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Date April 22, 2008 Report No. GAO-08-483 Title

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: DOE Should Reassess Its Approach to Designing and Building Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facilities

United States Government Accountability Office GAO April 2008 Report to Congressional Committees GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DOE Should Reassess Its Approach to Designing and Building Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facilities GAO-08-483 April 2008 GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP Highlights Highlights of GAO-08-483, a report to congressional committees Accountability Integrity Reliability DOE...
Date Aug. 30, 1996 Report No. RCED-96-211 Title

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: Inspections of Facilities Treating and Using Hazardous Waste Fuels Show Some Noncompliance

United States General Accounting Office GAO August 1996 Report to Congressional Requesters RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT Inspections of Facilities Treating and Using Hazardous Waste Fuels Show Some Noncompliance G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/RCED-96-211 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-272528 August ...
Date Sept. 20, 1994 Report No. RCED-94-200 Title

Energy Supply: Energy Potential of Municipal Solid Waste Is Limited

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1994 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives ENERGY SUPPLY Energy Potential of Municipal Solid Waste Is Limited /I GAO/RCED-94-200 1 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development...
Date Jan. 27, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-111 Title

Energy: DOE Needs To Evaluate Fully the Waste Management Effects of Extending the Useful Life of Nuclear Fuel

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20848 mmouIcEs. coMMuurrY. AN0 tlxNoMlC OeVeLoRmn DIVl8lON B-202377 January 27, 1984 t'*f , I' The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: wllllll# llllI 123308 DOE Needs to Evaluate Fully the Waste Management E...
Date Dec. 8, 1982 Report No. PLRD-83-12 Title

National Defense: Used Oil Collection and Disposal Practices Followed by Federal Agencies

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20§48 OFFICE WOCURCMLNT. AND RUDINLIIS LOGISTICS. DIVISION B-209740 DECEMBER 8,1982 The Honorable Berkley Bedell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues Affecting Small Business Committee on Small Business ilouse of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Used Oil Collection by Federal Agencies and Disposal Practices (GAO/PLRD-8...
Date July 30, 1981 Report No. 090894 Title

Natural Resources: The Nation's Unused Wood Resources

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUIJTING OFFICE 20548 WASHIF?GTON, D.C. Mr . Chairman and members tne of the SuDcomnittee: tie agf)reciate opportunity to testify an 02r rec?nt report, "Tne Nation's Benefits" of Unused Wood Offers issued Vast sotential Energy and Product year. gratifying, fron the ilur whicn .that (EMD-81-61, the those Caucus. on March report support 3rd of tnis has Deen most recei,?eJ d ...
Date April 24, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-81 Title

Government Operations: Need for $200,000 Subcontract Apparently Eliminated by Reagan Administration Proposal

~NITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTlNG~FTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 mIRaY AND MINeMU DIVISION April 24, 1981 ~-203023 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. James B. Edwards of Energy -. Secretary: Need L for $200,000 Subcontract Apparently d by Reagan Administration (EMD-81-81) Subject: During an ongoing review of the Department of Energy's we became aware of a situation (DOE) procurement practices, Specifi...
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-6 Title

Natural Resources: The Nation's Unused Wood Offers Vast Potential Energy and Product Benefits

1 / +qj 8 4 ’ i& THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL / CL)!’ 15 Report TaThe Cong OF THEUNITEDSTATES The Nation’s Unused Wood Offers Vast Potential Energy And Product Benefits The Forest Service and the Department of Energy need to place higher priority on encouraging the use of wood residues as an energy source and as a substitute for more energy-intensive materials in manufacturing. Despite their recogn...
Date Dec. 5, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-7 Title

Natural Resources: Federal Industrial Targets and Procurement Guidelines Programs Are Not Encouraging Recycling and Have Contract Problems

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Industrial Targets And Procurement Guldelines Programs Are Not Encouraging Recycling And Have Contract Problems Two Federal programs were established by the Congress to encourage recycling through the use of procurement guidelines and industrial recycling targets. GAO reviewed the programs and the use of contractors on each. As with other resource 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 April 29, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-7 Title

Energy: Industrial Cogeneration--What It Is, How It Works, Its Potential

BYTHEC~MPTROLLER GENERAL * Report To The Congress OFTHEUNITEDSTATES Industrial CogenerationWhat It Is,How It Works, Its Potential Combining and utility double the generation. industrial process heat production power generation at one site can fuel efficiency of electric power Cogeneration does just that. In the near term, cogeneration can contribute to our Nation’s efforts to conserve valuable f...
Date March 31, 1980 Report No. 111983 Title

Energy: Conversion of Urban Waste to Energy

llllllllllllll ll 111983 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. Monday, March 31, 1980 STATEMENT OF DOUGLAS L. MCCULLOUGH DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE 5% SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER tA . . OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE ON CONVERSION OF URBAN WASTE TO ENERGY lJ Mr. Cha...
Date Sept. 5, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-B3 Title

Energy: Comments on H.R. 3671 (96th Congress)

t: lslllmlllllllllllllll~llllllllIlllll 4-a .F LMl10281 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE X648 UNITED STATES B-178726 SEP 5 1979 The Honorable Harley 0. Staggers Committee on Interstate Chairman, and Foreign Commerce &O" House of Representatives H I$ Dear Mr, Chairman: This letter provides our ccpmments on B.R. 3671, 96th r" Congress, the "Energy Developme%t and Management Authority Actr...
Date July 17, 1979 Report No. 109910 Title

Energy: Conversion of Urban Waste to Energy

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 2054% FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 1979 I 109910 , STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH DIRECTOR, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION o e-J 'p 4 BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF T...
Date April 3, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-35 Title

Energy: Loan Guarantees for Alternative Fuel Demonstration Facilities

,COMPTROCLER CBNERAL WAsnlNOTON. OP’hiE O.C. UNITED 70548 STATE? APRIL 3, 1979 B-178205 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy 5 and Natural Resources / h") United States Senate s$ The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology r%5e3>* House of Representatives The Department of Energy Act of 1978--Civilian Applications (Public Law 95-238), among other...
Date Feb. 28, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-7 Title

Conversion of Urban Waste to Energy: Developing and Introducing Alternative Fuels From Municipal Solid Waste

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL . Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES 4M Conversion Of Urban Waste To Energy: Developing And Introducing Alternate Fuels From Municipal Solid Waste Urban waste-to-energy systems can provide a valuable supplement to the Nation’s energy supply and help to resolve material resource and solid waste disposal problems. They could --produce energy equivalent lion barrels ...
Date Sept. 25, 1978 Report No. CED-78-152 Title

Sewage Sludge: How Do We Cope With It?

i B’?THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES Sewage SludgeHow Ba We Cop LM107107 With It? Coping with rapidly increasing volumeD of sewage sludge, a potentially toxic substance, is a nationwide problem. Some disposal methods are being phased out, and others are being increasingly restricted by governmental actions. To compound the problem, the lack of scientific data on environmental and heal...
Date Sept. 28, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-307 Title

National Defense: Ways the Department of Defense Can Improve Oil Recycling

DOCUMENT FESUME 03711 [B2774014] Ways the Department of Defense Can Improve Oil Recycling. LCD-77-307; -166506. September 28, 1977. 16 pF. + 8 appendices (21 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700); Energy: Federal Efforts to Conserve Energy (1602) ;Environmental Protection Programs: Solid aste Disposal and Resourc...
Date Jan. 28, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-3 Title

Energy: Improvements Needed in the Federal Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Research, Development, and Demonstration Program

DOCUJEU1T RESUKE 0t0169 -- [A0751105] Improvements Needed in the Federal Enhanced oil and Gas Recovery Research, Development, and Demonstration Program. LtD-77-3; B-178205. January 28, 1977. 26 pp. + appendices !27 pp.). .eport to the Congress; by ElMeL B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy: Effect of Federal Fin&acial Incentives, Tax Policies, and Regulatory Policies on Energy Supply...
Date May 18, 1976 Report No. PSAD-76-139 Title

Education: Policies and Programs Being Developed To Expand Procurement of Products Containing Recycled Materials

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ovy346 BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ll~~ LMo99346 Polic ies And Programs Being Developed To Expand Procurement Of Products Containing Recycled Materials General Services Administration Department of Defense The Government has been asked to provide a market for products containing recycled materials, thereby exercising leadership in conserving...
Date June 6, 1975 Report No. 089060 Title

Energy: Review of Energy Conservation Measures at Government Field Installations

UNITED 9226 STATES FEDERAL ~ENER'ACACCOUNTING REGIONAL BUILDING, SIXTH OFFKE STREETS OFFICE AND ARCH PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA 19106 June 6, 1975 Rear Admiral C, Bruce SmTth, Commander Defense Personnel Support Center 2800 South 20th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Dear Admiral Smith: 2/ The U.S. General Accounting Office is conducting a nationwlde review at military and civil installation...
Date June 5, 1975 Report No. RED-75-369 Title

Energy: Using Solid Waste To Conserve Resources and To Create Energy

\ ,i B-166506 Committee on Appropriations ’ , Chairman, / House of Representatives on Appropriations Chairman , Committee I .-- United States Senate ., On Ma.y 12, 1975, the Environmental Protection Agency, * -“ iI as required by section 236 of the Legislative Reorganization d’ Act of 1970, submitted to you its written statement on actions taken on the recommendations in our report entitled ...
Date Feb. 27, 1975 Report No. RED-75-326 Title

Energy: Using Solid Waste To Conserve Resources and To Create Energy

RE;PORT TO THE CONGRESSoY@a l~llll~lilllllllllll~llllllllllllllll~ LM095050 Using Solid Waste To Conserve Resources . And To Create Energy Environmental Protection Agency BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHE UNITED STATES RED-75-326 @OMPTROLLER GENERAL wAsHINt-ro?4 Of D.C. THE UNITED STATES 2JxMia B-166506 Q , To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives serve This is ou...