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Title

  • Main Title Departmentwide audit of the visibility over the status of nuclear materials

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC (United States)
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 1991-08-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Over the last 45 years, DOE has acquired and produced significant quantities of nuclear material. Much of it is in warheads in the custody of the Department of Defense. The rest is at DOE laboratories, production activities, and assembly plants. Uranium, plutonium, and tritium constitute the bulk of DOE's nuclear materials inventory. Nuclear materials managers should know the status of material and how it is being used so that stocks can be acquired, maintained, and disposed of in a safe, economical and environmentally sound manner. DOE requires its field offices to assess the status of contractor-held inventories of the material annually and to report on its use and whether it is still needed to support DOE requirements. This audit was made to determine the accuracy of assessment reports on the status of nuclear materials at DOE's two major users -- weapons research and development (R D) laboratories and production and recovery activities. Specifically, our objective was to determine if the laboratories could support a requirement for materials they reported as in use or needed. At the production sites, our objectives was to determine if the reports properly identified inactive material and described its condition and plans for disposition.
  • Physical Description: 24 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: National Organizations
  • Keyword: Management
  • STI Subject Categories: 98 Nuclear Disarmament, Safeguards, And Physical Protection
  • Keyword: Us Doe
  • Keyword: Recommendations
  • Keyword: Us Organizations 055002* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Safeguards, Inspection, & Accountability-- Nontechnical Aspects
  • Keyword: Contractors
  • Keyword: Nuclear Materials Management
  • Keyword: Accounting
  • Keyword: Audits
  • Keyword: Inventories
  • Keyword: Compliance Audits
  • Keyword: Accuracy
  • Keyword: Weapons

Source

  • Other Information: Report to The Secretary

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: TI92000091
  • Report No.: DOE/IG-0296
  • DOI: 10.2172/6025083
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 6025083
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1095063

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI
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