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Nuclear Waste: Change in Test Strategy Sound, but DOE Overstated Savings

RCED-95-44 Published: Dec 27, 1994. Publicly Released: Jan 27, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) decision to abandon underground testing of nuclear wastes at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in favor of laboratory-based tests, focusing on whether: (1) the decision is scientifically sound; and (2) DOE projected cost and time savings estimates are realistic.

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Atomic energy defense activitiesCost effectiveness analysisEnvironmental monitoringFuture budget projectionsNuclear facilitiesNuclear waste disposalNuclear waste managementRadioactive wastesTest facilitiesNuclear waste