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100 Delivery 10.7 Validated
of tritium products Tritium
on schedule and productivity
of high quality savings

Preparing for the future Consolidated training simulators

The Tritium Responsive Infrastructure SRTE completed a project to consolidate
Modifications initiative, SRS’ strategy to simulators used for training purposes.
drive efficiency and revitalize the Tritium By using virtualization technology, the
facilities for ongoing and new missions, project team was able to replace 23 aging
took a major step forward when SRNS computers with three new servers, reducing
obtained NNSA Critical Decision approval. computer footprint by 75 percent.
This allowed the start of the “Analysis of
Alternatives” process, which will identify the Plutonium oxide production
best approach for relocating mission critical
activities into newer, right-sized facilities. SRNS produced the first fully qualified cans
of plutonium oxide from what’s known as the
Sealed source removal “AFS-2” material, a necessary first step in
any disposition path for this material.
SRTE completed the recovery and removal
of 26 plutonium-238 sealed sources, Since 2008, SRNS has successfully
resulting in significant reductions in both completed $21 million in SRS Tritium Facilities
risk and cost. The sources were previously modernization projects.
used for calibrating analytical equipment,
but have been replaced by electrical heat
standards, allowing them to be shipped
off-site for disposition through the Los
Alamos National Laboratory Off-Site Source
Recovery Project.

New tritium

With a half-life of 12.3 years, tritium for
the nation’s defense must be constantly
replenished. SRTE added new tritium to
the nation’s supply by extracting it from
rods irradiated in a Tennessee Valley
Authority reactor.

Waste Solidification Building

Construction of the Waste Solidification
Building project was completed. The
building now goes into a standby mode,
awaiting its planned role in NNSA’s
plutonium disposition strategy, handling
waste from the future Mixed Oxide Fuel
Fabrication Facility.

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