Nuclear Weapons: Design Reviews of DOE's Tritium Extraction Facility
RCED-98-75
Published: Mar 31, 1998. Publicly Released: Apr 30, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) plans to build a Tritium Extraction Facility at its Savannah River Site in South Carolina and the reports of three different teams responsible for reviewing the project's conceptual design and related products, focusing on: (1) the major comments raised by the three reviews; and (2) the process used by DOE to respond to those comments.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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Department of Energy | The Secretary of Energy should establish guidelines for formally responding to and reaching closure within a reasonable time frame on comments made during future independent design reviews of the Tritium Extraction Facility project. |
Closed – Implemented
DOE has agreed to the recommendation as written.
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