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RCED-84-190 1 (1984-08-10)

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


                   August 10, 1984


B-207463


The Honorable John D. Dingell
Chairman, Committee on Energy
  and Commerce
House of Representatives

The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger
Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy
  Conservation and Power
Committee on Energy and Commerce
House of Representatives


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      Subject: Information on Repayment of the Government's
                Uranium Enrichment Program Costs and Audits of
                That Program's Financial Statements
                (GAO/RCED-84-190)

      Your letter of June 4, 1984, raised a series of questions
about the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Uranium Enrichment Pro-
gram activities. You asked that we obtain information concerning
DOE's repayment of the government's enrichment program costs;
audits of the program's financial statements; current and future
financial status of the program; new and advanced enrichment tech-
nology construction, development, and selection; and legal issues
concerning the execution of statutory requirements. This letter
responds to your cuestions concerning repayment of the govern-
ment's enrichment program costs and audits of the program's finan-
cial statements. As agreed with your respective offices, we plan
to respond to your other questions at a future date.

     The remainder of this letter includes the objective, scope,
and methodology of our work; an overview of DOE's Uranium
Enrichment Program; and our responses to your specific questions.

OBJECTIVEI SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY

     To answer your questions concerninq the repayment of the
government's enrichment program costs and audits of the program's
financial statements, we interviewed program officials at DOE's
Office of Uranium Enrichment in Germantown, Maryland. We also
obtained information from the program's financial statements,
audit reports on those statements, appropriations and budget
documents, the proqram's authorizing leqislation, and the


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