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Title: Design control for the Savannah River Site Consolidated Incineration Facility

Abstract

The initiation, development, and control of the design for the Consolidated Incineration Facility at the US Department of Energy Savannah River Site has been, from the inception, a precisely and formally controlled process. A plan was developed and implemented to ensure output properly aligned with approved design criteria and conformed to applicable regulations throughout the design process. The key element of design control was the technical baseline which established the benchmark against which all changes to the design was evaluated. During the conceptual design phase of the project, design criteria were written to reflect the project objectives and functional requirements. Governmental regulations were reviewed to determine permitting and licensing actions required. Hazards assessments were performed to establish design classifications. The resulting design criteria, permitting requirements, and facility classifications were incorporated into the design plan which provided the basis for subsequent design activities. As the project proceeded through the various design phases, design control was maintained according to the design plan. Review of all design products was performed by the project team routinely. Formal independent design reviews were accomplished prior to releasing the design for construction. Alignment between criteria and design output was verified periodically throughout the design process. A formalmore » design change control board was invoked to effect design changes impacting technical baselines. All changes to design initiated following issue for construction also were subject to procedural control.« less

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Bechtel Savannah River, Inc., North Augusta, SC (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10135532
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-91-050; CONF-910559-10
ON: DE92010824
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-89SR18035
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 10. annual international incineration conference: environmental concerns and controls,Knoxville, TN (United States),13-17 May 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; INCINERATORS; DESIGN; ORGANIC WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; SPECIFICATIONS; REGULATIONS; LICENSING; 052001; WASTE PROCESSING

Citation Formats

Walker, R E, and Rider, R L. Design control for the Savannah River Site Consolidated Incineration Facility. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Walker, R E, & Rider, R L. Design control for the Savannah River Site Consolidated Incineration Facility. United States.
Walker, R E, and Rider, R L. 1991. "Design control for the Savannah River Site Consolidated Incineration Facility". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10135532.
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abstractNote = {The initiation, development, and control of the design for the Consolidated Incineration Facility at the US Department of Energy Savannah River Site has been, from the inception, a precisely and formally controlled process. A plan was developed and implemented to ensure output properly aligned with approved design criteria and conformed to applicable regulations throughout the design process. The key element of design control was the technical baseline which established the benchmark against which all changes to the design was evaluated. During the conceptual design phase of the project, design criteria were written to reflect the project objectives and functional requirements. Governmental regulations were reviewed to determine permitting and licensing actions required. Hazards assessments were performed to establish design classifications. The resulting design criteria, permitting requirements, and facility classifications were incorporated into the design plan which provided the basis for subsequent design activities. As the project proceeded through the various design phases, design control was maintained according to the design plan. Review of all design products was performed by the project team routinely. Formal independent design reviews were accomplished prior to releasing the design for construction. Alignment between criteria and design output was verified periodically throughout the design process. A formal design change control board was invoked to effect design changes impacting technical baselines. All changes to design initiated following issue for construction also were subject to procedural control.},
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