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Date Sept. 23, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-131 Title

Energy: Interim Report on GAO's Review of the Total Cost Estimate for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project

WITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 wov AND MIDIVISION September 23, 1982 B-164105 The Honorable John D. Dingell Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman, and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives ~ Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interim Estimate Project lllRI\IN 119621 Report on GAO's Review of the Total Cost for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor...
Date Sept. 17, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-128 Title

Energy: Information on the Cost of Plutonium Needed To Operate the Clinch River Breeder Reactor for Its 5-Year Demonstration

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CNCROY AND MINKMU DIVI8lON September 17, 1982 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Information on the Cost of Plutonium Needed to Operate the Clinch River Breeder Reactor ,flor Its 5-Year Demonstration (G...
Date Sept. 15, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-123 Title

Energy: Questions Regarding Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project Funding and Costs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 El$ROY AND MINERALS DIVI8ION September 15, 1982 I B-209046 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject2 Patrick Senate Leahyt J. Leahy i/Questions Regarding Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project Funding and Costs; ". (GAO/EMD-82-123) answers for two specific Breeder Reactor (CRBR) and our answers are On August 27, 1982, you request...
Date July 12, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-79 Title

The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: Options for Deciding Future Pace and Direction

RiPdRT BY THE - Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor:Options For Deciding Future Pace And Direction The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) program is a research and development program intended to develop breeder reactor technology as a long-term electricity supply option. Controversy surrounding the program--and the Clinch River Breeder Reactor demo...
Date May 25, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-75 Title

Energy: Revising the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Steam Generator Testing Program Can Reduce Risk

COUFTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C THE 20548 UNITED STATES May B-164105 25, 1ga2 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Revising Steam RELEXm 118511 Subject: Risk the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Generator Testing Program Can Reduce (GAC?/EMD-82-75) letter asked that we re...
Date Sept. 22, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-81 Title

Energy: U.S. Fast Breeder Reactor Program Needs Direction

. 1 BY THECOMPTROLLiR GENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES ’ Report ToThe Congress U.S.Fast Breeder Reactor Program Needs Direction The United States nuclear fast breeder reactor program --is in a state of disarray, --lacks direction, --costs hundreds year. and of millions of dollars a Because of the fast breeder development strategy now being followed, the United States may not be able to have a commerci...
Date May 23, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-15 Title

Energy: Nuclear Reactor Options To Reduce the Risk of Proliferation and To Succeed Current Light Water Reactor Technology

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL t llnillllllllllllllllllllllllll LM’l09445 OF THEUNITEDSTATES tions To Reduce n And To Succe Current Light Water Re ctor Technology ly all commercial nuclear reactors in the United States are light water reactors. Until recently, the “heir apparent” to the light water reactor was the liquid metal fast breeder reactor. Primarily because of proliferation concerns, th...
Date May 7, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-62 Title

Energy: The Clinch River Breeder Reactor--Should the Congress Continue To Fund It?

iver Breeder Reactor--Should s Continue To Fund It? For the past 2 years, the Congress and the administration have been in a stalemate over the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project. The Congress is appropriating funds to continue the project but the administration wants to terminate it. This report’s purpose is to help congressional decisionmakers focus on whether the Clinch River Breeder Reacto...
Date Aug. 2, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-56 Title

Energy: Views on the Nation's Commitment to the Development of Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Technology

DOCUMENT RESUME 02788 - [A2153246] tr"Ct&? j ' 7 [Views on the Nation's Commitment to the Development of Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Technology]. ED-77-56; B-164105. August 2, 1977. 4 pp. Report to Rep. lement J. Zablocki, Chairman, House Committee on International Pelations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial Energy Source (1608). Conta...
Date Nov. 29, 1976 Report No. EMD-77-5 Title

Energy: Considerations for Commercializing the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor

IlllllllllllllIlllIIIIIlllIIllll LM100159 REPORT TO TH-E CON-GRESS BY THE C’OXPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Considerations For Corn mercia lizing The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Energy Research arld Development Administration This report discusses what wit! be needed for the commercial development of. the liquid metal fast breeder reactor.--regarded as ari essentially rnexhaustibfa...
Date Sept. 30, 1976 Report No. EMD-76-12 Title

Energy: Evaluation of the Publication and Distribution of "Shedding Light on Facts About Nuclear Energy"

EPORT T BY THE COMP OF THE UNITED S luation Of T istni bution Facts Abo Energy Research and Deweloprnent Administration Shedding Light is an Energy Research and Development Administration pamphlet intended for use in an internal performance improvement program. It was circulated in California 2 to 4 months before a ballot on nuclear energy in that State. GAO believes this pamphlet did not make an ...
Date May 6, 1976 Report No. RED-76-93 Title

Government Operations: Can the U.S. Breeder Reactor Development Program Be Accelerated by Using Foreign Technology?

- RhPdRT TO THE“ T ECONOMIC COMMITTEE -GRESS OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 5 OF THE UNITED STATES lllllllillllllllllllllllllllllll LM098260 Can The U.S. Breeder Reactor Development Program Be Accelerated By Using Foreign Technology? For years the United States, Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan have been conducting extensive fast bree...
Date July 31, 1975 Report No. OSP-76-1 Title

Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: Promises and Uncertainties

ISSUE PAPER TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES lll~Imlllllllll~llllllllllllllllIll LM096953 The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: Promises And Uncertainties Energy Research and Development Administration ” ciI’ :__ L, ,-. , ’ ._I * . !’ . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES D.C. B-164105 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of ...
Date April 30, 1975 Report No. 094609 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program--Past, Present, and Future

NOTICE OF HEARItiCS commi ttee Subject Date Time Room Ncmbership Maj ori ty : Joint Liquid April 930 Economic Metal 30,19X a.m. Committee Fast Breeder Reactor . . : : . s 2221 Dirksen Hubert Wright Senate: Senators Senators Senate Office Building . . H. tlumphrey ( D.-Minn.), Chairman Patman (D.-Texas), Vice Chairman Sparkman, Proxmire, and Kennedy Javits, Percy, Taft, Ribicoff, Bentson, * Hamilto...
Date April 28, 1975 Report No. RED-75-352 Title

Natural Resources: Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program--Past, Present, and Future

The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program-Past, Present, And Future Energy Research and Development Administration . BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES RED-75-352 7(p35+3 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF DC. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-164105 To the President of the Senate and the /1) Speaker of the House of Representatives This reactor is our report program--past, on the present,...
Date Jan. 1, 1975 Report No. 097121 Title

Government Operations: Fast Flux Test Facility Program

L \ FLliX TEST FACILITY PRO!2 4?f lnlllllllll~l~ Ill1 Ill11 Ill lllllulll lnlllllll LM097121 FAST JA?fVAW 19 75 1. YAlWlEtLwCE C.44K ! [ACM CEi Cft 2. 1UfDR CASK 1ORalHC STATIORI 5. LIQUII) I-fffROGLH PEWADS 1. SOBlUM WEAIOVALSfArlOH 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. RAPS CAPS GAS COIPffESSOA ~34 COIPRESSOR BOX ASSE~AILY CELL 7Af-dX CELL COLO BOX ASSLMDlLY ARGON diGOH &ELLS CELtS lOME COMPRESSOR (OHE COMPRESSOR.EACH...
Date Dec. 1, 1974 Report No. 096724 Title

Energy: Problem Areas Which Could Affect the Development Schedule for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor

j.! lullllllllllllllllllllllllllllll .:! r LM096724 U.S. I GENCRAL ACCOUNTIXG STAFF STUDY Or’FICE PROBLEY AREAS WHICH COLlD AFFECT TiiE DEVELOPXENT SCHEDULE FOR TKZ CLIXCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR ATOMIC EXERGY CO,%XSSIOM . . 1 b DECENBER 1974 .. .: (I ;am\-_ )_ I. _--_ --- L . .‘* . ‘.. -A-- y-Cd -.------n t e n t s tjroblems encountered Un;ekolved -. in pre-application review phase A- .. safe...
Date March 15, 1971 Report No. 089333 Title

Government Operations: Review of Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program

UNITED STATES \(;EMERALACCOUNTiNG CNTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ClVlL DIVISION March 15, 1971 LM089333 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllYllllll Dear Mr, Shaw: The General Accounting Office has reviewed selected aspects of the Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC’S) Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor program being conducted at the Argonne National Laboratory facilities in Illinois and Idaho. ...