Approach to Applying Quality Assurance to Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal (Methodepour l'Application de l'Assurance Qualite au Stockage Permanent des Dechets de Combustible Nucleaire)

摘要

An approach to developing and applying a quality assurance program for a nuclearfuel waste disposal facility is described. The proposed program would be based on N286-series standards used for quality assurance programs in nuclear power plants, and would cover all aspects of work across all stages of the project, from initial facility studies to final closure of the vault. A quality assurance manual describing the overall quality assurance program and its elements would be prepared at the outset. This manual would be revised and augmented at each stage with descriptions of requirements that focus on the key work activities of the stage, such as geological investigation and design activities in the siting stage, and construction and excavation activities in the construction stage.