Open AccessUnderground Test Area Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Quality Assurance Report Nevada National Security Site, Nevada, Revision 0
Author(s) -
Irene Farnham,
Sam Marutzky
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1113800
Subject(s) - fiscal year , national laboratory , quality assurance , test site , test (biology) , hanford site , plan (archaeology) , geological survey , environmental science , engineering , business , operations management , geography , radioactive waste , finance , archaeology , waste management , mining engineering , physics , geology , engineering physics , geophysics , paleontology , external quality assessment
This report is mandated by the Underground Test Area (UGTA) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) and identifies the UGTA quality assurance (QA) activities for fiscal year (FY) 2012. All UGTA organizations—U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office (NNSA/NSO); Desert Research Institute (DRI); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); Navarro-Intera, LLC (N-I); National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec); and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)—conducted QA activities in FY 2012. The activities included conducting assessments, identifying findings and completing corrective actions, evaluating laboratory performance, revising the QAPP, and publishing documents. In addition, processes and procedures were developed to address deficiencies identified in the FY 2011 QAPP gap analysis