Followup on audit of depleted uranium metal production at the Fernald Environmental Management Project, Fernald, Ohio
On November 29, 1989, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Inspector General issued audit report No. DOE/IG-0277, Depleted Uranium Metal Production at Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio.'' The audit concluded that DOE could save about $101 million by (1) completing a program to qualify commercial vendors to produce depleted uranium metal, (2) preproducing depleted uranium for future years, and (3) cancelling planned capital expenditures for projects not required for preproduction. The purpose of the current audit was to follow up on the previous audit report recommendations to determine whether corrective actions were taken and the intended results were achieved. Management adequately addressed most of the prior audit report recommendations that resulted in cost avoidances of $119.3 million. However, all planned capital expenditures for production processes were not cancelled, and a Fernald site development plan was not completed. This was attributed to not developing an action plan to implement prior audit report recommendations. As a result, $17.5 million was spent during Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 for the purchase and installation of production equipment that will never be used for production at Fernald. Management concurred with the findings and recommendations. Details of the findings are the subject of Part II of the report. Management and auditor comments are in Part III.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Inspector General, Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Eastern Regional Audit Office
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 7151820
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/IG-0315; ON: TI93002861
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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