GAO Report: DOE Should Take Actions to Improve Oversight of Cleanup Milestones
Government Accountability Office | 2/14/2019
The Department of Energy (DOE) is tasked with cleaning up waste from Cold War nuclear weapons production, much of which is hazardous or radioactive. DOE spends about $6 billion a year on this cleanup, and faces about $500 billion in future liabilities.
Agreements between DOE and its regulators set requirements and milestones (deadlines) for the work at each cleanup site.
In a report published February 14, 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that DOE didn't accurately track or report whether milestones were met, missed, or postponed. GAO also found that sites continually renegotiate milestones they are at risk of missing.
Read the full report here.
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