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In February 1999, you directed the Office of Environmental Management (EM) to implement controls to correct weaknesses in the environmental liability estimate identified during the Fiscal Year 1998 financial statement audit. You also requested the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct an interim status review to ensure that these controls were sufficient to correct the weaknesses. In August 1999, the OIG reported that completed and planned corrective actions by EM and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) should improve the liability estimate. These actions also had a positive impact on EM's project management through improvements in its baseline development processes.

Best Practices for Environmental Management Baseline Development

Transmission System Vegetation Management Program

Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States, Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility

On March 16, 2000, a radiological release of plutonium-238 occurred near a glovebox in the Plutonium Processing and Handling Facility (TA-55), LANL.

Minutes of the June 28, 2000 Board meeting at Holiday Inn Presentation LANL, Procurement Process, Betty Romero

In February 1994, Congress directed that the Department of Energy immediately terminate its Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor Program (Reactor Program) and close the Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR II). The Reactor Program was a scientific effort to test and develop advanced nuclear reactor technology using EBR II. The Reactor Program and EBR II are located at the Argonne National Laboratory-West site in Idaho. The Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (Nuclear Energy), is the Headquarters program office responsible for this effort. To date, the Department has provided about $444 million for termination activities, of which about $55 million has been spent specifically on EBR II closure. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Department and Nuclear Energy had taken action to achieve the expeditious closure of EBR II.

Experimental Breeder Reactor II Termination Activities

Transmission System Vegetation Management Program