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The NRC observes and comments on the Department of Energy (DOE) quality assurance
(QA) program. As a result of NRC's comments on deficiencies in DOE's QA program,
the DOE submitted to NRC on January 3, 2002, the "OCRWM
Management Improvement Initiatives" (OMII). The NRC reviewed the OMII and informed DOE that the report did not
meet NRC's expectations. On April 5, 2002, the DOE submitted a letter
to NRC describing actions DOE will take to develop a revised report. On July 19,
2002, the DOE submitted to NRC a revision to the OMII: "Management
Improvement Initiatives, Revision 0." On May 29, 2003, DOE submitted a
letter to NRC providing details of the actions being taken to ensure that a potential license
application meets NRC expectations for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
with quality assurance requirements.
On April 5, 2004, DOE submitted a letter to NRC that indicated that DOE has completed the commitments made in the
Management Improvement Initiatives. Enclosed with the letter is a memorandum
transmitting the reports "Management Improvement Initiative (MII)
Independent Review (IR)" dated March 19, 2004, "Yucca Mountain Project (YMP)
Annunciator Panel from March Monthly Operating Review," and "OCRWM Management
Improvement Initiatives Transition Approach, Rev. 1," dated December 2003.
The NRC staff also observes audits conducted by the Department of Energy's
Office of Quality Assurance. The DOE audits assess whether their contractors
have satisfactorily implemented the DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management quality assurance program.
The NRC documents its observations of the DOE audit and transmits its
observations to the DOE. NRC observation audit reports are available and
are listed below.
OBSERVATION AUDIT REPORTS (OARs)
FY '00, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06 and '07 |
| OAR REPORT# |
LEAD |
AUDIT/PMR |
DATE AUDIT PERFORMED |
DATE ISSUED |
| 07-04 |
Thomas Matula |
Observation Audit Report OAR-07-04, of Bechtel SAIC, LLC, on Design Control for Waste Package Transport and Emplacement Vehicle
|
06/18-28/07 |
08/23/07 |
| 07-02 |
Thomas Matula |
Observation Audit Report OAR 07-02 of OCRWM Submittal, Control, and Use of Technical Data Developed for the Yucca Mountain Project |
03/12-22/07 |
04/12/07 |
| 07-01 |
Thomas Matula |
Observation Audit Report OAR 07-01 of OCRWM Assessment Activities, Corrective Actions, and Trending Programs
|
12/11-20/06 |
01/19/07 |
| 06-06 |
Thomas Matula |
Observation Audit Report OAR 06-06 of Bechtel SAIC Company
|
8/21-9/7/06 |
10/6/06 |
| 06-05 |
Wilkins Smith |
Observation Audit Report OAR 06-05 of OCRWM on Implementation of the Quality Assurance Program
|
8/7-15/06 |
10/6/06 |
| 06-04-CNWRA |
Wilkins Smith |
Observation of the Fiscal Year 2006
Center for Nuclear Waste
Regulatory Analysis Quality
Assurance Audit 2006-1
|
6/26-30/06 |
7/28/06 |
| 06-04 |
Wilkins Smith |
Observation Audit Report OAR-06-04, of U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Audit at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
|
5/1-5/06 |
6/5/06 |
| 06-03 |
Jack Parrott |
Observation Audit Report OAR-06-03, Observation Audit of U.S. Dept. of Energy of U.S. Geological Survey
|
1/9-12/06 |
2/14/06 |
| 06-02 |
Wilkins Smith |
Observation Audit Report OAR-06-01, Observation Audit of U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River National Laboratory
|
12/5-8/05 |
2/2/06 |
| 06-01 |
Tom Matula |
Observation Audit Report No. OAR-06-02, Observation Audit of Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management of Bechtel
|
12/12-20/05 |
1/10/06 |
| 05-06 |
Tom Matula |
Observation of the U.S. department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Audit of Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC, OCRWMP-OQA-05-11, Project Engineering and Records Management and Document Control
|
9/12-22/05
|
10/28/05 |
| 05-05 |
Tom Matula |
Observation Audit Report No. OAR-05-05. Observation Audit of Bechtel SAIC Company, Internal Audit BQAP-BSC-05-07 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
|
8/15-31/05 |
1/9/06 |
| 05-04 |
Tom Matula |
Observation Audit Report No. OAR-05-04 CNWRA, “U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Observation of the Fiscal Year 2005 Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Quality Assurance Audit 2005-1
|
5/9-13/05 |
6/9/05 |
| 05-03 |
Tom Matula |
Observation of U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Quality Assurance Annual Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Quality Assurance Program Review at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
|
4/27-28/05 |
6/17/05 |
| 05-02 |
Tom Matula |
Observation Audit of Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC Quality Assurance
Supplier Audit BQA-05-04 of Joseph Oat Corporation
|
4/26-28/05 |
6/02/05 |
| 05-01 |
Tim Kobetz |
Audit of the Office of Quality Assurance OCRWMP of Bechtel Company, LLC
|
1/24-28/05 |
2/28/05 |
| 04-02 |
Ted Carter |
DOE/EM Audit of the National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program
|
3/29-4/1/04 |
4/27/04 |
| 04-01 |
Bob Latta |
DOE/Bechtel SAIC
|
10/21-31/03 |
12/10/03 |
| 03-04 |
Ted Carter |
DOE/Bechtel SAIC
|
9/8-19/03 |
10/17/03 |
| 03-03 |
Ted Carter |
BSC
|
6/2-13/03 |
7/23/03 |
| 03-02 |
Ted Carter |
Bechtel SAIC Office of Quality Assurance
|
3/17-23/03 |
5/30/03 |
| 03-01 |
Ted Carter |
LLNL
|
11/11-20/02 |
1/24/03 |
| 02-10 |
Dan Rom |
BSC Design Audit
|
7/29-8/2/02 |
9/23/02 |
| 02-09 |
Ted Carter |
CNWRA Audit
|
7/23-26/02 |
9/5/02 |
| 02-08 |
Tom Trbovich |
GE R&D
|
6/25-26/02 |
8/2/02 |
| 02-07 |
Ted Carter |
BSC
|
5/6-10/02 |
6/3/02 |
| 02-06 |
Kamal Naidu |
LLNL
|
4/15-19/02 |
5/15/02 |
| 02-05 |
Wilkins Smith |
LBNL
|
3/18-22/02 |
4/22/02 |
| 02-04 |
Kamal Naidu |
Senior Flexonics
|
2/20-21/02 |
3/22/02 |
| 02-03 |
Larry Campbell |
DOE EM-5
|
12/11-14/02 |
1/10/02 |
| 02-02 |
Ted Carter |
Metal Samples
|
11/26-28/01 |
1/4/01 |
| 02-01 |
Ted Carter |
Lambda Research
|
10/31-11/01 |
11/28/01 |
| 01-08 |
Ted Carter |
TSPA-SR
|
8/20-24/01 |
10/12/01 |
| 01-07 |
Larry Campbell |
Framatome, ANP, Inc.
|
6/19-21/01 |
7/25/01 |
| 01-06 |
Thomas Matula |
Bechtel SAIC Co., LLC
|
6/18-20/01 |
8/6/01 |
| 01-05 |
Larry Campbell |
DOE's Office of Environmental Management (EM), Office of Safety, Health
and Security
(EM-5)
|
6/5-7/01 |
7/5/01 |
| 01-04 |
Ted Carter |
EBS-Eng.Barrier System
|
2/20-23/01 |
4/30/01 |
| 01-03 |
Bob Latta |
UZ-Unsaturated Zone
|
2/5-9/01 |
3/5/01 |
| 01-02 |
Ted Carter |
Beta
|
11/16-17/00 |
12/21/00 |
| 01-01 |
Ted Carter |
Argonne National Lab
|
10/24-27 |
11/27/00 |
| 00-10 |
Larry Campbell |
Disruptive Events
|
8/21-25/00 |
10/2/00 |
| 00-09 |
Ted Carter |
ENFE-Evolution of Near Field Environment
|
6/24-28/00 |
10/17/00 |
| 00-08 |
Tim Kobetz |
TSPA-Total Systems Performance Assessment
|
7/9-19/00 |
9/22/00 |
| 00-07 |
Bob Latta |
SZ-Saturated Zone Flow & Transport
|
6/21-30/00 |
8/25/00 |
| 00-06 |
Robert Brient |
EBS-Engineer Barrier Systems
|
2/7-11/00 |
3/28/00 |
| 00-05 |
Larry Campbell |
Waste Form
|
1/31-2/4/00 |
3/7/00 |
| 00-04 |
Ted Carter |
UZ-Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport
|
1/24-28/00 |
3/20/00 |
| 00-03 |
Larry Campbell |
Biosphere
|
11/15-19/99 |
2/4/00 |
| 00-02 |
Ken Hooks |
Waste Package
|
11/8-12/99 |
2/4/00 |
| 00-01 |
Ted Carter |
ISM-Integrated Site Model
|
10/11-15/99 |
12/14/99 |
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