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Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties About Opening Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

RCED-96-146 Published: Jul 16, 1996. Publicly Released: Jul 22, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the proposed opening of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 1998, focusing on how well DOE is positioned to begin filling the repository in its first few years of operation as well as over the long term.

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