OCRWM (Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management) System Engineering Management Plant (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 an integrated waste-management system consisting of three elements: the transportation system, the monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility, and the mined geologic disposal system (MGDS). The development of such a system requires management of many diverse disciplines that are involved in research, siting, design, licensing, and external interactions. The purpose of this Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) is to prescribe how the systems-engineering process will be implemented in the development of the waste-management system. Systems engineering will be used by the OCRWM to manage, integrate, and document all aspects of the technical development of the waste-management system and its system elements to ensure that the requirements of the waste-management program are met. It will be applied to all technical activities of the OCRWM program. It will be used by the OCRWM (1) to specify the sequence of technical activities necessary to define the requirements the waste-management system must satisfy, (2) to develop the waste-management system, can be optimized to most effectively satisfy the requirements. Furthermore, systems engineering will be used in the management of Program activities at the program, program-element, and project levels by specifying procedures, studies, reviews, and documentation requirements. 9 refs., 1 fig.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/RW
- OSTI ID:
- 7260318
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RW-0263; ON: TI90008132
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
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CASKS
CONTAINERS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LICENSING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
PLANNING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
STORAGE
TRANSPORT
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
WASTES