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The Department of Energy (Department) maintains the majority of non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons at its Kansas City Plant. Allied Signal Federal Manufacturing and Technologies (Allied Signal) manages and operates the plant, while the Albuquerque Operations Office and its Kansas City Area Office are responsible for administering the contract with Allied Signal. In recent years, the United States has significantly reduced the number of weapons maintained in the stockpile. As a result, a large quantity of non-nuclear materials accumulated at the Kansas City Plant. The value of the inventory, as of October 1998, was $575 million. The objective of this audit was to determine if Department and contractor officials were identifying and disposing of non-nuclear materials inventory for which there was no current or future designated need.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Non-Nuclear Materials Inventory at the Kansas City Plant

Proposed Construction and Operation of the Nonproliferation and International Security Center

Proposed Construction and Operation of the Nonproliferation and International Security Center

The INEEL CAB provides eight stakeholder statements originally endorsed by participants of the transportation workshop and considered by the INEEL CAB

The INEEL CAB provides recommendations regarding the Supplement to the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM) are systems composed of machines, sensors, computers, and software capable of executing various tasks with minimal human intervention. They have wide range application for solving many operational challenges including nuclear waste cleanup and weapons manufacturing and dismantlement. RIM accelerates cleanup and reduces the amount of exposure humans experience from nuclear materials.

The Office of Defense Programs Robotics and Intelligent Machines Projects