Oil Reserve:
Status of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Activities as of June 30, 1987
RCED-87-194FS: Published: Aug 26, 1987. Publicly Released: Sep 2, 1987.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO presented its quarterly review of the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress in developing, operating, and filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
GAO found that: (1) as of June 30, 1987, the SPR inventory totalled 527.2 million barrels of oil; (2) DOE added 7.2 million barrels of crude oil to SPR at an average fill rate of 79,000 barrels per day; (3) DOE plans to purchase 6.6 million barrels of oil from the Mexican national oil company with the $190 million left in the SPR account; (4) inspections and tests for pipeline deterioration identified problems at some storage sites; (5) DOE conducted reliability, availability, and maintainability tests on the Weeks Island site equipment and recommended engineering analyses to solve its operational problems; and (6) DOE placed the entire SPR organization in an immediate drawdown alert status in order to participate in a drawdown readiness exercise.
May 26, 2017
Commercial Nuclear Waste:
Resuming Licensing of the Yucca Mountain Repository Would Require Rebuilding Capacity at DOE and NRC, Among Other Key StepsGAO-17-340: Published: Apr 26, 2017. Publicly Released: May 26, 2017.
May 25, 2017
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
Efforts Intended to Improve Procedures for Requesting Additional Information for Licensing Actions Are Under WayGAO-17-344: Published: Apr 25, 2017. Publicly Released: May 25, 2017.
May 24, 2017
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Department of Energy:
Continued Actions Needed to Address Management ChallengesGAO-17-651T: Published: May 24, 2017. Publicly Released: May 24, 2017.
May 17, 2017
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Offshore Oil and Gas Resources:
Information on Infrastructure Decommissioning and Federal Financial RiskGAO-17-642T: Published: May 17, 2017. Publicly Released: May 17, 2017.
May 3, 2017
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Nuclear Waste:
Opportunities Exist to Reduce Risks and Costs by Evaluating Different Waste Treatment Approaches at HanfordGAO-17-306: Published: May 3, 2017. Publicly Released: May 3, 2017.
May 1, 2017
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Department of Energy:
Use of Leading Practices Could Help Manage the Risk of Fraud and Other Improper PaymentsGAO-17-235: Published: Mar 30, 2017. Publicly Released: May 1, 2017.
Apr 26, 2017
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National Nuclear Security Administration:
Action Needed to Address Affordability of Nuclear Modernization ProgramsGAO-17-341: Published: Apr 26, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 26, 2017.
Apr 11, 2017
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Nuclear Security:
DOE Could Improve Aspects of Nuclear Security ReportingGAO-17-239: Published: Apr 11, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 11, 2017.
Mar 16, 2017
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Research and Development:
DOE Activities and Costs to Oversee InvestmentsGAO-17-261: Published: Feb 14, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 16, 2017.
Mar 15, 2017
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Electricity:
Status of Residential Deployment of Solar and Other Technologies and Potential Benefits and ChallengesGAO-17-142: Published: Feb 13, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 15, 2017.
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