Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Second TVA Reactor Could Be Licensed for Tritium Production This Year

By Photo of Dan Leone

ARLINGTON, Va. — The second of two Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear power reactors could this year obtain a license to start producing tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons, a National Nuclear Security Administration official said here Thursday.
The government-owned…

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