It’s tritium processing that makes SRS a key nuclear weapons site

SRS Watch · June 12, 2018 ·

DOE solicits contract to transport 6,000 highly radioactive rods containing tritium gas (to boost the explosive power of nuclear weapons) from TVA’s Watts Bar nuclear plant in Tennessee to SRS, where the tritium would be extracted, with by-product high-level nuclear waste

see Federal Business Opportunities, June 12, 2018 on Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rod (TPBAR) transport:
11–IGF::OT::IGF TPBAR Transport System(s) and Transportation ServicesSolicitation Number:
Agency: Department of Energy
Office: Federal Locations
Location: All DOE Federal Contracting Offices

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