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Daily Mail: Cost to dismantle USS Enterprise set to top $1 BILLION if Congress doesn't take action, warns watchdog agency
* GAO issued a report on Thursday warning of costs to dismantle USS Enterprise
* Enterprise was Navy's first nuclear aircraft carrier and cost $3.93 billion to build
* Ship was commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned last year for dismantling
* Conflicting nuclear regulators could drive price to scrap up without oversight
The cost to dismantle the USS Enterprise will top $1 billion without Congressional action on the matter, a new report warns.
The Government Accountability Office issued the report on Thursday, saying Congressional oversight is needed to resolve conflicting nuclear regulatory jurisdiction in the matter.
The Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise was commissioned in 1961, and built at a cost of $3.9 billion, in current dollars.
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