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 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1581
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dismantling, and destruction of nuclear weapons". (2) On October 5, 1991, the President of the Soviet Union stated in response that "We hereby stress readiness to embark on a specific dialogue with the United States on the elaboration of safe and ecologically responsible technologies for the storage and transportation of nuclear warheads and nuclear charges, and to design jointly measures to enhance nuclear safety". (3) The President's initiative and the Soviet response hold out the prospect of enhancing stability and reducing the risk of nuclear war. (b) CONGRESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT.— Congress strongly endorses the initiative proposed by the President and the Soviet response and looks forward— (1) to hearing the proposed initiatives of the President during the congressional review of the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1993; and (2) to helping facilitate such initiatives through appropriate legislative measures which are requested by the President. (c) WARHEAD DISMANTLEMENT. —Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1992 for weapons activities, $10,000,000 shall be available to conduct a program to develop and demonstrate a means for verifiable dismantlement of nuclear warheads. SEC. 3142. REPORT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATTERS. President. (a) REPORT. —Not later than April 1, 1992, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following: (1) Information on the national security requirements of each of the following items, for the period beginning on September 30, 1991, and ending on September 30, 2001: (A) The planned stockpile of nuclear weapons. (B) The amount of tritium necessary to maintain the planned stockpile, including— (i) the amount of tritium available from inventory; (ii) the amount of tritium that must be produced and when; and (iii) an assessment of the need for and duration of operation of the K-reactor, located at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. (C) The feasibility and desirability of use of W-76 warheads in place of W-88 warheads in the Trident II missiles carried by Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines. (D) The need for and duration of operation of the Rocky Flats Plant facilities (other than Building 559) located at Golden, Colorado, for the purposes of— (i) production of W-88 warheads; and (ii) plutonium operations other than warhead production. (E) The earliest practicable date for the commencement of operation of facilities that replace the K-reactor and the Rocky Flats Plant, including an assessment of the effect of a delay (beyond the second quarter of fiscal year 1992) in the selection of the site and the technology for the new production reactor.

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