OCRWM Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 established the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) in the Department of Energy (DOE) to implement a program for the safe and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. To achieve this objective, the OCRWM is developing the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System (CRWMS), an integrated waste management system consisting of four system elements: the waste acceptance system, the transportation system, the monitored retrievable storage facility, and the mined geologic disposal system. The development of such a system requires management of many diverse disciplines that are involved in research, siting, design, licensing, construction, and external interactions. Systems engineering will be used by OCRWM to manage, evaluate, integrate, and document all aspects of the technical development of the waste management requirements of the Program are met. Systems engineering will be applied to all technical activities to (1) specify the sequence of technical activities necessary to define the requirements the waste management system must satisfy, (2) to develop the waste management system, (3) to relate system elements to each other, and (4) to determine how the waste management system can be optimized to most effectively satisfy the requirements. Furthermore, systems engineering will be used in the management of technical activities at the program and project levels by specifying procedures, studies, reviews, and documentation requirements.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6755983
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RW-0051/Rev.2; ON: TI93007533
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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