Nuclear Waste: Status of DOE's (Department of Energy's) Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act

摘要

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 established a comprehensive national program for the safe management, storage, and permanent disposal of highly radioactive nuclear waste in deep underground facilities (repositories). The estimated cost of the program is between $24 billion and $32 billion. The report, GAO's third annual audit as required by the act, discusses the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress and problems from October 1984 through July 1986 in implementing several of the act's key requirements.