Nuclear Safety: Unresolved Issues Could Impair DOE's Oversight
Effectiveness (Letter Report, 06/07/94, GAO/RCED-94-129).

In April 1993, the Energy Department (DOE) announced the transfer of the
oversight functions of its Office of Nuclear Safety to the Office of
Environment, Safety and Health as part of a broader streamlining of the
entire agency. This report reviews DOE's restructuring of nuclear safety
oversight and evaluates whether the proposed changes would improve or
detract from DOE's ability to ensure nuclear safety. GAO (1) determines
the process DOE used in deciding to consolidate the two offices and (2)
identifies issues that could influence the effectiveness of the nuclear
safety oversight carried out by the Office of Environment, Safety and
Health.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-129
     TITLE:  Nuclear Safety: Unresolved Issues Could Impair DOE's 
             Oversight Effectiveness
      DATE:  06/07/94
   SUBJECT:  Safety standards
             Federal agency reorganization
             Nuclear facility safety
             Environmental monitoring
             Safety regulation
             Health hazards
             Agency missions
             Internal controls
             Interagency relations
             Centralization

             
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