[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR194.23]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 194_CRITERIA FOR THE CERTIFICATION AND RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE WASTE 

ISOLATION PILOT PLANT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE 40 CFR PART 191 DISPOSAL 

REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart C_Compliance Certification and Re-certification

 

Sec.  194.23  Models and computer codes.



    (a) Any compliance application shall include:

    (1) A description of the conceptual models and scenario construction 

used to support any compliance application.

    (2) A description of plausible, alternative conceptual model(s) 

seriously considered but not used to support such application, and an 

explanation of the reason(s) why such model(s) was not deemed to 

accurately portray performance of the disposal system.

    (3) Documentation that:

    (i) Conceptual models and scenarios reasonably represent possible 

future states of the disposal system;

    (ii) Mathematical models incorporate equations and boundary 

conditions which reasonably represent the mathematical formulation of 

the conceptual models;

    (iii) Numerical models provide numerical schemes which enable the 

mathematical models to obtain stable solutions;

    (iv) Computer models accurately implement the numerical models; 

i.e., computer codes are free of coding errors and produce stable 

solutions;

    (v) Conceptual models have undergone peer review according to Sec.  

194.27.

    (b) Computer codes used to support any compliance application shall 

be documented in a manner that complies with the requirements of ASME 

NQA-2a-1990 addenda, part 2.7, to ASME NQA-2-1989 edition. 

(Incorporation by reference as specified in Sec.  194.5.)

    (c) Documentation of all models and computer codes included as part 

of any compliance application performance assessment calculation shall 

be provided. Such documentation shall include, but shall not be limited 

to:

    (1) Descriptions of the theoretical backgrounds of each model and 

the method of analysis or assessment;

    (2) General descriptions of the models; discussions of the limits of 

applicability of each model; detailed instructions for executing the 

computer codes, including hardware and software requirements, input and 

output formats with explanations of each input and output variable and 

parameter (e.g., parameter name and units); listings of input and output 

files from a sample computer run; and reports on code verification, 

benchmarking, validation, and quality assurance procedures;



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    (3) Detailed descriptions of the structure of computer codes and 

complete listings of the source codes;

    (4) Detailed descriptions of data collection procedures, sources of 

data, data reduction and analysis, and code input parameter development;

    (5) Any necessary licenses; and

    (6) An explanation of the manner in which models and computer codes 

incorporate the effects of parameter correlation.

    (d) The Administrator or the Administrator's authorized 

representative may verify the results of computer simulations used to 

support any compliance application by performing independent 

simulations. Data files, source codes, executable versions of computer 

software for each model, other material or information needed to permit 

the Administrator or the Administrator's authorized representative to 

perform independent simulations, and access to necessary hardware to 

perform such simulations, shall be provided within 30 calendar days of a 

request by the Administrator or the Administrator's authorized 

representative.