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Proposed Superconducting Linear Accelerator at the Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Order authorizing Powerex to export electric energy to Canada.

Order authorizing Powerex to export electric energy to Canada.

Order authorizing Constellation Power Source, Inc to export electric energy to Canada.

Order authorizing Constellation Power Source, Inc to export electric energy to Canada.

As a result of activities associated with the production of defense-related nuclear materials, about 600 billion gallons of groundwater have been contaminated at Department of Energy (Department) facilities located throughout the United States. The majority of the contamination is located at the Hanford Reservation, Savannah River Site, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, and Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. The contaminants include solvents, fuels, explosives, metals, and radioactive materials.

Groundwater Monitoring Activities at Department of Energy Facilities

In 1994, the Department of Energy's (Department) Contract Reform Team concluded that savings could accrue to the government if certain operating functions not essential to the Department's core mission were performed by outside contractors. Over the next several years, the Department initiated actions that required management and operating (M&O) contractors to identify, categorize, and evaluate all of their functions and prepare make-or-buy plans to obtain supplies and services on a least-cost basis subject to program specific make-or-buy criteria. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department's M&O contractors (1) identified those functions for which make-or-buy opportunities existed and (2) performed cost-benefit analyses.

The Department's Management and Operating Contractor Make-or-Buy Program

Leasing Land for the Siting, Construction and Operation of a Commercial AM Radio Antenna at Los Alamos National Laboratory