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Contents
Letter 1
Results in Brief 4
Background 7
DOE Sites Do Not Consistently Use Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in
Managing LLRW 9
DOE Faces Challenges in Developing a National LLRW Disposition
Strategy 17
Conclusions 22
Recommendations for Executive Action 22
Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 23
Appendixes
Appendix I: Disposed Waste Volume by Major DOE Generator Sites,
Fiscal Year 2004 through Second Quarter, Fiscal Year 2005 26
Appendix II: Comments from the Department of Energy 27
Appendix III: GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments 29Table 1: Cost Elements in Life-Cycle Cost Analysis and Associated
ActivitiesAbbreviations
DOE Department of Energy
EM Office of Environmental Management
LLRW low-level radioactive waste
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
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