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RevCom: Project Justification Statement for Conversion of Department of Energy Guide 454.1-1, Institutional Controls Implementation Guide for Use with DOE P 454.1, Use of Institutional Controls to a Handbook
The PJS proposes to convert the existing Guide into a Handbook in the Technical Standards Program. The new Handbook will be revised to be consistent with organizational changes and reflect updates to relevant Department of Energy Directives.
New: DOE-STD-1128-2013 (Reaffirmed 2020), Good Practices for Occupational Radiological Protection in Plutonium Facilities
DOE-STD-1128-2013 is being reaffirmed with administrative changes because it is due for periodic maintenance as required by DOE-TSP-7-2013, Maintaining DOE Technical Standards. No new requirements are created as a result of the attached administrative changes; however, references have been updated. The subject Standard is intended to be reaffirmed with the following administrative updates to the text: • Referenced document titles were updated to the current active versions and cancelled documents were deleted; • Minor editorial errors were corrected; and • Website addresses were updated.
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New: DOE-STD-1217-2020, Safeguards and Security Survey and Self-Assessment Planning, Conduct, and Reporting
This document provides the Department of Energy (DOE) with a standard methodology for adapting the Department’s requirements to conduct and report Safeguards and Security (S&S) surveys and self-assessments to organization-specific needs in a coherent, consistent, and repeatable fashion. It describes a consistent and acceptable approach to planning, conducting, and reporting the results for S&S surveys and self-assessments. Appendix A, Safeguards and Security (S&S) Survey and Self-Assessment Toolkit, provides guidance and useful templates for planning, conducting, and reporting surveys and self-assessments.
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RevCom: Project Justification Statement for proposed revision to DOE-STD-1192-2018, Security Risk Management Technical Standards (OUO)
This Security Risk Management Technical Standard (SRMTS) was developed in coordination with the Vulnerability Assessment Technical Working Group (VATWG) and the recently established Security Risk Assessment Working Group (SRAWG) to provide accepted processes for conducting VAs and security risk assessments (SRAs) throughout the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE O 470.3B, Design Basis Threat has been revised to include emerging threats. To ensure these threats are adequately assessed, and current processes updated based on lessons learned, DOE-STD-1192-2018 will be reviewed and revised appropriately.
RevCom Project Justification Statement for Proposed Revision to DOE-STD-1063-2017, Facility Representative
The primary focus of this revision will be to better reflect the training and qualification guidance in DOE-STD-1063 with the recently issued versions of DOE-STD-1151-2019, Facility Representative Functional Area Qualification Standard and DOE O 426.1B, Department of Energy Federal Technical Capabilities. Additional anticipated changes are listed in the PJS.
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New: Cancellation and Archival of Five (5) Department of Energy Functional Area Qualification Standards
New: DOE-STD-1090-2020, Hoisting and Rigging
The standard invokes applicable OSHA, ASME, ANSI, and national consensus standards but also defines more stringent provisions necessary to accomplish the complex, diversified, critical, and oftentimes hazardous hoisting and rigging work found within the DOE complex.
New: DOE-HDBK-1081-2014 (Reaffirmed 2020), Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity
This standard is being reaffirmed because of a need to maintain basic information on spontaneous heating and pyrophoricity of certain materials, such as combustible metals, that are not uncommon hazards within the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Additionally, recent publication of National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems (2020) affirms a basic need for fire protection engineers, designers and emergency responders to address the various materials covered by this primer.
New: DOE-STD-1236-2020, Canine Explosive Training Aid Management
Explosive training aids are used for training, certifying and performance testing of canines. The utility and effectiveness of the training aids can be significantly reduced if they become contaminated with other explosive types. Care in handling, transportation, and storage of explosive training aids will help maintain their overall quality and avoid cross-contamination. Additionally, recognizing when it is time to replace training aids will help ensure that canine teams are being trained and are performing at the highest level possible. This standard outlines accepted management practices for ensuring the quality of explosive training aids.
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RevCom: Project Justification Statement for New DOE Technical Standard for Chemical Safety Management
The proposed project is to develop a new DOE technical standard with clear expectations and guidance for managing chemical safety at DOE sites and facilities. This standard will describe a consistent, streamlined approach to chemical safety that can be used by DOE sites and facilities for evaluating and controlling chemical hazards.
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RevCom: Project Justification Statement (PJS) for Revision of DOE-HDBK-1224-2018, Hazard and Accident Analysis Handbook
The scope of the proposed project is to finalize publication and issuance of DOE-HDBK-1224-2018, Hazard and Accident Analysis Handbook (the Handbook), that was issued on July 26, 2018 for a 2-year “interim use” period. Comments received during this period will be gathered, analyzed, and incorporated. The revision effort will also identify specific technical areas of concern identified by DOE and DOE Contractor analysts and the Senior Review Committee (SRC) that may emerged during the 2- year interim use period.
New: DOE-HDBK-1163-2020, Integration of Hazard Analyses
The handbook revision incorporates best practices and lessons learned from performing and integrating hazard analysis at various DOE facilities since initial issuance in 2003. This revised handbook is intended to support mission success by describing best practices in hazard analysis that apply to less-than-hazard-category 3 (Less than HC-3) nuclear facilities, chemical facilities, industrial facilities, and other facilities at DOE sites across the country.
RevCom: Project Justification Statement for Revising DOE-STD-1104-2016, Review and Approval of Nuclear Facility Safety Basis and Safety Design Basis Documents
The proposed project is to provide a limited change to DOE Standard (STD)-1104-2016, Review and Approval of Nuclear Facility Safety Basis and Safety Design Basis Documents. The focus of this limited change is to align the standard with the final rule change of 10 CFR 830, Nuclear Safety Requirements, published on October 19, 2020. 10 CFR Part 830 was revised to remove the requirement for DOE to review and approve the annual DSA update. STD-1104-2016 addresses the review of DSA Annual Updates in Section 7.1.2. To implement the Rule change, this Standard would need to be revised to remove and/or modify Section 7.1.2. The scope of the change will be limited so the change can be processed expeditiously to support new rule implementation.
RevCom: Project Justification Statement to Revise and Convert DOE Guide (G) 441.1-XX to DOE Handbook, Implementing Release and Clearance of Property Requirements for use with DOE O 458.1, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment
Draft DOE G 441.1-xx, was issued for use and comment in 2002 to assist in the implementation of Order DOE 5400.5 property clearance (now DOE Order (O)458.1). This action will update the guidance and convert it to a Handbook to continue providing information to assist Department of Energy (DOE) Program and Field Offices in understanding and implementing the Department’s release and clearance of property requirements. DOE O 458.1 establishes Departmental requirements for the release and clearance of property. The intent is to produce a Handbook that provides implementation guidance to support DOE’s diverse missions and ensure the continued protection of the public and the environment. Additionally, the Handbook will incorporate a consolidated list of approved pre-approved authorized limits supporting DOE O 458.1 clearance of property requirements.
RevCom: Project Justification Statement to Revise DOE-STD-1129-YR, Tritium Handling and Safe Storage
This 5 year update of DOE- STD 1129 updates the material and guidance contained in DOE-STD-1129- 2015 to account for advances in tritium processing technology. It was originally developed to capture good design, processing, storage and transportation practices, and it highlighted problem areas to avoid. This update will also include recommended modeling techniques and parameter values for determination of the Nuclear Hazard Categorization of Tritium Facilities.
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RevCom: Project Justification Statement (PJS) to Create DOE Standard, Implementing Release and Clearance of Property Requirements for use with DOE O 458.1, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment
This PJS is revised from the November 23, 2020 posted PJS in response to comments received during the initial review in RevCom. One commenter non-concurred with the former PJS on the basis that the scope of the document is more appropriate for a Standard rather than a Handbook as defined in DOE O 252.1A, Technical Standards Program, Appendix A. AU accepts the comment and submits the revised PJS seeking concurrence to publish the revised Guide as a Standard. The intent is to produce a Standard that clarifies requirements and provides implementation guidance to support DOE’s diverse missions and ensure the continued protection of the public and the environment. Additionally, the Standard will incorporate a consolidated list of approved pre-approved authorized limits supporting DOE O 458.1 clearance of property requirements. AU is proposing to use established volumetric.
Published: DOE-STD-1237-2021, Documented Safety Analysis for DOE Reactor Facilities
This Department of Energy (DOE) Standard (STD) describes an acceptable methodology for preparing a Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) for a reactor facility. This Standard is a DOE-approved methodology for meeting the requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management, Subpart B, Safety Basis Requirements.
Published: DOE-HDBK-1240-2021, Institutional Controls Implementation Handbook for Use with Use of Institutional Controls
This Handbook provides information to assist Department of Energy (DOE) program and field offices in understanding what is necessary and acceptable for implementing the provisions of DOE Policy (P) 454.1, Use of Institutional Controls. It identifies issues that need to be addressed when considering the use of institutional controls to support DOE’s diverse missions. Neither this Handbook nor the Policy include requirements, rather the Policy establishes the Department’s commitment to using institutional controls effectively to meet requirements contained in other directives or regulations. For example, DOE P 454.1 helps ensure that institutional controls will be integrated into the DOE Order (O) 436.1, Departmental Sustainability, environmental management system (EMS) implementation framework to help protect the public and the environment.
Published: Security Risk Management (OUO)
This Technical Standard must be handled as Official Use Only (OUO), thus, will not be available on the Technical Standards Program Website. For distribution, contact Gary White, (301) 903-6874, or email Gary.WhiteJr@hq.doe.gov.
RevCom: Project Justification Statement to Revise DOE-STD-1149-2016, Safety and Health Program for DOE Construction Projects
This Standard provides a framework for a construction safety program for use on DOE construction projects that will comply with the requirements of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, part 851. This proposed revision would incorporate changes to the definitions within the standard to more accurately outline the different roles and procedures associated with DOE construction safety. This proposed revision would also include changes to the Activity Hazard Analysis worksheet, located in Figure 1 and the Construction Safety and Health Plan Review Checklist, located in Appendix A
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Published: DOE-STD-1196-2021, Derived Concentration Technical Standard
A Derived Concentration Standard (DCS) is a radiological quantity used in the development and conduct of environmental and public radiation protection programs implemented at DOE sites and for DOE activities. DCS values are reference concentrations of radionuclides in environmental media that provide a basis for the control of effluent releases from DOE facilities.
Published: DOE-STD-5506-2021, Preparation of Safety Basis Documents for Transuranic (TRU) Waste Facilities
This Standard provides analytical assumptions and methods, as well as hazard controls to be used when developing Safety Basis documents for transuranic (TRU) waste facilities in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Complex. This Standard complements the safe harbor methods in Appendix A to Subpart B of 10 CFR Part 830 (Nuclear Safety Management). It also provides supplemental technical information that is specific to TRU waste operations, so Federal employees and contractors can formulate, implement, and maintain safety bases for TRU waste operations in a consistent manner that is compliant with 10 CFR Part 830, Subpart B, requirements. The information contained in this Standard is intended for use by all Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites and all contractors for DOE-owned or DOE-leased, Hazard Category 1, 2, or 3 nuclear facilities or nuclear operations that involve generation, handling, storage, and remediation of TRU waste. It may also be applied to these facilities having low-level waste. Supersedes DOE-STD-5506-2007, dated 4-4-2013.
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RevCom: Project Justification Statement to Revise DOE-STD-1070-1994, Guidelines for Evaluation of Nuclear Facility Training Programs
Because DOE-STD-1070-94 only evaluates one requirement in DOE O 426.2, it is proposed to revise the standard to evaluate the seventy-two requirements in the revised DOE O 426.2 that is awaiting Directives Review Board Approval. The revised standard will provide objectives and associated criteria that will not only evaluate the SAT requirement, but the personnel selection, qualification, and certification requirements that are contained in the order.
RevCom: New Project Justification Statement DOE-STD-1070-YYYY, Guidelines for Evaluation of Nuclear Facility Training Programs
New PJS DOE-STD-1070-YYYY, Guidelines for Evaluation of Nuclear Facility Training Programs posted in RevCom.
Published: DOE-STD-8000-2021, Safety System Oversight Functional Area Qualification Standard
The SSO FAQS establishes common performance competencies for DOE personnel who perform SSO duties and responsibilities. SSO personnel oversee contractor management of safety systems at DOE defense nuclear facilities and are responsible for overseeing assigned systems to ensure they will perform as required by the safety basis and other applicable requirements1. Appendix C, Approaches for Deploying and Qualifying SSO Personnel, outlines the different approaches for assigning personnel to provide oversight of safety systems and the qualification expectations for each of these approaches.
Published: Cancellation Memo, Cancellation and Archival of Six (6) Department of Energy Functional Area Qualification Standards
The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), National Training Center (NTC), on behalf of the DOE Federal Technical Capabilities Panel (FTCP), requests cancellation and archival of the following six (6) Functional Area Qualification Standards (FAQS). Per the recent finalization and posting of DOE-STD-8000-2021, Safety System Oversight Functional Area Qualification Standard, the FTCP Agents provided concurrence for the cancellation and archival of the FAQS listed below. This action is part of a comprehensive plan being managed by the FTCP to streamline and improve the overall qualification process for personnel in the DOE Technical Qualification Program.
RevCom: DOE-HDBK-1101-2004 Reaffirmation Memo, Proposed Reaffirmation of DOE-HDBK-1101-2004, Process Safety Management for Highly Hazardous Chemicals
This handbook is being reaffirmed because of a need to maintain basic information on Process Safety Management for Highly Hazardous Chemicals. A list of minor revisions is available in References.
Published: DOE-STD-1063-2021, DOE Standard Facility Representatives
Defines the duties, responsibilities and qualifications for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Facility Representatives (FRs), based on facility hazard classification; risks to workers, the public, and the environment; and the operational activity level. Provides the guidance necessary to ensure that DOE’s hazardous nuclear and non-nuclear facilities have sufficient staffing of technically qualified FRs to provide day-to-day oversight of contractor operations.
RevCom: Proposed Reaffirmation of DOE-HBDK_1046-2016, Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits for Chemicals: Methods and Practice
This standard is being reaffirmed because of a need to provide a pedigree for the process that an NA-40 internal document would not provide when questions are asked by local, state, tribal, Federal, or international government agencies or when a commercial company has a question about a TEEL value.
RevCom: Project Justification Statement (PJS) for the Proposed Standard for Firearms Qualification for Department of Energy (DOE) Protective Forces
The proposed standard codifies the current firearms qualification courses, published by the Office of Security, into the accepted DOE directives framework. Implementation of this document’s provisions constitutes only one segment of a comprehensive firearms safety, training, and qualification program designed to ensure armed DOE Protective Force (PF) personnel can discharge their duties safely, effectively, and professionally.
Published: DOE-STD-1212-2019 Change Notice 1, Explosives Safety
Provides the basic technical requirements for an explosives safety program necessary to ensure safe operations involving explosives, explosives assemblies, pyrotechnics and propellants, and assemblies containing these materials. Establishes safety controls and standards not addressed in other existing DOE or non-DOE regulations and is intended to close the safety gap created by DOE's unique activities to govern the DOE explosives safety process and ensure explosives safety is commensurate with the risk. This standard is based on the Cardinal Principle of Explosives Safety, which is to limit exposure to a minimum number of personnel, for a minimum amount of time, to a minimum amount of explosives, consistent with safe and efficient operations.
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Published: DOE-STD-3025-2022, Quality Assurance Inspection and Performance Testing of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) and Ultra Low Penetrating Air (ULPA) Filters
This standard establishes essential elements of a DOE program for quality assurance inspection and performance testing of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters to be installed in DOE Nuclear facilities that fall within the scope of DOE-STD-3020, Specification for HEPA Filters Used by DOE Contractors. Supersedes DOE-STD-3025-2007.
RevCom: Proposed Reaffirmation of DOE-HDBK-1100-2004, Chemical Process Hazards Analysis
This handbook is being reaffirmed because of a need to maintain basic information on Chemical Process Hazards Analysis.
Published: DOE-HDBK-1046-2016 (Reaffirmed 2022), Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits for Chemicals: Methods and Practice
This document describes why TEELs are needed, their role in emergency planning in DOE, the history of their development, and the methods by which they are developed. TEEL values are developed by a team of chemists/toxicologists established by DOE Headquarters. The handbook is being reaffirmed because of a need to provide a pedigree for the process that an NA-40 internal document would not provide when questions are asked by local, state, tribal, Federal, or international government agencies or when a commercial company has a question about a TEEL value.
Published: DOE-HDBK-1169-2022, Handbook for Use With DOE-STD-1269-2022
This handbook is a companion document to DOE-STD-1269-2022, Air Cleaning Systems in DOE Nuclear Facilities (referred to hereafter as “the Standard”). It identifies good practices drawn from operational experience at DOE components and commercial nuclear facilities, industry input, and the advice of technical experts that can be used to meet the Standard’s requirements and guidance. It also offers general technical advice on topics related to air cleaning systems needed for nuclear and worker safety. The handbook provides clarification of the rationale for some provisions in the Standard and cites references to assist all DOE components and their contractors in applying the Standard. With respect to the Standard’s requirement statements, the handbook should be viewed as an implementation aid, not as an interpretation of the requirements.
Published: DOE-STD-1269-2022, Air Cleaning Systems in DOE Nuclear Facilities
This standard has three purposes: • Provide requirements for safety class and safety significant air cleaning and confinement ventilation systems at DOE nuclear facilities; • Provide guidance for non-safety air cleaning systems at DOE nuclear facilities; and, • Increase DOE use of applicable industry consensus codes and standards, where appropriate.
RevCom: Proposed Cancellation of DOE-STD-1107-97 Change Notice 1, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Key Radiation Protection Positions at DOE Facilities
RevCom - PJS to Revise DOE-STD-3006-2010, Planning and Conducting Readiness Reviews
DOE-STD-3006-2010 provides standardized methods and approaches for planning and conducting Readiness Reviews. The revision will update and streamline the Core Requirements; clarify Startup Authorization Authority Requirements; consider combining the terms Operational Readiness Reviews and Readiness Assessments into “Properly-scoped Readiness Reviews”; consider addressing parallel (simultaneous) Contractor/Federal Readiness Reviews; and consider changing Startup Notification Report requirements
RevCom - Proposed Reaffirmation of DOE-STD-1121-2008, Internal Dosimetry
The Standard is being reaffirmed with Administrative Changes
RevCom: PJS to Develop DOE-STD-XXXX-YR, Canine Explosive Detection Team Certification Protocol (CUI)
The use of canines for the purpose of conducting security searches for explosives requires confidence in the canine team’s ability to detect a wide variety of explosives. The proposed technical standard describes a repeatable protocol and criteria for certifying the ability of a canine team to detect explosives.
RevCom: Limited Review of Changes to DOE-STD-1196-202X
This is a 30-day Limited Scope Review of revisions of to portions of Table 4 for milk consumption and an update to derived concentration standards for three isotopes of mercury (Table 6). Revised parts of the table are highlighted.
