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| Date Sept. 16, 2011 |
Report No. GAO-11-847 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
September 2011 Report to the Majority Leader, U.S. Senate YUCCA MOUNTAIN Information on Alternative Uses of the Site and Related Challenges GAO-11-847 September 2011 YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Information on Alternative Uses of the Site and Related Challenges
Highlights of GAO-11-847, a report to the Majority Leader, U.S. Senate Why GAO Did This Study
The fut... |
| Date June 13, 2011 |
Report No. GAO-11-752T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 1:30 p.m. EDT Monday, June 13, 2011 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives NUCLEAR MATERIAL DOE's Depleted Uranium Tails Could Be a Source of Revenue for the Government
Statement of Gene Aloise, Director Natural Resources and Environment ... |
| Date June 1, 2011 |
Report No. GAO-11-731T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WASTE Disposal Challenges and Lessons Learned from Yucca Mountain
Statement of Mark Gaffigan, Managing Director Natural Resources and Environment... |
| Date April 8, 2011 |
Report No. GAO-11-229 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
April 2011 Congressional Requesters COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR WASTE Effects of a Termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program and Lessons Learned GAO-11-229 April 2011 COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR WASTE
Accountability • Integrity • Reliability Effects of a Termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program and Lessons Learned
Highlights of GAO-11-229... |
| Date Nov. 4, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-10-48 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
November 2009 Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT Key Attributes, Challenges, and Costs for the Yucca Mountain Repository and Two Potential Alternatives GAO-10-48 November 2009 NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT Highlights
Highlights of GAO-10-48, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability Key Attribute... |
| Date Sept. 30, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-913 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
September 2009 Report to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WASTE Uncertainties and Questions about Costs and Risks Persist with DOE’s Tank Waste Cleanup Strategy at Hanford GAO-09-913 September 2009 NUCLEAR WASTE Highlights
Highlights of GAO-09-913, a report to the Sub... |
| Date July 25, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-840 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
July 2008 Report to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives NUCLEAR MATERIAL DOE Needs to Take Action to Reduce Risks Before Processing Additional Nuclear Material at the Savannah River Site’s H-Canyon GAO-08-840 July 2008 NUCLEAR MATERIAL Highlights
Highlights of GAO-08-840, a repo... |
| Date May 23, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-593 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
May 2008 Report to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WEAPONS NNSA Needs to Establish a Cost and Schedule Baseline for Manufacturing a Critical Nuclear Weapon Component GAO-08-593 May 2008 NUCLEAR WEAPONS Highlights
Highlights of GAO-08-593, a report to the Subcommittee o... |
| Date May 20, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-813T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Status of Disposal Availability in the United States and Other Countries
Statement of Gene Aloise, Director Natural Resources an... |
| Date April 3, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-613T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 3, 2008 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives NUCLEAR MATERIAL Several Potential Options for Dealing with DOE’s Depleted Uranium Tails Could Benefit the Government
Statement of Robert A. Robin... |
| Date March 31, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-606R |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 31, 2008 Congressional Requesters Subject: Nuclear Material: DOE Has Several Potential Options for Dealing with Depleted Uranium Tails, Each of Which Could Benefit the Government Since the 1940s, one mission of the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies has been processing uranium as a source of nuclear mate... |
| Date March 21, 2007 |
Report No. GAO-07-221 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
March 2007 Report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT Approaches Used by Foreign Countries May Provide Useful Lessons for Managing U.S. Radioactive Waste GAO-07-221 March 2007 Highlights
Highlights of GAO-07-221, a report to the Chairman and Rank... |
| Date April 25, 2006 |
Report No. GAO-06-550T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives YUCCA MOUNTAIN DOE’s Planned Nuclear Waste Repository Faces Quality Assurance and Management Challenges
Statement of Jim Wells, Dire... |
| Date March 17, 2006 |
Report No. GAO-06-313 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
March 2006 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives YUCCA MOUNTAIN Quality Assurance at DOE’s Planned Nuclear Waste Repository Needs Increased Management Attention GAO-06-313 a March 2006 YUCCA MOUNTAIN Highlights
Highlights of GAO-06-313, a re... |
| Date Oct. 7, 2005 |
Report No. GAO-06-164T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Friday, October 7, 2005 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives SECURING U.S. NUCLEAR MATERIALS Poor Planning Has Complicated DOE’s Plutonium Consolidation Efforts
Statement of Gene Aloise, Director Natural Reso... |
| Date July 20, 2005 |
Report No. GAO-05-665 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
July 2005 Report to Congressional Committees SECURING U.S. NUCLEAR MATERIALS DOE Needs to Take Action to Safely Consolidate Plutonium GAO-05-665 a July 2005 SECURING U.S. NUCLEAR MATERIALS Highlights
Highlights of GAO-05-665, a report to congressional committees Accountability Integrity Reliability DOE Needs to Take Action to Safely Consolidate Pl... |
| Date April 8, 2005 |
Report No. GAO-05-339 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
April 2005 Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC Needs to Do More to Ensure that Power Plants Are Effectively Controlling Spent Nuclear Fuel GAO-05-339 a April 2005 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Highlights
Highlights of GAO-05-339, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability NRC Needs to... |
| Date June 9, 2004 |
Report No. GAO-04-611 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
June 2004 Report to the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WASTE Absence of Key Management Reforms on Hanford’s Cleanup Project Adds to Challenges of Achieving Cost and Schedule Goals GAO-04-611 a June 2004 NUCLEAR WASTE Absence of Key Management Reforms on Hanford's Cleanup Project Adds to Challenges of Achieving Cost and... |
| Date April 30, 2004 |
Report No. GAO-04-460 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 2004 Report to Congressional Requesters YUCCA MOUNTAIN Persistent Quality Assurance Problems Could Delay Repository Licensing and Operation GAO-04-460 a April 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN Persistent Quality Assurance Problems Could Delay Repository Licensing and Operation Highlights of GAO-04-460, a report to congressional requesters The Department of Energ... |
| Date June 17, 2003 |
Report No. GAO-03-593 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
June 2003 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WASTE Challenges to Achieving Potential Savings in DOE’s High-Level Waste Cleanup Program GAO-03-593 June 2003 NUCLEAR WASTE Challenges to Achieving Potential Savings in DOE’s High-Level Waste Cleanup Prog... |
| Date May 28, 2003 |
Report No. GAO-03-826T |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 4:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 28, 2003 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate NUCLEAR WASTE Preliminary Observations on the Quality Assurance Program at the Yucca Mountain Repository
Statement of Robin M. Nazzaro, Director Natural Resources and Environ... |
| Date May 15, 2003 |
Report No. GAO-03-558 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
May 2003 Report to the Honorable Ellen Tauscher, House of Representatives RADIOACTIVE WASTE DOE Has Acted to Address Delay in New Facility at Livermore Laboratory, but Challenges Remain GAO-03-558 May 2003 RADIOACTIVE WASTE DOE Has Acted to Address Delay in New Facility at Livermore Laboratory, but Challenges Remain Highlights of GAO-03-558, a report to ... |
| Date May 30, 2002 |
Report No. GAO-02-567 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
May 2002 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives WASTE CLEANUP Status and Implications of DOE’s Compliance Agreements GAO-02-567 Contents Letter
Results in Brief Background Compliance Agreements Are of Three Main Types Most Milestone Dates Have Been Met, but Meetin... |
| Date May 23, 2002 |
Report No. GAO-02-765T |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony
Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2002 NUCLEAR WASTE Uncertainties About the Yucca Mountain Repository Project
Statement of (Ms.) Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment GAO-02-765T Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: We are... |
| Date April 18, 2002 |
Report No. GAO-02-539T |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2002 NUCLEAR WASTE Uncertainties about the Yucca Mountain Repository Project
Statement of (Ms.) Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment GAO-02-539T Mr. C... |
| Date Dec. 21, 2001 |
Report No. GAO-02-191 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
December 2001 Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR WASTE Technical, Schedule, and Cost Uncertainties of the Yucca Mountain Repository Project GAO-02-191 Contents Letter
Results in Brief Background It May Be Premature for DOE to Make a Site Recommendation DOE Is Unlikely to Open a Repository in 2010 as Planned Conclusions Recommendations for Executi... |
| Date April 12, 2000 |
Report No. RCED-00-64 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 2000 Report to Congressional Requesters LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES Department of Energy Has Opportunities to Reduce Disposal Costs GAO/RCED-00-64 Contents Letter Appendixes
Appendix I: Decisions to Establish On-Site CERCLA Disposal Facilities or Dispose of Cleanup Wastes at Existing Disposal Facilities Appendix II: Waste Volumes and Disposal Prep... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1999 |
Report No. RCED-99-267 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
September 1999 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WASTE DOE’s Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Project—Cost, Schedule, and Management Issues GAO/RCED-99-267 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-283386 September 20, 19... |
| Date May 19, 1999 |
Report No. RCED-99-188R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-282669 May 19,1999 The Honorable Richard (Dot) Hastings House of Representatives Subject: Detxulment of Energv: Cost Estimates for the Hanford Tank Waste Remediation Proiect Dear Mr. Hastings: This report responds to your February 1999 request that we explain the differences... |
| Date Oct. 8, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-99-13 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
October 1998 Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR WASTE Department of Energy’s Hanford Tank Waste Project— Schedule, Cost, and Management Issues GAO/RCED-99-13 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-281093 October 8, 1998 The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Ch... |
| Date Oct. 8, 1998 |
Report No. T-RCED-99-21 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Thursday October 8, 1998 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives NUCLEAR WASTE Schedule, Cost, and Management Issues at DOE’s Hanford Tank Waste Project
Statement of Ms. Gary L. Jones, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and ... |
| Date April 17, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-68 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 1998 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Problems and Progress in Managing Plutonium GAO/RCED-98-68 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-279070 April 17, 1998 The Honorabl... |
| Date March 13, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-80 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1998 Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR WASTE Understanding of Waste Migration at Hanford is Inadequate for Key Decisions GAO/RCED-98-80 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-279142 March 13, 1998 The Honorable John Glenn Ranking Minority Member Committee... |
| Date April 17, 1997 |
Report No. RCED-97-98 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
April 1997 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Plutonium Needs, Costs, and Management Programs GAO/RCED-97-98 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-276407 April 17, 1997 The Hono... |
| Date Jan. 17, 1997 |
Report No. RCED-97-30 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
January 1997 Report to Congressional Committees NUCLEAR WASTE Impediments to Completing the Yucca Mountain Repository Project GAO/RCED-97-30 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-275449 January 17, 1997 The Honorable Frank Murkowski Chairman The Honorable Dale Bumpers ... |
| Date May 1, 1996 |
Report No. T-RCED-96-164 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
Hearing Held on April 17, 1996 Statement Submitted May 1, 1996 Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Selected Issues Related to EPA’s Fiscal Year 1997 Appropriation
Statement for the Record by Stanley J. Czerwinski, Associate Director, Enviro... |
| Date April 10, 1996 |
Report No. RCED-96-119R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-271613 April 10, 1996 The Honorable Ron Wyden United States Senate Dear Senator Wyden: You requested that we review actions taken by the Department of Energy (DOE) to comply with the Wyden amendment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (section 3137... |
| Date Aug. 21, 1995 |
Report No. RCED-95-197 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
August 1995 Report to the Congress DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY A Framework for Restructuring DOE and Its Missions GAO/RCED-95-197 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-261382 August 21, 1995 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This r... |
| Date March 1, 1995 |
Report No. RCED-95-121R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-260582 March 1, 1995 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Paul David Senate Wellstone: Wellstone Your January 30, 1995, letter asked us to comment on a proposal to the President by you and other Senators for an independent review of the management of all nuclear waste. t... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-95-49 |
Title
. I at United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division December 29,1994 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Since the 196Os,the Department of Energy’ (DOE) Rocky Flats Plant has s processed material co... |
| Date Dec. 23, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-95-27 |
Title
ment on ofthe GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548
Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-258135 December 23,1994 The Honorable James A. Hayes Chairman, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Committee on Science, Space, and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In February 1991, the Department of Energy (DOE) hired a manageme... |
| Date Dec. 22, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-95-66 |
Title
GAO United Sates General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-258744 December 22,1994 The Honorable Marilyn Lloyd Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Committee on Science, Space, and Technology House of Representatives Dear Madam Chairman: In cleaning up waste sites within its nuclear weapons facilities, the Department of Energy (DOE) mus... |
| Date Nov. 8, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-95-29 |
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United States General Accounting Office GAO
November 1994 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate NUCLEAR WASTE Further Improvement Needed in the Hanford Tank Farm Maintenance Program GAO/RCED-95-29 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-258559 November 8, 1994 The Honorable John Gl... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-299 |
Title
United States General Accounting OfTice Report to the Congress September 1994 NUCLEAR WMTE Comprehensive Review of the Disposal Program Is Needed GACVRCED-94-299 Y I GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Comptroller General of the United States B-246458 September 27,1994 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives The Nuclear Waste Po... |
| Date Aug. 4, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-172 |
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. . GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-256826 August 4,1994 The Honorable Richard H. Bryan United States Senate Dear Senator Bryan: Permanent disposal of highly radioactive waste presents a.n extremely difficult challenge to countries around the world because the waste will remain dangerous for thousands of y... |
| Date July 6, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-130FS |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-256471 July 6, 1994 The Honorable John Glenn Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable United States Ted Stevens Senate You requested that we determine whether any adverse health and safety consequences are known to have occurred as a re... |
| Date May 17, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-179 |
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United States General Accounting Office GAO
May 1994 Report to Congressional Committees h NUCLEARWASTE Much Effort Needed to Meet Federal Facility Compliance Act’ s Requirements GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-256920 May 17,1994 The Honorable Max S. Baucus Chairman The Honorable John H. Chafee Ranking Mi... |
| Date March 25, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-119 |
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United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1994 Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION Concerns With U.S. Delays in Accepting Foreign Research Reactors’ Spent Fuel , GAO United States Genera1 Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development B-256337 and Division March 25,1994 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer House of Representatives ... |
| Date Dec. 10, 1993 |
Report No. RCED-94-16 |
Title
! ‘ . : : ,:j,: ,’ l’ . ,‘ I i k! I Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-254881 December lo,1993 The Honorable Marilyn Lloyd Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Committee on Science, Space, and Technology House of Representatives Dear Madam Chairman: As you requested, this report presents the status of U.S. efforts to develop a technology (called waste transmutation) that... |
| Date Dec. 1, 1993 |
Report No. RCED-94-16S |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
Decmeber 1993 Supplement to a Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives NUCLEAR SCIENCE Developing Technology to Reduce Radioactive Waste May Take Decades and Be Costly GAOLRCED-94-16s 6 Notice: This is a reprint of a GAO report. FOREWORD A number of concepts technically and econ... |
