10 USC § 6143 - Modernization and consolidation of tritium recycling facilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s6143"
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title: "10 USC § 6143 - Modernization and consolidation of tritium recycling facilities"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6143"
section_name: "Modernization and consolidation of tritium recycling facilities"
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"
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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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# § 6143. Modernization and consolidation of tritium recycling facilities

The Secretary of Energy shall carry out activities at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, to—

**(1)** modernize and consolidate the facilities for recycling tritium from weapons; and

**(2)** provide a modern tritium extraction facility so as to ensure that such facilities have a capacity to recycle tritium from weapons that is adequate to meet the requirements for tritium for weapons specified in the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum.

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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 6143, , , related to discouragement of sale of pay. 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 .

Prior sections 6144 to 6147 were repealed by (38–43), , , effective .

Section 6144, , , provided for settlement of pay accounts when lost with vessel. See , Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Section 6145, , , related to fixing date of loss of a vessel for purpose of settling accounts of persons aboard other than officers. See , Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Section 6146, , , provided for allotments by officers. See , Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Section 6147, , , related to allowances for prisoners. See , Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

A prior section 6148, acts , ; , , §§ 1(137), 36B(18), , 1571; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to disability and death benefits for members of Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, prior to repeal by , , .

A prior section 6149, , , related to computation of retired pay on basis of rates of pay for officers on the active list, prior to repeal by , , , effective .

A prior section 6150, acts , ; , , , authorized advancement to a higher retired grade for officers specially commended, prior to repeal by , , , effective .