GAO URGES AGAINST FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS AT LARGE DOE CLEANUP SITES

The General Accounting Office (GAO) last week told lawmakers that while fixed price contracts may reduce Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear waste cleanup costs at some sites, they should not be used for large, complex cleanups. The GAO's testimony came at a House Commerce Committee hearing where Republicans grilled officials from DOE and British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) about the department's recent cancellation of their contract with BNFL to clean up the Hanford, WA, nuclear waste disposal site. Republicans questioned...