Nuclear Waste: Quarterly Report on DOE's Nuclear Waste Program as of September 30, 1986

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided its quarterly status report on the Department of Energy's (DOE) implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which established: (1) a comprehensive national program to construct geologic repositories for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive nuclear waste; (2) the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) within DOE to carry out the act's provisions; and (3) the Nuclear Waste Fund to finance the program.