The quality assurance program applies to all systems, structures and components important to safety, to design and characterization of barriers important to waste isolation and to activities related thereto. These activities include: site characterization, facility and equipment construction, facility operation, performance confirmation, permanent closure, and decontamination and dismantling of surface facilities.
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234 (
42 U.S.C. 2071,
2073,
2092,
2093,
2095,
2111,
2201,
2232,
2233,
2273,
2282; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (
42 U.S.C. 5841,
5842,
5846,
5851;
42 U.S.C. 2021a; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (
42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114, 117, 121 (
42 U.S.C. 10134,
10137,
10141,
44.S.C. 3504 note
source: 46 FR 13980, Feb. 25, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 60.151