Nuclear Waste: Absence of Key Management Reforms on Hanford's Cleanup Project Adds to Challenges of Achieving Cost and Schedule Goals

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 2004-06-09 monographic deposited born digital 55 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-611 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611 P0b002ee1803871bb f:d04611 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611 GAO-04-611 Construction contracts Construction costs Contract administration Contract oversight Contract performance Cost analysis Cost control Facility construction Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste management Nuclear waste storage Performance measures Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive wastes Federal procurement Environmental cleanups Other Written Product A10430 Nuclear Waste: Absence of Key Management Reforms on Hanford's Cleanup Project Adds to Challenges of Achieving Cost and Schedule Goals The Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford Site in Washington State houses DOE's largest and most complex nuclear cleanup project--treating and preparing for disposal 55 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste. In 2000, DOE awarded an 11-year, $4.3 billion contract to design, construct, and test treatment facilities at Hanford. GAO was asked to review (1) efforts to accelerate the project's completion, (2) implementation on this project of agencywide management reforms, and (3) the challenges resulting from any unimplemented reforms. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611.pdf GAO-04-611 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-611 Other Written Product GAO-04-611; Nuclear Waste: Absence of Key Management Reforms on Hanford's Cleanup Project Adds to Challenges of Achieving Cost and Schedule Goals; Construction contracts Construction costs Contract administration Contract oversight Contract performance Cost analysis Cost control Facility construction Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste management Nuclear waste storage Performance measures Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive wastes Federal procurement Environmental cleanups