Quality assurance in the OCRWM (Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management) program
An effective quality assurance (QA) program is essential to ensure the achievement of high-quality performance in the pursuit of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) mission and is required for demonstrating compliance with regulatory standards in an adjudicatory licensing process. All items and activities with implications for radiological health, safety, and waste isolation are subject to the QA requirements required by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In addition, the QA program will assist in establishing the public confidence in the technical quality of the OCRWM program and long-term cost-effectiveness. The OCRWM management has made a commitment to quality and is intimately involved in all phases of the QA program to assure its success. Regardless of the level of excellence in the technical work, a successful program must be documented and audited to verify the work performed. To that end, OCRWM has made a firm commitment that quality in the conduct of the program will not be sacrificed to meet schedules. The OCRWM has committed to having a fully qualified QA program in place and accepted by the NRC prior to the start of new site characterization activities. This paper provides a status on efforts under way to implement the OCRWM QA program at headquarters and the Yucca Mountain project office.
- OSTI ID:
- 5338084
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890604-; CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 90-004398
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Vol. 59; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Atlanta, GA (USA), 4-8 Jun 1989; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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