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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