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 2007-10-04 monographic deposited born digital 33 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-72 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72 P0b002ee18037e363 f:d0872 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72 GAO-08-72 Nuclear facilities Nuclear facility security Nuclear materials Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste management Nuclear waste storage Performance measures Physical security Plutonium Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive wastes Strategic planning Uranium Program implementation Nuclear Materials Disposition and Consolidation Coordination Committee Other Written Product A77047 The Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that a terrorist attack on a DOE site containing material that can be used in a nuclear weapon could have devastating consequences. DOE currently stores special nuclear material at 10 sites in 8 states. To reduce security costs, DOE plans to consolidate the material at fewer sites and dispose of material that it no longer needs. In 2005, DOE chartered the Nuclear Material Disposition and Consolidation Coordination Committee (the committee) to plan for consolidation and disposition of DOE's special nuclear material. GAO was asked to (1) examine DOE's progress in consolidating and disposing of special nuclear material and (2) determine if DOE's plans to consolidate and dispose of special nuclear material can be implemented on schedule and within cost. To do this, GAO reviewed the committee's plans and discussed consolidation and disposition with DOE officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72.pdf GAO-08-72 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-72 Other Written Product GAO-08-72; Securing U.S. Nuclear Material: DOE Has Made Little Progress Consolidating and Disposing of Special Nuclear Material; Nuclear facilities Nuclear facility security Nuclear materials Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste management Nuclear waste storage Performance measures Physical security Plutonium Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive wastes Strategic planning Uranium Program implementation Nuclear Materials Disposition and Consolidation Coordination Committee