Proposed Scope of Task for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM) for Peer Review of the Technical Bases for the Suitability Evaluation Process

Samenvatting

Through this Notice of Inquiry (Notice) and as part of the on- going process of public participation in the development of the Site Suitability Evaluation Process begun in an April 1994 Federal Register Notice (59 FR 19680), the Department of Energy (DOE) desires to elicit the views of members of the general public on the proposed methodology for utilizing the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM) for implementation and management of peer reviews of the technical bases for the suitability evaluation process. The DOE is committed to ensuring the quality of its technical work. One approach to ensuring technical quality is the use of an independent, impartial peer review for the technical work. To ensure a peer review that is independent, impartial, and of the highest technical quality, the DOE intends to request that the (BRWM): (1) Oversee the required peer reviews, including setting up the review committees and (2) establish a standing committee to review OCRWM's analysis of long term repository performance.