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The EM/HQ Perspective on Readiness Review

The EM/HQ Perspective on Readiness Review. Robert Goldsmith, PhD Director of Operations Oversight EM-62. Office of Operations Oversight. EM-60 - Office of Safety Management and Oversight

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The EM/HQ Perspective on Readiness Review

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  1. The EM/HQ Perspective on Readiness Review Robert Goldsmith, PhD Director of Operations Oversight EM-62

  2. Office of Operations Oversight • EM-60 - Office of Safety Management and Oversight • EM-62 - Mission: To determine the effectiveness of Federal and contractor safety and health programs and management systems at EM field sites

  3. EM-62 Oversight Responsibilities • Day-to-day oversight of operational safety • Line management assessments • Integrated • Targeted • Validation and verification of completed corrective actions • Startup and restart of nuclear facilities

  4. EM-62 Readiness Review Responsibilities • Startup Authorities

  5. EM-62 Readiness Review Responsibilities • Review and recommend approval • Plan of Action • Startup Notification Requests • Declaration of Readiness • ORRs & RAs • Lead, participate or observe • Central Technical Authority • DNFSB

  6. EM Recent Experience • Most ORRs and RAs executed properly • Anomalous events • Premature declaration of readiness • Site not following its own procedures • RA begun before DSA approved • Site procedure that almost precluded ORRs

  7. Recent EM/HQ Actions • Include readiness review process in integrated assessments • Developed a DOE O 425.1C CRAD • Memo from COO reiterating expectations with regard to DOE O 425.1C • Working group with DOE-ID, CWI, EM, HSS, CTA

  8. Some EM issues with DOE O 425.1C • Readiness Assessments are intended to be highly flexible • What is an initial startup? • What is a new facility? • What is a major/substantial modification? • What should follow a contractor RA? • Need for S-1 approval of new Cat 2 facilities?

  9. Workshop Should Consider • Recommendations for changes to Order and associated standards and guides • Consensus on key definitions • Template for readiness determination site process, including documentation • Standardized CRAD • DOE library of precedents

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