Yucca Mountain: Persistent Quality Assurance Problems Could Delay Repository Licensing and Operation

United States. General Accounting Office.

United States. General Accounting Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    energy;    yucca mountain;    letter report;   

RP-ID  :  GAO-04-460
RP-ID  :  242234

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Energy (DOE) must obtain a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to construct a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In licensing, a quality assurance program helps ensure that the information used to demonstrate the safety of the repository is defensible and well documented. DOE developed a corrective action plan in 2002 to fix recurring problems with the accuracy of such information. This report assesses the status of corrective actions and the adequacy of DOE's plan to measure the effectiveness of actions taken."