Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 24 No. 45
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November 20, 2020

Watts Bar 2 to Start Weapons Tritium Production When Current Refueling Outage Wraps

By Dan Leone

When the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor reactivates from a refueling outage that started Oct. 26, it will begin producing tritium for nuclear weapons for the first time, a National Nuclear Security Administration spokesperson said…

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