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 1993-10-20 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-9 P0b002ee18038742f f:rc94009 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-9 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-9 RCED-94-9 Nuclear facility safety Nuclear weapons Occupational health standards Hazardous substances Environmental impact statements Radiation exposure hazards Safety standards Working conditions Nuclear weapons plant safety Atomic energy defense activities W-55 Nuclear Weapon W-33 Nuclear Weapon W-48 Nuclear Weapon DOE Tiger Team Assessment Program Chapter Report RCED The Energy Department's (DOE) very ambitious schedule for dismantling retired nuclear weapons at its Pantex facility in Texas, coupled with unresolved safety and uranium storage concerns, could lead to conflict between safety and production goals. About 63 percent of the weapons scheduled were disassembled during fiscal year 1992. Disassembly was curtailed, however, by a transportation problem that prevented the delivery of retired weapons to Pantex for about two months. As a result, Pantex substantially slowed its disassembly to avoid depleting its inventory of weapons to be disassembled. Concerns about possible exposure of Pantex technicians to radioactive material also curtailed disassembly efforts. In GAO's view, the prospects for meeting DOE's disassembly schedule in the next several years are poor. DOE needs to address several issues that could affect its ability to disassemble nuclear weapons, including a shortage of disassembly technicians and the adequacy of facilities for and the environmental impact of storing large amounts of plutonium at Pantex. More than half of the required safety analysis reports, which enable decisions to be made about whether a facility can operate safely, have not been completed at Pantex. Many of the uncompleted safety analysis reports are for disassembly activities or facilities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-9/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-9.htm GAO/RCED-94-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-9 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-94-9; Nuclear Weapons: Safety, Technical, and Manpower Issues Slow DOE's Disassembly Efforts; Nuclear facility safety Nuclear weapons Occupational health standards Hazardous substances Environmental impact statements Radiation exposure hazards Safety standards Working conditions Nuclear weapons plant safety Atomic energy defense activities W-55 Nuclear Weapon W-33 Nuclear Weapon W-48 Nuclear Weapon DOE Tiger Team Assessment Program