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Nuclear Waste: Schedule, Cost, and Management Issues at DOE's Hanford Tank Waste Project

T-RCED-99-21 Published: Oct 08, 1998. Publicly Released: Oct 08, 1998.
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GAO discussed the challenges facing the Department of Energy (DOE) in cleaning up the waste in the 177 underground storage tanks at Hanford, Washington, focusing on: (1) how DOE's current approach has changed from its original privatization strategy; (2) how this change has affected the project's schedule, cost, and estimated savings over conventional DOE approaches; (3) what risks DOE is now assuming with this change in approach; and (4) what steps DOE is taking to carry out its responsibilities for overseeing the project.

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