The Costs and Benefits of Alternative Funding Levels for the Department of Energy's Light Water Reactor Improvement Program
EMD-82-16
Published: Nov 18, 1981. Publicly Released: Dec 02, 1981.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO offered comments on: (1) information provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) on the benefits and costs of continuing the funding for DOE's Light Water Reactor Improvement Program; and (2) the testimony of government and nuclear industry representatives at a hearing conducted jointly by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy Conservation and Power Subcommittee, and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee.
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