Nuclear Waste: DOE's Management and Organization of the Nevada Repository Project

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) management of its nuclear waste repository project, focusing on: (1) whether DOE is effectively using its management contractor to manage the project; (2) DOE efforts to consolidate participants' activities, streamline decisionmaking, and reduce project costs; and (3) the recent DOE initiative to reorganize project management.