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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20545


FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Expected at 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, July 25, 1978


                        STATEMENT OF
             J. DEXTER PEACH, DEPUTY  DIRECTOR   IIIIIII)II(!IIIIIIIIIIIIi
               ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION        LM106502
                        BEFORE THE
      SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
                   AND FEDERAL SERVICES
         SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
                             ON
       NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We welcome the opportunity to be here today to discuss

the important issue of nuclear waste management and the speci-

fic findings of our recent report prepared at your request

evaluating Federal support of the Barnwell reprocessing plant

and the Department of Energy's spent fuel storage policy.

That report is being publicly released today. 1/ Let me begin

with a brief discussion on nuclear waste management and then

specifically discuss the two topics of our report to you.

NUCLEAR-WASTE MANAGEMENT

     The General Accounting Office has been reviewing the Fed-

eral Government's nuclear waste management programs for many

years. As a result of this work, we believe that resolution




i/An Evaluation of Federal Support of the Barnwell Reproces-
  sing Plant and the Department of Energy's Spent Fuel Storage
  Policy, EMD-78-97, July 21, 1978.

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