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Date March 21, 1985 Report No. 126494 Title

Energy: Department of Energy Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOU#t'INGOFFICE STATETJUENT OF F.KEVINE?OLAND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REsouRcEs,~TYANDMx3NoMIc DEXEWE’ MENT DMSION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITPEEON ENEFGYCONSERVATIONANDPOWER HOUSECOMMIlTEEON ENERGYANDCOMMERCE Hr. Chairman and Membersof the Sutimnittee: We appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss the Department of Energy's efforts to implement the Nuclear Waste Poli...
Date March 5, 1985 Report No. 126343 Title

Environmental Protection: Department of Energy Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

l UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE W A S H INGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDA T 9:45 A.M. M A R C H5, 1985 S T A T E M E N TOF F . KEVIN BOLAND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, O M M U N ITY C AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE S U B C O M M ITTEE ENERGYAND THE ENVIRONMENT ON HOUSEC O M M ITTEEON INTERIOR AND INSULAR A F F A IRS ON D E P A R T M E N T ENERGYIMPL...
Date Jan. 31, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-65 Title

Energy: Status of the Department of Energy's Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 as of December 31, 1984

REPORT THEU.S. BY General Accounting Office ,, Status Oi The Department @f Energy’s lmplemerltation Of The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Of 1982 As Of December 31, 1984 In March 1984 the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested that GAO report quarterly on the status of the Department of Energy’s progress in implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. This second quarterly ...
Date Jan. 10, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-27 Title

Energy: Department of Energy's Initial Efforts To Implement the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

Y \ ‘. . I i BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL - Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Department Of Energy’s Initial Efforts To Implement The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Of 1982 The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 establishes a comprehensive national program for the safe management, storage, and permanent disposal of highly radioactive materials accumulating at nuclear power plant sites. This report...
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 April 15, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-104 Title

Energy: Decommissioning Retired Nuclear Reactors at Hanford Reservation

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-211412 APRIL 15.1983 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Donald Hodel of Energy Secretary: n,P.,,U,,,Decommissioning retired nuclear reactors at Hanford Reservation'.(GAO/RCED-83-104) -_,,' This report is to alert you to concerns we have about the Department of Energy's (DOE's)...
Date May 4, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-63 Title

Energy: Nuclear and Coal Waste Disposal Hampered by Legal, Regulatory, and Technical Uncertainties

BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUi’JTir;;ic OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Energy Conservation And Power, House Committee On EnergyAnd Commerce Nuclear And Coal Waste Disposal Hampered By Legal, Regulatory, And Technical Uncertainties Numerous legal, regulatory, and technical problems and uncertainties are hampering disposal of nuclear and coal fuel cycle wastes. Although Federal agencies ar...
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 March 23, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-64 Title

Energy: DOE Does Not Plan To Use an Abandoned Salt Mine at Lyons, Kansas, for Nuclear High-Level Waste Disposal

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 Dear Senator Subject: Kassebaumr The Department of Energy Does Not Plan to Use an Abandoned Salt Mine at Lyons, iCan666, for Nuclear High-Level Waste Disposal (EMD-82-64) On December 3, 1981, you asked that we determine how the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Rickano Corporation intend Even though to use an abandoned salt mine near ...
Date Oct. 21, 1981 Report No. EMD-82-9 Title

Energy: Hazards of Past Low-Level Radioactive Waste Ocean Dumping Have Been Overemphasized

LMI 16900 General Accounting Office Hazards Of Past Low-Level Radioactive Waste Ocean Dumping Have Been Overemphasized From 1946 to 1970, the United States disposed of low-level radioactive waste by dumping it into the ocean. Today, more than a decade after all dumping stopped, concerns over the potential environmental and public health consequences of past ocean dumping persist. In an evaluation ...
Date Sept. 21, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-132 Title

Energy: Coal and Nuclear Wastes--Both Potential Contributors to Environmental and Health Problems

* General Accounting Office Coal And Nuclear Wastes -- Both Potential Contributors To Environmental And Health Problems The Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy COnWvation and Power, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, asked GAO to answer eight questions regarding waste produced by coal and nuclear fuels during the generation of electricity. This report primarily discusses the first two items in t...
Date June 12, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-78 Title

Energy: Is Spent Fuel Or Waste From Reprocessed Spent Fuel Simpler To Dispose Of?

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Is Spent Fuel Or Waste From Reprocessed Spent Fuel Simpler To Dispose Of? Although there is general agreement that the U.S. should safely and permanently dispose of high-level nuclear waste, there is substantial disagreement about whether that should include spent fuel or just the unusable part of the spent fuel that remains after chemical reprocessing. Curr...
Date Oct. 23, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-5 Title

Energy: Further Analysis of Issues at Western New York Nuclear Service Center

Comptroller General 01 THE UNITEDSTATES Further Analysis Of Issues At Western New York Nuclear Service Center In J tus clea Chai Pow For GA for ne 1980, GAO issued a report on the staf efforts to clean up the shut down nuplant at West Valley, New York, to the man, Subcommittee on Energy and r, House Committee on Interstate and ign Commerce. The report presented what believes to be the most practic...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. 112946 Title

Energy: Nuclear Issues at Western New York Nuclear Service Center

c ’ 4 r UN 1TED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at Monday, July 28, 1980 STATEMENTOF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGYAND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ENERGYAND POWER ON HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE ON THE 493 -+J NUCLEAR ISSUES AT !&HEWESTERNNEW tzrcsL YORK NUCLEAR SERVICE CENTER 3 Mr. Chairman and Members...
Date April 1, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-67 Title

Energy: Existing Nuclear Sites Can Be Used for New Powerplants and Nuclear Waste Storage

1IESTRICTLD cpwjific l ppra* * m ENERAL eE/:;k*' Report To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power, House Committee On Interstate And Foreign Commerce OF THE UNITED STATES Existing Nuclear Sites Can Be Used For New Powerplants And Nuclear Waste Storage Locating future nuclear powerplants at existing sites offers important advantages which warrant consrderation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. --...
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 Sept. 7, 1979 Report No. B-192999 Title

Energy: DOE Policies in Connection With Construction and Operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant at Carlsbad, New Mexico

Date July 5, 1979 Report No. 109846 Title

Environmental Protection: Senate Bill 742

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. Ill llll 111111 I 109846 two reports we issued One of organizing our FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 3:OO p.m. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1979 STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ON /SENATE BILL 742, l# II We welcome the opportunity to be here today to discu...
Date June 27, 1979 Report No. 109828 Title

Environmental Protection: Comments on H.R. 2586, "The Spent Fuel Act of 1979"

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, I Q9828 EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO a.m. 1979 J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR STATEMENT OF ENERGYAND MINERALS DIVISION TDY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON ENERGYAND POWER HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE ON on HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BILL 2 86, "THE SPENT FUEL ACT OF 1979" 4 Mr. Chairman and Membe...
Date June 21, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-77 Title

Energy: The Nation's Nuclear Waste--Proposals for Organization and Siting

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES RESTRGCTfm lrIot 3~ I.E!E;OCZ~ out: de the General Accountkg Office except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relations. ho ,38 I3 RELEASED i>a The Nation’ Nuclear Waste-s proposals For Organization And Siting - The Federal Government’ s nuclear weapons program already has generated a vast amount of nuclear was...
Date May 7, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-18 Title

Energy: Federal Actions Are Needed To Improve Safety and Security of Nuclear Materials Transportation

ong OF THEUNITEDSTATES Needed To Security Of ansportation Over 2 million packages of radioactive materials are shipped within the United States each year. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission estimates that shipments will more than double to about 5.5 million annually by 1985. GAO evaluated the policies and practices of the Commission and the Departments of Energy and Transportation to see if improve...
Date Jan. 17, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-20 Title

Energy: Decommissioning and Dismantling of the 100-F Reactor

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MCNQY AN0 DIVISION MINENAU B-164052 JANUARY 17,1979 The Honorab@e The Secretary Dear Mr. James R. Schlesinger of Energy Secretary: We are reviewing the Department of Energy’s longand short-term disposition plans for dealing with its highly Although our review is not contaminated nuclear sites. we have identified a project at one site ...
Date Sept. 14, 1977 Report No. 094679 Title

Energy: Recent GAO Studies in the Field of Energy

The G e n e r a l A c c o u n t i n q O f f i c e and P r e s e n t e d by Monte C a n f i e l d , J r . 1, Director U.S. I Energy and Minerals DivisTon General Accounting O f f i c e Before Center f utlook - ' : I a p p r e c i a t e your i n v i t a t i o n t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h i s Energy Conference. I n my c a p a c i t y as D i r e c t o r of t h e Energy General Accounting O f f ...
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 Sept. 9, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-41 Title

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

Date June 29, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-49 Title

Energy: Safety of Plutonium-238 Activities at Mound Laboratory

DOCUMENT RESUME 02456 A1672905] [Safety of Plutonium-238 Activities at Mound Laboratory. EMD-77-49; B-131115. June 29, 1977. 6 pp. Report to Robert . Pri, Acting Administrator, Energy Research and Development Administration; by Monte Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy nd Minerals Div. Issue Area: Energy: Energy Research and Development (16C5). Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Function: Natura...