Efforts to Replace Los Alamos Facility Behind Schedule, DOE OIG Reports

摘要

Efforts to replace a nearly 50-year-old radioactive waste treatment facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory are 11 years behind schedule and cost almost 150 percent of what originally was estimated because of ineffective management, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reports.The OIG notes that Los Alamos' primary responsibility is "to ensure the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear stockpile," and the facility is part of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) nuclear weapons complex.