Cleanup Technology

DOE's Management of Environmental Cleanup Technology Gao ID: T-RCED-92-29 February 26, 1992

To clean up its nuclear weapons complex in a cost-effective way, the Department of Energy (DOE) believes that it needs improved cleanup technologies. As a result, it has begun a technology development program and has started funding eight integrated cleanup research and development projects. The number of these demonstration projects is expected to change as DOE reassesses its program strategy. Nonetheless, DOE's focus to date has been on setting up the program, not on its future management. GAO testified that DOE needs to develop key management tools fundamental to the program's effectiveness. These tools include measurable performance goals, overall project cost estimates and schedules, and major decision points. Without them, DOE will have problems in measuring the technology development program's progress, informing Congress about the investments being made and funding required, and weeding out poorly performing projects that are no longer beneficial.



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