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Nuclear Waste: DOE's Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project--Uncertainties May Affect Performance, Schedule, and Price

RCED-00-106 Published: Apr 28, 2000. Publicly Released: Jun 01, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project's status and potential uncertainties with regard to: (1) successfully treating mixed waste; (2) meeting the project's deadlines; and (3) minimizing increases in the contract price.

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Atomic energy defense activitiesCost controlCost effectiveness analysisEnvironmental monitoringFixed price contractsHazardous substancesNuclear facilitiesNuclear waste disposalPrivatizationSchedule slippages