{
  "id": 14626,
  "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108082",
  "title": "Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Is Missing Opportunities to Apply Lessons from Other Countries That Could Reduce Risks and Costs",
  "summary": "What GAO Found Many countries are undertaking efforts to manage, treat, and dispose of nuclear waste. Several have taken actions that accelerated cleanup, reduced risks, and resulted in cost savings—lessons that could inform the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) efforts. For example: The United Kingdom (UK) saved a total of at least £2 billion (equivalent to $2.6 billion as of March 2026) by implementing a risk-informed approach to managing its nuclear waste. Th",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "uk",
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T10:51:26.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-30T05:10:24.387Z",
  "source_slug": "x-us-gao-reports",
  "source_name": "US GAO Reports",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.gao.gov",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14626",
  "original_url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108082",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}