Nuclear Cleanup of Rocky Flats: DOE Can Use Lessons Learned to Improve Oversight of Other Sites' Cleanup Activities

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 2006-07-10 monographic deposited born digital 122 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-352 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352 P0b002ee18038aa3d f:d06352 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352 GAO-06-352 Contract oversight Contract performance Cost analysis Decontamination Environmental assessment Environmental cleanups Lessons learned Nuclear waste disposal Performance measures Rocky Flats (CO) Other Written Product A56599 Nuclear Cleanup of Rocky Flats: DOE Can Use Lessons Learned to Improve Oversight of Other Sites' Cleanup Activities In 2001, when GAO reported on the cleanup of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Rocky Flats site, a former nuclear weapons production facility, the cleanup was behind schedule and over cost. In October 2005, the contractor declared that it had completed the cleanup much earlier and at less cost than DOE and the contractor had anticipated 5 years earlier. GAO was asked to determine the (1) factors that contributed to the cleanup's early completion, (2) remaining work and total costs, (3) measures to assess whether the cleanup achieved a level of protection of public health and environment consistent with the cleanup agreement, and (4) lessons the Rocky Flats cleanup may offer for other DOE cleanup projects. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352.pdf GAO-06-352 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-352 Other Written Product GAO-06-352; Nuclear Cleanup of Rocky Flats: DOE Can Use Lessons Learned to Improve Oversight of Other Sites' Cleanup Activities; Contract oversight Contract performance Cost analysis Decontamination Environmental assessment Environmental cleanups Lessons learned Nuclear waste disposal Performance measures Rocky Flats (CO) United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Page 1012 115 Stat. 1012 United States Statutes at Large Volume 119 Page 3136 119 Stat. 3136 United States Public Law 163 (109th Congress) Public Law 109-163