A Government Accountability Office review says the plutonium project at the former federal weapons site in South Carolina has faced design-package delays and contractor performance issues as early procurement and site work moved ahead.
The Government Accountability Office found the plutonium project at the Savannah River site in South Carolina had design-package delays and contractor performance issues.
About $3.1 billion in early procurement and site work advanced before the project was baselined.
The sequence described by GAO suggests a large federal nuclear project can move procurement and field work ahead of final baseline approval, which warrants close tracking of design coordination and package readiness.
Advancing early procurement and site work while design packages lag can create operational workload and technical coordination pressure, so the project’s delivery capacity warrants monitoring.
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