How Will U.S. Handle Shortage of Tritium, aka Explosive Power, for Its Nukes? from FPIF Latest Content The National Nuclear Security Agency finds itself "unable to overcome technical challenges" to producing tritium.

In a recent report to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, the Government Accountability Office concluded that the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) in the Energy department is “unable to overcome technical challenges” to producing tritium (H3) in a commercial power reactor for the U.S. nuclear arsenal. As a result the ability to provide new supplies of this radioactive isotope used to enhance the explosive power of nuclear weapons “is in doubt.”