Nuclear waste; DOE`s budgeting process for grants to Nevada needs revision
The Department of Energy is awarding grants to the state of Nevada for the state`s participation in DOE`s program to investigate Yucca Mountain as a possible site for the disposal of civilian nuclear waste. This report has found that DOE`s financial assistance budget request of $15 million for Nevada`s fiscal year 1990 was not based on the amount the state requested but rather was derived by increasing Nevada`s grant funds from the previous year in proportion to the increase that DOE requested for its own activities at the Nevada site. DOE`s evaluations of Nevada`s requests are performed too late to be used in DOE`s budget formulation process because Nevada has been applying for financial assistance at about the same time that DOE submits its budget request to Congress.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (United States). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 137798
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/RCED--90-20
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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