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The Department of Energy (DOE) Richland Operations Office (Richland) was responsible for environmental restoration and waste management programs at the Hanford Site (Site). In support of these activities Site contractors used both on- and off-site analytical laboratory services. The objective of this audit was to determine if Richland had made the best use of the capabilities of the on-site analytical laboratories.

Analytical Laboratory Capabilities at the Hanford Site

The Office of Inspector General received a letter dated August 31, 1998 from Senator Strom Thurmond concerning the selection of the tritium production source. The letter stated that information had been received which suggested that certain senior level Department officials may have engaged in a systematic effort to undermine the validity of the Accelerator for the Production of Tritium (APT) option, and that the then Deputy Secretary of Energy directed subordinates to fire an official in the Office of Defense Programs because this official had raised concerns about the cost evaluations of the two tracks, the APT and the Commercial Light Water Reactor (CLWR) option.actors.

Inspection of Issues Associated With the Department of Energy’s Tritium Source Selection Process

Surplus Plutonium Disposition

Surplus Plutonium Disposition

The CAB provides recommendations regrading the EIS for accomplishing expanded nuclear energy research and development and isotope production missions

The Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision (ROD) to adopt a Comprehensive Land- Use Plan (CLUP) for its Hanford Site in Washington. The purpose of this land- use plan and its implementing policies and procedures is to facilitate decision- making about the site’s uses and facilities over at least the next 50 years.

Hanford Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

Two standards have been developed that pertain to the safety fusion facilities. These are DOE-STD-6002-96, Safety of Magnetic Fusion Facilities: Requirements, and DOE-STD-6003-96, Safety of Magnetic Fusion Facilities: Guidance.