Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, prior to repeal by (38–43), , , effective .

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .