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 1995-03-03 monographic deposited born digital 60 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1 P0b002ee18038b77a f:rc95001 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1 RCED-95-1 Nuclear waste management Radioactive wastes Nuclear weapons plant safety Environmental monitoring Federal facilities Hazardous substances Environmental policies Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear weapons plants Safety regulation EPA National Priorities List EPA Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System Superfund Program DOE Environmental Management Program DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel Program Chapter Report RCED

GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress in cleaning up its nuclear weapons complex, focusing on: (1) its use of environmental agreements with state and federal regulators; and (2) the effectiveness of its cleanup strategy.<p/>GAO found that: (1) DOE has focused on collecting data and investigating sites, rather than the actual cleanup of sites; (2) DOE has only put a small amount of effort into physically cleaning up its nuclear weapons complex and has yet to complete the cleanup of a major facility; (3) although DOE is improving its timeliness, it missed over 20 percent of the milestones it agreed to complete through 1994; (4) DOE is likely to fall further behind schedule as funding tightens, costs increase, and more milestones come due; (5) DOE has had difficulty meeting some milestones because it signed unrealistic agreements with regulators; (6) DOE has been unable to renegotiate milestones due to past delays in meeting its commitments; and (7) future progress of DOE cleanup activities depends on the adoption of a national risk-based strategy that will maximize the limited resources available for cleanup. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1.pdf GAO/RCED-95-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-1 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-95-1; Department of Energy: National Priorities Needed for Meeting Environmental Agreements; Nuclear waste management Radioactive wastes Nuclear weapons plant safety Environmental monitoring Federal facilities Hazardous substances Environmental policies Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear weapons plants Safety regulation EPA National Priorities List EPA Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System Superfund Program DOE Environmental Management Program DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel Program Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720