United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-05-23 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-765T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-765T P0b002ee1803819a7 f:d02765t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-765T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-765T GAO-02-765T Agency missions Internal controls Licenses Nuclear energy Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste storage Radioactive wastes DOE Yucca Mountain Project Yucca Mountain (NV) Testimony A03425 The Department of Energy (DOE) has been investigating Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a possible repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste. In February, the secretary of energy endorsed the Yucca Mountain site, and the President recommended that Congress approve the site. If the site is approved, DOE must apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for authorization to build a repository. If the site is not approved for a license application, or if NRC denies a construction license, the administration and Congress will have to consider other options. GAO concludes that DOE is unprepared to submit an acceptable license application to NRC within the statutory deadlines if the site is approved. On the basis of a reassessment done by DOE's managing contractor in September 2001, GAO believes that DOE would not have enough time to obtain a license from NRC and build and open the repository by 2010. DOE lacks a reliable estimate of when, and at what cost, a license application can be submitted or a repository can be opened. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-765T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-765T.htm GAO-02-765T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-765T Testimony GAO-02-765T; Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties About the Yucca Mountain Repository Project; Agency missions Internal controls Licenses Nuclear energy Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste storage Radioactive wastes DOE Yucca Mountain Project Yucca Mountain (NV)