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Nuclear Science: DOE's Self-Supporting Isotope Program Is Experiencing Problems

RCED-92-122FS Published: Jun 03, 1992. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the status of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Isotope Production and Distribution Program, focusing on: (1) problems the program has experienced in operating on a self-supporting basis; (2) the cost factors affecting DOE isotope production; and (3) domestic isotope customers' reactions to the program.

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Atomic energy defense activitiesChemical engineeringCost effectiveness analysisGovernment facility constructionNuclear facilitiesNuclear physicsNuclear reactorsProduction engineeringStrategic materialsIsotopes