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Nuclear Waste: Impediments to Completing the Yucca Mountain Repository Project

RCED-97-30 Published: Jan 17, 1997. Publicly Released: Jan 17, 1997.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain Project, focusing on: (1) adjustments DOE made to the disposal program due to reduced appropriations; and (2) potential impediments to achieving DOE's objectives and schedule for the repository project.

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