United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-09-27 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-299 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-299 P0b002ee180393a95 f:rc94299 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-299 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-299 RCED-94-299 Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear facilities Nuclear waste storage Site selection Investigations by federal agencies Nuclear waste management Safety standards Radioactive wastes DOE Yucca Mountain Project (NV) Yucca Mountain (NV) Second Generation Nuclear Waste Act DOE High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Program Letter Report RCED Recognizing that problems exist with its program to permanently dispose of highly radioactive waste, the Energy Department (DOE) recently undertook several review initiatives, including a review of past criticisms of the program, a financial and management evaluation of the repository project, and a public inquiry into the continued storage of waste by utilities at their nuclear power reactors after January 1988. Taken together, these efforts are too narrow in scope and are not objective enough to provide the thoughtful and thorough program evaluation that is needed. Many Members have called for a broad-based independent review of nuclear waste management, including the management of highly radioactive waste from civilian nuclear power reactors. This report discusses why GAO continues to believe that a comprehensive independent review of the disposal program and basic policies guiding the program is needed. Without a comprehensive independent review of the disposal program and its policies, millions--if not billions--of dollars could be wasted in implementing the program over the next several decades. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-299/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-299.htm GAO/RCED-94-299 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-299 Letter Report GAO/RCED-94-299; Nuclear Waste: Comprehensive Review of the Disposal Program Is Needed; Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear facilities Nuclear waste storage Site selection Investigations by federal agencies Nuclear waste management Safety standards Radioactive wastes DOE Yucca Mountain Project (NV) Yucca Mountain (NV) Second Generation Nuclear Waste Act DOE High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Program Public Law 103-316