Nuclear Waste: Management Problems at the Department of Energy's Hanford Spent Fuel Storage Project
T-RCED-98-119
Published: May 12, 1998. Publicly Released: May 12, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) project to change how DOE stores spent (or irradiated) nuclear fuel from its nuclear reactors at DOE's Hanford site in Washington, focusing on the: (1) risks posed by the storage of the spent nuclear fuel; (2) project's status; (3) major reasons for delays and cost increases; and (4) measures being taken to address these delays and cost increases.
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Contract performanceCost overrunsHazardous substancesNuclear waste disposalNuclear waste managementRadioactive pollutionSchedule slippagesNuclear materialsEngineeringCost estimates