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• Provide tritium and non-tritium loaded reservoirs to meet Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan
requirements;
• Conduct the Stockpile Evaluation Program; and
• Extract tritium produced at TVA reactors.
The SRS Tritium Facilities are aligned with nuclear security enterprise modernization activities. The
SRS will remain the site for tritium supply management and provide R&D support to production
operations and gas transfer system development. In addition, the plans are reducing its facility square
footage by greater than 25 percent.
ACTIVITIES:
Directed Stockpile Work (DSW)
The SRS activities include processing tritium and inert reservoirs and associated components in support
of the Life Extension Program (LEP) and enduring weapon systems. The LEP activities include
production Retrofit Evaluation System Test (REST) surveillance, and production sampling evaluation
associated with the refurbishment of the W76-1. Stockpile Systems categories include Limited Life
Component Exchange (LLCE), Gas Transfer System (GTS) Surveillance, Stockpile Laboratory Tests
(SLTs), and Life Storage Program (LSP) activities. Reservoirs and associated parts will be processed as
necessary to support LLCE schedules per production directive requirements for the enduring stockpile.
Retired Systems include reservoirs returned from retired weapons that will be unloaded, welded closed
for disposal, or managed per NNSA requirements.
Engineering Campaign
The SRS supports the Enhanced Surveillance subprogram of the Engineering Campaign by developing
the tools, techniques, and procedures to advance the capabilities of the nuclear security enterprise to
measure, analyze, calculate, and predict the effects of aging on certain weapons materials, components,
and systems to determine if and/or when these effects will impact weapon reliability, safety, or
performance. Specifically, the SRS role in this campaign is to develop methods for surveillance of
tritium reservoirs and other Gas Transfer System components as well as provide power management
technology support. Also, SRS supports the Enhanced Surety subprogram of the Engineering Campaign
through power management system R&D and tritium-related material aging experiments.
Readiness Campaign
The SRS supports the Tritium Readiness sub-program, which manages the TEF extraction operations to
extract tritium safely, efficiently, and economically from commercially irradiated TPBARs, provide
related technical liaison with the TPBAR development, irradiation and transportation activities, and
provide technical and program support to the Tritium Readiness manager in accordance with annual or
specific tasking guidance. The SRS primarily supports the TEF operations. DOE Chicago transferred
administration of the NAC International transportation contract to SRS in late FY 2010.
Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities (RTBF)
The RTBF program at SRS maintains the facilities and infrastructure in a readiness state in support of
the DSW missions, including LEPs, Stockpile Services, and Production Support. Operations of
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