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Nuclear Waste: Weak DOE Contract Management Invited TRUPACT-II Setbacks

RCED-92-26 Published: Jan 14, 1992. Publicly Released: Feb 18, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) procurement of nuclear waste shipping containers for its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, focusing on: (1) container defects; (2) why DOE purchased the containers; (3) the effectiveness of the DOE contracting strategy; and (4) subcontract oversight.

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