Audit Report: IG-0540

Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems Program

Office of Inspector General

January 14, 2002

January 14, 2002

Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems Program

The Department of Energy's Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems (ARPS) program maintains the sole national capability to produce radioisotope power systems for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). The Department's policy is to pay only the cost of maintaining the capability to produce the power systems, and to recover mission-specific development and hardware costs from NASA and DOD. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2001, ARPS program funding included $31.8 million from the Department, $20 million from NASA, and $4.7 million from DOD.

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    The Department of Energy's Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems (ARPS) program
    maintains the sole national capability to produce radioisotope power systems for the National
    Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). The
    Department's policy is to pay only the cost of maintaining the capability to produce the power
    systems, and to recover mission-specific development and hardware costs from NASA and
    DOD. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2001, ARPS program funding included $31.8 million from the
    Department, $20 million from NASA, and
    $4.7 million from DOD.