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Department of Energy·Department of Energy
energyactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_DEAC0200DP00229_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

TRITIUM PRODUCING BURNABLE ABSORBER ROD (TPBAR) FABRICATION

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Fabrication of tritium-producing burnable absorber rods for nuclear reactor operations.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-energydefense-nucleartritium-production
Why this matters

Tritium production is critical for U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship and maintenance under the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains domestic nuclear fuel fabrication capability and specialized materials supply chain for defense nuclear applications.

U.S.–China competition angle

Ensures U.S. independent tritium production capacity, reducing reliance on external sources for nuclear deterrent maintenance.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001348.

Period of performance
Start
2000-07-15
End
2034-09-30
Status
activein 3060 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_DEAC0200DP00229_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-.

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