Nuclear Waste: Process to Remove Radioactive Waste From Savannah River Tanks Fails to Work
RCED-99-69
Published: Apr 30, 1999. Publicly Released: Jun 01, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to clean up nuclear waste at DOE's Savannah River Site in South Carolina, focusing on: (1) the factors causing the project's delays and cost growth; (2) the effect of the in-tank precipitation process project's suspension on the Savannah River Site's cleanup plans and costs; and (3) DOE's plans for developing an alternative technology for separating high-level waste from the liquid.
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Contract oversightCost overrunsNuclear waste disposalSchedule slippagesTanks (containers)Toxic substancesWaterway costsSystems designPrecipitationRadioactive wastes