Yucca Quality Assurance, Engineering Found Consistent With Standard Practice

摘要

Two federally commissioned studies have found that the Yucca Mountain project's quality-assurance and engineering processes are consistent with standard nuclear industry practices.rnThe studies - ordered by the Energy. Department's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) - were both designed to address areas key to the overall success of the high-level nuclear waste repository the federal government is building in Nevada's desert.rnOCRWM Director Ward Sproat said the reviews, which he insisted were "independent" in nature, will ensure that Yucca's quality-assurance and engineering programs meet the highest standards of the nuclear industry.rn"We are pleased with the findings of both reports, and we already have begun implementing some of the recommendations," Sproat said. "This is particularly important as we prepare to submit a credible and defensible license application" to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Yucca.