Nuclear Science: Better Information Needed for Selection of New Production Reactor
RCED-89-206
Published: Sep 21, 1989. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 1989.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) process for selecting a new production reactor for nuclear weapons materials, focusing on the adequacy of its August 1988 report to Congress, in which it recommended an acquisition strategy for new production reactor capacity.
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