02535oam 2200445 a 450 991069786290332120081208094616.0(CKB)5470000002392353(OCoLC)259283408(EXLCZ)99547000000239235320080930d2008 ua 0engurmn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNuclear waste[electronic resource] action needed to improve accountability and management of DOE's major cleanup projects : report to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives[Washington, D.C.] :U.S. Govt. Accountability Office,[2008]ii, 55 pages digital, PDF fileTitle from title screen (viewed on Sept 30, 2008)."September 2008."Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548."GAO-08-1081."Includes bibliographical references.The Department of Energy (DOE) spends billions of dollars annually to clean up nuclear wastes at sites that produced nuclear weapons. Cleanup projects decontaminate and demolish buildings, remove and dispose of contaminated soil, treat contaminated groundwater, and stabilize and dispose of solid and liquid radioactive wastes. Ten of these projects meet or nearly meet DOE's definition of major: costs exceeding $1 billion in the near term--usually a 5-year window of the project's total estimated life cycle. GAO was asked to determine the (1) extent to which the cost and schedule for DOE's major cleanup projects have changed and key reasons for changes, and (2) factors that may hinder DOE's ability to effectively manage these projects.Nuclear waste Radioactive waste disposalUnited StatesCostsRadioactive waste sitesUnited StatesCostsHazardous waste site remediationUnited StatesCostsRadioactive waste disposalCosts.Radioactive waste sitesCosts.Hazardous waste site remediationCosts.United States.Congress.House.Committee on Appropriations.Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.EJBEJBGPOBOOK9910697862903321Nuclear waste2879909UNINA