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 1994-12-23 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27 P0b002ee180394e3c f:rc95027 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27 RCED-95-27 Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste storage Contract administration Nuclear facilities Radioactive wastes Cost control Contractors Contractor performance DOE Yucca Mountain Project (NV) Yucca Mountain (NV) Letter Report RCED The Energy Department (DOE) in 1991 hired a contractor---at an estimated cost of $1 billion over 10 years--to engineer, develop, and manage a system for permanently disposing of highly radioactive waste. The centerpiece of this disposal system is a geological repository for disposing of waste. One of DOE's original objectives for hiring this contractor was to reduce the number of participants working on the disposal program, including consolidating under the contractor much of the program work and the investigation of the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a repository site. This report examines whether DOE is effectively using the contractor--TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of TRW, Inc.--to manage the project. Specifically, GAO reviews DOE's efforts to consolidate participants' activities, streamline decision-making, and cut costs at the repository project. GAO also assesses DOE's recent initiative to reorganize project management. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27.pdf GAO/RCED-95-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-27 Letter Report GAO/RCED-95-27; Nuclear Waste: DOE's Management and Organization of the Nevada Repository Project; Nuclear waste disposal Nuclear waste storage Contract administration Nuclear facilities Radioactive wastes Cost control Contractors Contractor performance DOE Yucca Mountain Project (NV) Yucca Mountain (NV)