Nuclear Waste: DOE's Program to Prepare High-Level Radioactive Waste for Final Disposal

RCED-90-46FS Published: Nov 09, 1989. Publicly Released: Dec 14, 1989.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) four high-level radioactive waste immobilization sites.

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Natural Resources and Environment

Atomic energy defense activitiesCost overrunsFuture budget projectionsGovernment facility constructionNuclear fuel reprocessingNuclear waste disposalNuclear waste managementNuclear waste storageRadioactive pollutionTanks (containers)