| Main Title |
Nuclear health and safety more can be done to better control environmental restoration costs : report the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate / |
| CORP Author |
United States. General Accounting Office. |
| Publisher |
The Office ; |
| Year Published |
1992 |
| Report Number |
GAO/RCED-92-71;B-246432 |
| Stock Number |
146774 |
| OCLC Number |
25985205 |
| Subjects |
Hazardous wastes--United States--Management--Evaluation ;
Hazardous wastes--United States--Cost control
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| Additional Subjects |
United States--Dept of Energy--Auditing
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
TD811.5.A2575 1992 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/24/1992 |
| ERAM |
TD811.5.A2575 HWC |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
11/14/1992 |
DISPERSAL |
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| Collation |
46 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Abstract |
For more than 40 years, the nuclear weapons complex run by the Department of Energy (DOE) has been disposing of hazardous and radioactive waste at sites across the country. DOE estimated in 1988 that its environmental restoration effort, a process to clean up these sites and meet federal and state standards, could cost as much as $64 billion. Although data are unavailable to determine aggregate cost growth associated with DOE's environmental restoration program, indications are that costs are soaring. In response to these increases, DOE began reviewing the causes of cost growth in 1990 to determine whether the cost escalation could be minimized. DOE, concluding that some cost growth ... |
| Notes |
Cover title. "April 1992." "GAO/RCED-92-71." "B-246432"--P. {1}. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Place Published |
Washington, D.C. : |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. ; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
1992} |
| Ti Tra Differently |
More can be done to better control environmental restoration costs. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
19970414082515 |
| Language |
ENG |
| SUDOCS Number |
GA 1.13:RCED-92-71 |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01470nam 2200349Ia 45020 |
