Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Project Design Verification and Validation Process

Technical Report · Mon Sep 25 04:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/804803· OSTI ID:804803

OLGUIN, L J ^[1]

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1. FH

This document provides a description of design verification and validation activities implemented by the Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Project. During the execution of early design verification, a management assessment (Bergman, 1999) and external assessments on configuration management (Augustenburg, 1999) and testing (Loscoe, 2000) were conducted and identified potential uncertainties in the verification process. This led the SNF Chief Engineer to implement corrective actions to improve process and design products. This included Design Verification Reports (DVRs) for each subproject, validation assessments for testing, and verification of the safety function of systems and components identified in the Safety Equipment List to ensure that the design outputs were compliant with the SNF Technical Requirements. Although some activities are still in progress, the results of the DVR and associated validation assessments indicate that Project requirements for design verification are being effectively implemented. These results have been documented in subproject-specific technical documents (Table 2). Identified punch-list items are being dispositioned by the Project. As these remaining items are closed, the technical reports (Table 2) will be revised and reissued to document the results of this work.

• Research Organization: FH (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 804803
• Report Number(s): SNF-7081, Rev.0; EDT-630622
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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