Nuclear Waste: Slow Progress Developing Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) state efforts to implement the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985; (2) federal and state efforts to resolve issues related to mixed waste, low-level waste that also contains hazardous chemicals, and wastes with very low levels of radioactivity; and (3) the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress in discharging the federal government's responsibility to manage the most hazardous low-level waste.