October 23, 1997

Audit of the Deactivation, Decontamination, and Disposal of Surplus Facilities at the Savannah River Site

Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Westinghouse) is responsible for managing the Department of Energy’s (Department) surplus facilities at the Savannah River Site (Site). In Fiscal Year (FY) 1996, the Site had 162 surplus facilities and anticipated that 118 more would become surplus within the next 5 years. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Savannah River Operations Office (Operations Office) and Westinghouse had economically and promptly deactivated, decontaminated, and disposed of surplus facilities at the Site.