The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
(OCRWM) is firmly committed to carrying out our
mission in a manner that protects the health and
safety of the public and workers, protects the
environment, and satisfies applicable regulatory
requirements. In keeping with these commitments,
we have developed a rigorous quality assurance
program that we apply to work that could impact
radiological safety or waste isolation.
The overall OCRWM quality assurance program
is described in the Quality
Assurance Requirements and Description document
(QARD). The QARD identifies the quality
assurance requirements that are applicable to
our work and provides a top-level description
of how the requirements will be implemented.
OCRWM's Office of Quality Assurance is responsible
for the development and maintenance of the QARD.
Additional responsibilities include providing
guidance and direction to the line organizations
on quality assurance matters, participating in
reviews, and providing oversight of work subject
to the QARD. In its oversight role, the
Office of Quality Assurance performs comprehensive
audits and surveillances to verify that work is
performed in accordance with the quality assurance
requirements. The results of these audits
and surveillances are reported to the appropriate
levels of line management, and any work which
is not in compliance with the quality assurance
program is identified and tracked to ensure that
corrective action is taken by the responsible
line organization.
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