Nuclear Waste: Defense Waste Processing Facility-Cost, Schedule, and Technical Issues.

Abstract

Since the early 198Os the Department of Energy (DOE) has been planning for or constructing various facilities to treat and dispose of 34 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste stored in underground tanks at the savannah major facility involved Is the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DwPF). As a result of concerns about potential problems with the DWPF and delays in its scheduled start-up, the Chairman of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, House Committee on Government Operations, asked GAO to review the status of the DWPF and other facilities. This report addresses cost and schedule issues for the DWPF and other facilities, management problems identified and improvements initiated, and technical issues and other uncertainties that could affect costs and the schedule.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1992
Accession Number
ADA298946

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Congress
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Hygiene
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Organizational Structure
  • Radioactive Wastes
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis