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Date March 21, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-90 Title

Energy: Department of Energy's Transuranic Waste Disposal Plan Needs Revision

. United States General Accounting Office 3.3861 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural -~ Resources, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives March 1986 *1 NUCLEAR WASTE Department of Energy’s Transuranic Watk Disposal Plan Needs Revision ~ESTFi~D--Not to be released outtick the CWwd Accounting Office except on the basis of spectiiu 4p)XOVal ...
Date Dec. 6, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-86-23BR Title

Hazardous Waste: Status of Cleanup at the Former Hamilton Air Force Base, California

, sw-cw United States General Ac’counting Office 1a838c; ~ &A0 December 1985 ’ Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives HAZAFDOUSWISTE Status d Cleanup at the Former Hamilton Air Force Base,CaUbmia RELEASED GAO/NSIAD-86-23BR . ‘GAO United States General Accounting Office Washingto...
Date April 11, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-48 Title

Energy: Regional Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Sites

REPORT THEUS. * BY General Accounting Office Regional Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Sites--Progress Being Made But. Never. SiimA/Vi~l~l Probably Not Be Reatfy By Yi 986 Currently, three sites in Nevada, South Carolina, and Washington are used to dispose of all this country’s commercial low-level nuclearwastes--materialscontaminated with relatively low levels of radioactivity. The Low-Leve...
Date Dec. 17, 1982 Report No. RCED-83-45 Title

Energy: Comments on a Critique of GAO's Radioactive Waste Ocean Dumping Report

.-5+&y UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE 1203~~ WASHINGTON, F-2C4?46 The Eonoratle Korrran Cta i rman, Euhcommittee Ccmmittee cn Merchant Fisheries Fcuse of FeFresentatives Lear P!r. Chairman: Ccrr,men ts cn Waste Ccean a Critique ;Cum&ing of FeFort GAG’s Fadioactive (CAC/FCEL-&3-45) E. C’Amours on Cceanography Marine and Subject: letter ycu requested that we In ycur August 3,...
Date May 25, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-40 Title

Cleaning Up Nuclear Facilities: An Aggressive and Unified Federal Program Is Needed

I ” -. ,,d’ I \R$YP BY THECOiI’TROLLEf? GENERAL f Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Cleaning Up Nuclear FacilitiesAn Aggressive And Unified Federal Program Is Needed The Federal Government needs to take a more unified and aggressive approach to cleaning up and decommissioning nuclear facilities if the United States intends to effectively meet current and future decommissioning challe...
Date April 7, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-68 Title

Energy: Update on the Impact of Federal R&D Funding on Three Mile Island Cleanup Costs

UNITED STATES GumAL WASHINGTON, AdCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20%8 ENROY AND MINOIVISION The Honorable Morris Kc Udall Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives The Honorable Manuel Lujan, Jr, Ranking Minority Member Committee on Interior and Insular House of Representatives Subject: lIEtEASED Affairs . Update on the Impact on Three Mile Island of Federal R&D Funding Cl...
Date Nov. 5, 1981 Report No. EMD-82-B2 Title

Environmental Protection: Comments on H.R. 1720

-f--j;-- COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTC>N OF K3.c. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-202929 NOVEMBER 5,198l The Honorable Walter B. Jones Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Comments on H.R. 1720, a bill to establish a task force to study past radioactive waste ocean dumpsites 116823 Your letter of April 3, 1981, requested our views and ...
Date Oct. 24, 1980 Report No. LCD-81-11 Title

National Defense: Review of the Costs Related to the Decontamination Contract for the Frankford Arsenal

* C3AO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 [ I s-( I m-3 c/ PLogistics and Communications Division B-200866 The Honorable Charles House of Representatives Dear Mr. Dougherty: 6 F. Dougherty OCTOBER 24,198O Subject: eview of the Costs Related to the Decontamination Contract for the Frankford Arsenag(LCD-81-11) 111111 lllllln 113651 you asked us to review In your July 10, 19...
Date March 31, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-68 Title

The Problem of Disposing of Nuclear Low-Level Waste: Where Do We Go From Here?

3 BY THE COIV&&LER /lztFM - GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Problem Of Disposing Of Nuclear LowLevel Waste: Where Do We Go From Here? / A problem has developed in nuclear waste disposal. As late as 1975, six commercial lowlevel nuclear waste burial sites were licensed to operate in the United States. Now only three sites remain--one each in Washington, Nevada, and South Caro...
Date May 8, 1979 Report No. PSAD-79-54 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Enewetak Atoll--Cleaning Up Nuclear Contamination

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress c OF THE UNITEDSTATES IQ* Enewetak Atoll--Cleaning Up Nuclear Contamination The United States will spend an estimated $100 million to clean up, rehabilitate, and resettle Enewetak Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site from 1948 to 1958. The Defense Nuclear Agency, responsible for the cleanup, is projecting that all major cleanup objectives will be ...
Date April 5, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-51 Title

Comments on Report Entitled "Cleaning Up Commingled Uranium Mill Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary?"

“. . . UNITEXI STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 EWEROY AND MINEICAUI DIVISION APRIL 5, 1979 B-164052. The Honorable John., W. Wydler House of Representatives Dear Mr. Wydler: IH I Ill 109013 a report entitled Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary?” (EMD-79-29). In that report, we recommended that the Congress provide assistance to active mill owners to share the cost...
Date Feb. 5, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-29 Title

Cleaning Up Commingled Uranium Mill Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary?

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Cleaning Up Commingled Uranium Mill Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary? On October 19, 1978, Senator Clifford P. Hansen, as ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, asked GAO to determine whether Federal assistance should be given to operating mill owners that have processed uranium for sale to both...
Date Aug. 16, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-101 Title

Energy: Need for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Waste

DOCURENT RESUBE 06799 - (B23073651 Need for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Vaste. VMD-78-1C1; B-164105. August 16, 1976. 14 pp. Report to Joseph a. Hendr/i, Chairsan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; by Sonte Cani..eld, Jr., Director, Energy and Mineral Resources Div. Issue krea: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Subtstantial 2nergy Source (1608). Contact: Energ! and...
Date June 27, 1978 Report No. 095408 Title

Energy: Cleaning Up Inactive Uranium Mill Tailings Sites

Date June 20, 1978 Report No. 106237 Title

Energy: Cleaning Up Inactive Uranium Mill Tailings Sites

DOCUMENT RESUME 06237 - iB1746778] Cleaning 11 pp. Up Inactive Uranium Mill Tailings Sites. June 20, 1978. Testimony before the House Committee cc Irterstate and Foreign Commerce: Energy and Power Subcommnittee; by Mcnte Canfield, Jr., Director, Enerqy ard Minerals Div. Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Organization Concerned: Department of Energy; buclear Regulatory Commissi :n. Congressional Rel...
Date June 20, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-90 Title

The Uranium Mill Tailings Cleanup: Federal Leadership at Last?

DCCUMENT RESUME 06233 B1846862 ]1 The Uranium hill Tailings Cleanup. Federal Leadership at Last? EMD-78-90; B-164052. June 20, 1978. 25 pp. + 2 appendices (14 pp.) Report to Rep. John D. Dingell, Chairman, Rouse Ccmaittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Energy alri Power Subcommittee; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Enerqy: Making Nuclear Fissicn a Sutstantial EPer...
Date June 14, 1978 Report No. 095417 Title

Environmental Protection: Three Senate Bills Introduced To Reform the Regulatory Framework for Nuclear Waste Management (S. 3146, S. 2761, and S. 2804)

REMARKS BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT INTERN PROGRAM ORIENTATION f WASHINGTON, D.C. JULY 24, 1978 "THE EDUCATION OF THE NEW PUBLIC EXECUTIVE" As Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Presidential Management Intern Career Development Program, I am privileged to join you who have been selected for this important program. We are here today to...
Date June 14, 1978 Report No. 106236 Title

Environmental Protection: Three Senate Bills Introduced To Reform the Regulatory Framework for Nuclear Waste Management (S. 3146, S. 2761, and S. 2804)

DOCUMENT RESUDE 06236 - [ 1706723] Three Senate Bills Introduced To Reforea the Regulatory framework for Nuclear Raste Sanagement (S. 3146, S. 2761, and S. 2604). June 14, 1978. 13 pp. * enclosure (1 oF.). Testimony before the! Sonata Committee cn Environment and Public Vorks: Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee; ty Ronte Canfield, 4r., Director, Energy and Hinerals Div. Contact: Energy and minerals D...
Date Sept. 13, 1977 Report No. 103415 Title

Energy: Cost Factors of Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities

DOCUMENI RESUME 03415 - [A25937263 Cost Factcrs of Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities. September 13, 177. 11 pp. Testimony before the Hcuse Committee on Government Operations: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee; by nonte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div. Issue Area: Envircnmental Protection Programs (2200). Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Functicn: Nat...
Date Sept. 12, 1977 Report No. 103414 Title

Nuclear Energy's Dilemma: Disposing of Hazardous Radioactive Waste Safely

DCCUMNT RESUME 03414 A2573709] Nuclear Energy's Dilemma: Disposing of Hazardous Radioactive Waste Safely. September 12, 1977. 15 pp. Testimony efore the House Committee on Government Operations: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources S::bcommi.ttee- by nonte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div. Issue Area: Energy (1600). Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Function: Natural R...
Date June 16, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-46 Title

Cleaning Up the Remains of Nuclear Facilities: A Multibillion Dollar Problem

DOCUMENT RESUME 02777 - [A1933006] Cleaning Up the Remains of Nuclear Facilities: A Multibillion Dollar Problem. EMD-77-46; B-164052. June 16, 1977. 28 pp. + 2 appendices (5 pp.). Report to the Conqress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy (1600); Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial Energy Source (1608). Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Function: Natural Re...
Date June 15, 1977 Report No. 102462 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated, Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York

DOCUMENT RESUME 02462 - [A1752772] Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated, Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York. June 15, 1977. 14 pp. Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology: Environment and the Atmosphere Subcommittee; by Monte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and inerals Div. Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial ...
Date May 20, 1977 Report No. 102168 Title

Environmental Protection: Institutional and Jurisdictional Issues in Nuclear Waste Management

DOCUMENT RESUME 02168 - [A1532513] Institutional and Jurisdictional Issues in Nuclear Waste Management. May 20, 1977. 15 pp. Testimony before the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Energy and the Environment Subcommittee; by Monte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div. Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial Energy Source (1608). Contact: Energy and Minera...
Date May 11, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-35 Title

Energy: Adequacy of Controls Placed on Radioactive Material Containers

DOCUMENT RESOME 02163 LAd-quacy A1392384 of Controls Placed on Radioactive Material pp. + Containers]. EMD-77-35; B-164105. May 11, 1977. enclosure (2 pp.). Report to Rep. ChristoTher J. Comptroller General. Dodd; by Elmer B. Starts, Issue Area: Energy (16'0); Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a ource (1608). Substantial Energy Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budret Function: Natural Resources, Env...
Date May 2, 1977 Report No. 101912 Title

Energy: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Programs

DCCUNEiT 0191. - [A13122691 ESURIE Nuclear Regulatory Ccmnissiob Security Programs. day 2, 1977. pp. + enclosure (1 e). * 15 Testimony before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Energy and Power Subcommittee; by Honte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div. Issue areas Energy (1600). CoLrta.A: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Functicn: Natural Resources, Environment, a...
Date March 8, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-27 Title

Energy: Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated, Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York

DOCUMENT RESOME 00179 - [A1051685] Issues Re ,ted to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated, Reproressing Plant at West Valley, New York. EMD-77-K7; B-151475. March 8, 1977. 15 pp. + enclosures (34 Report to Rep. Leo J. Ryan, Chairman, House Committee on Governsent Operations: Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee; by Robert F,. Keller, Acting Comptroller Genera 1...
Date March 8, 1977 Report No. 100191 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York

DOCUMENT RESUME 00191 - [A0751622] Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Reprocessing Plant at Vast Valley, New York. March 8, 1977. 15 pp. Testimcny before the House Committee on Government Operations: Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources Subcommi ctee; by Monte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div. Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Subitan...
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 Jan. 12, 1976 Report No. RED-76-54 Title

Environmental Protection: Improvements Needed in the Land Disposal of Radioactive Wastes--A Problem of Centuries

^. . .- @ -y&2/ -1 1-,~-76 i REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ; g -yy f : t,,%+ ‘ 4 ;y’ ‘ ,,(.X1’ OF THE UNITED STATES ( -\\’ \) *, /,,, -‘ g&-J- Improvements Needed In The Land Disposal Of Radioactive Wastes- A Problem Of Centuries Nuclear Energy Regulatory Research Commission and Development Administration : Large volumes of other than high-level radioactive wastes, ...
Date Dec. 18, 1974 Report No. RED-75-309 Title

Isolating High-Level Radioactive Waste From the Environment: Achievements, Problems, and Uncertainties

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS lsolatmg High-Level Radloactlve Waste From The Enwronment : Achievements, Problems, And Uncertainties Atomic Energy CornmIssion BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE UNITED S RED-75409 GENERAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE DC UNITED !3TATES 20542 B-164052 c 1 / To the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Se6ate This 1s our report on achiev...
Date July 25, 1974 Report No. 093152 Title

Government Operations: Possible Reuse of Metals Taken From AEC-Owned Equipment and Devices