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110 STAT. 618 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 Notification. 42 USC 2121 note. South Carolina. (C) the activities and forms of assistance for which the Secretary anticipates obligating funds during the six months immediately following the report, and the amount of each such anticipated obligation; and (D) the projected involvement (if any) of any department or agency of the United States (in addition to the Department of Energy) and of the private sector of the United States in the activities and forms of assistance for which the Secretary of Energy has obligated funds referred to in subparagraph (A). SEC. 3132. NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this title for construction of the National Ignition Facility may be obligated until— (1) the Secretary of Energy determines that the construction of the National Ignition Facility will not impede the nuclear nonproliferation objectives of the United States; and (2) the Secretary of Energy notifies the congressional defense committees of that determination. SEC. 3133. TRITIUM PRODUCTION PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— The Secretary of Energy shall establish a tritium production program that is capable of meeting the tritium requirements of the United States for nuclear weapons. In carrying out the tritium production program, the Secretary shall— (1) complete the tritium supply and recycling environmental impact statement in preparation by the Secretary as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) assess alternative means for tritium production, including production through— (A) types of new and existing reactors, including multipurpose reactors (such as advanced light water reactors and gas turbine gas-cooled reactors) capable of meeting both the tritium production requirements and the plutonium disposition requirements of the United States for nuclear weapons; (B) an accelerator; and (C) multipurpose reactor projects carried out by the private sector and the Government. (b) FUNDING.— Of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to section 3101, not more than $50,000,000 shall be available for the tritium production program established pursuant to subsection (a). (c) LOCATION OF TRITIUM PRODUCTION FACILITY. —The Secretary shall locate any new tritium production facility of the Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (d) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. —(1) The Secretary shall include in the statements referred to in paragraph (2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of carrying out two projects for the separate performance of the tritium production mission of the Department and the plutonium disposition mission of the Department with the costs and benefits of carrying out one multipurpose project for the performance of both such missions. (2) The statements referred to in paragraph (1) are— (A) the environmental impact statement referred to in subsection (a)(1);