Open AccessReport to Congress on reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
Publication year - 1989
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/137596
Subject(s) - environmental impact statement , petroleum , national laboratory , national environmental policy act , engineering , business , environmental planning , waste management , environmental science , political science , environmental impact assessment , law , geology , paleontology , engineering physics
In the Report of the House Committee on Appropriations (House Report No. 101-96) on the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1990 (P.L. 101-101), the Committee directed the Department of Energy (DOE) ``{hor_ellipsis} to submit a report within 60 days of enactment {hor_ellipsis} which describes in detail how the Department plans to respond to the Committee`s {hor_ellipsis} concerns dealing with endemic schedule slips, problems in management structure, and lack of integrated contractor efforts.`` This report has been prepared in response to the above-mentioned Congressional directive. It is based on a comprehensive review that the Secretary of Energy has recently completed of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program. The Secretary`s review has led to the development of a three-point action plan for restructuring the program. This plan is explained in this report