12 2 STA T .583PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 (5)theUni te dS t a te s sh oul d sustain the s c ience -b ased stoc kp ile ste w a r dship pro g ra m, which pro v ides the basis f or certif y ing the United States nuclear deterrent and maintaining the moratorium on underground nuclear weapons testing
( 6 ) the United States should commit to dismantle as soon as possible all retired warheads or warheads that are planned to be retired from the United States nuclear weapons stockpile; ( 7 ) the United States, along with the other declared nuclear weapons state parties to the N uclear Non- P roliferation T reaty, should participate in transparent discussions regarding their nuclear weapons programs and plans, including plans for any new weapons or warheads, and how such programs and plans relate to their obligations as nuclear weapons state parties under the Treaty; ( 8 ) the United States and the declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should work to decrease reliance on, and the importance of, nuclear weapons; and ( 9 ) the United States should formulate any decision on whether to manufacture or deploy a reliable replacement war- head within the broader conte x t of the progress made by the United States toward achieving each of the goals described in paragraphs ( 1 ) through (8) .SEC.3127 . D E PARTM E N T OF ENER GY REPORT ON P L AN TO STRENGT H ENANDE X PAND I NTERNATIONAL RADIO - LOGICAL THREAT RED U CTION PROGRAM. Not later than 1 20 days after the date of the enactment of this A ct, the Secretary of E nergy shall submit to C ongress a report that sets forth a specific plan for strengthening and expanding the D epartment of Energy I nternational R adiological Threat Reduc- tion (IRTR) program within the G lobal Threat Reduction Initiative. The plan shall address concerns raised and recommendations made by the Government Accountability O ffice in its report of M arch 1 3 , 2007, titled ‘ ‘ F ocusing on the H ighest Priority Radiological Sources Could Improve DOE ’ s Efforts to Secure Sources in Foreign Countries’’, and shall specifically include actions to — (1) improve the Department’s coordination with the Depart- ment of State and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (2) improve information-sharing between the Department and the International Atomic Energy Agency; (3) with respect to hospitals and clinics containing radio- logical sources that receive security upgrades, give high priority to those determined to be the highest risk; ( 4 ) accelerate efforts to remove as many radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) in the Russian Federation as practicable; (5) develop a long-term sustainability plan for security upgrades that includes, among other things, future resources re q uired to implement such a plan; and (6) develop a long-term operational plan that ensures suffi- cient funding for the IRTR program and ensures sufficient funding to identify, recover, and secure all vulnerable high- risk radiological sources worldwide as quickly and effectively as possible.
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