Use of the necessary and sufficient standards closure orocess on environmental restoration at the Savannah River Site
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC (United States)
Environmental restoration (ER) activities within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex are performed according to environmental regulations, national consensus standards, and DOE orders. At times though, combined application of these regulations, standards, and orders to ER activities causes duplication of effort or burdensome requirements, especially since most ER activities are relatively simple and have low hazard levels. The DOE orders are generally geared toward high-hazard nuclear facilities. To avoid this, activities need to be managed according to a set of necessary and sufficient (N&S) standards, which will lead to technically sound work being performed safely and more cost-effective.
- OSTI ID:
- 415812
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951006--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 73; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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