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 2006-06-16 monographic deposited born digital 41 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-723 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723 P0b002ee18039f0e6 f:d06723 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723 GAO-06-723 Decontamination Financial analysis Radioactive materials Uranium Interagency relations Performance measures Government agency oversight Other Written Product A55600 Prior to the 1998 privatization of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC), the Department of Energy (DOE) transferred about 45,000 metric tons of natural uranium to USEC to, among other things, be enriched to fulfill USEC's nuclear fuel contracts. About 9,550 metric tons were subsequently discovered to be contaminated with technetium, a radioactive metal, at levels exceeding the specification for nuclear fuel. Although DOE has not admitted liability, DOE and USEC have entered into agreements under which USEC is decontaminating the uranium. DOE has compensated USEC for its decontamination costs in several ways, including using proceeds from sales of government-owned clean uranium. GAO was asked to examine (1) USEC's progress in decontaminating uranium and (2) DOE's oversight of USEC's decontamination activities. A forthcoming GAO legal opinion will address DOE's legal authority to transfer clean uranium to USEC for sale and use the proceeds to compensate USEC for its decontamination services. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723.pdf GAO-06-723 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-723 Other Written Product GAO-06-723; U.S. Enrichment Corporation Privatization: USEC's Delays in Providing Data Hinder DOE's Oversight of the Uranium Decontamination Agreement; Decontamination Financial analysis Radioactive materials Uranium Interagency relations Performance measures Government agency oversight Volume 119 Page 2247 119 Stat. 2247 Public Law 109-103