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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 1994a, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports, DOE Order 5480.23, Change 1, U.S. Department of Enei y, Washington, D.C., March 10,1994. 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 1992b, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports, DOE Order... 

In the late 1980s, DOE initiated tasks to provide new DOE orders that addressed nuclear safety documents and nuclear criticality safety. These documents were necessary to establish DOE nuclear safety policy and requirements in anticipation of the change to a regulated process. In 1991-1992, the DOE issued four DOE orders that defined the requirements for preparing Unreviewed Safety Questions (USQs) (DOE Order 5480.21), TSRs (DOE Order 5480.22), Safety Analysis Reports (DOE Order 5480.23), and Nuclear Criticality Safety (DOE Order 5480.24). They were used for the specification of nuclear safety requirements and used in conjunction with 10 CFR, Part 830 (10 CFR 830), Subpart A—Quality Assurance (QA) Requirements—for enforcement action under the PAAA regulatory process. These orders were deactivated on the issuance of 10 CFR 830, Subpart B—Safety Basis Requirements—and replaced by DOE guides. 

DOE-STD-3009-94, Preparation Guide for U.S. Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports, (DOE 1994) describes a SAR preparation method that satisfies the requirements of DOE Order 5480.23 and is acceptable to the DOE. 

DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports (DOE 1992b), This order specifies the requirements for nuclear facilities to document the safety analyses that establish the adequacy of the facility safety bases. A Safety Analysis Report (SAR) is required to document the results of the safety analysis for the facility. Furthermore, as part of the SAR, the contractor is responsible for addressing the Derivation of TSRs as indicated in Section 8 under Requirements, Part b, "Scope and Content of the SAR", subsection (p). The Attachment to the Order, "Interim Guidance for DOE Order 5480.23 - SARs," Section 4, "Interpretation," Part f. Subsection d.16, provides additional guidance on the content. 

DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports (DOE 1994a), Paragraph 8b(3)(n), as amplified by Attachment 1, Paragraph 4f(3)(d)14, of the order (Topic 14) requires a systematic inquiry into or evaluation of human factors for the facility. DOE Memorandum, Safety Analysis Report Guidance - Human Factors, DOE/DP-625 (DOE 1992), indicates that the use of the Human Factors Safety Analysis checklist will satisfy the requirements of DOE Order 5480.23 concerning human factors for existing facilities. 

DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports, (DOE 1992) Paragraphs 8b(3)(r), as amplified in Attachment 1, and 4f(3)(d)18 of this order (Topic 18) require that the QAP for the facility be addressed as part of the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) (DOE 1992). 

DOE Order 5480.22 (DOE 1992a), Derivation of Technical Safety Requirements. DOE Order 5480.23 (DOE 1992b), Derivation of a facility Safety Analysis Report. DOE O 151.1, Chg. 2 (DOE 1995a), Comprehensive Emergency Management. 

In addition to these requirements, if a PrHA is conducted to satisfy safety analysis requirements of DOE Order 5480.23, "Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports," the resolution of action items must be documented to obtain approval of the safety analysis and the startup of the facility. In this case, the contractor may be required to satisfy specific safety criteria before an action item is considered resolved. 

These topics are the subject of DOE Standard DOE-STD-1027-92, "Hazard Categorization and Accident Analysis Techniques for Compliance with DOE Order 5480.23 Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports," which provides guidance for facility managers and Cognizant Secretarial Offices (CSOs). They are also discussed in the DOE Standard DOE-STD-3009-94,... 

DOE Order 5480.23, Chg. I, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports, Paragraph 8.b.(3)(d), as amplified in paragraph 4.f.(3)(d)4 of Attachment 1 to the Order, requires a description of the facility and operations conducted in the facility, including design of principal structures, components, systems, engineered safety features, and processes. (DOE 1994a). 

DOE-STD-1027-92, Change Notice 1, Hazard Categorization and Accident Analysis Techniques for Compliance with DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports,... 

The concept of the USQs was established to allow contractors to make physical and procedural changes and to conduct test and experiments without prior DOE (EXDE Order 5480.21) approval, as long as these changes did not explicitly or implicitly affect the authorization basis of the facility or result in a TSR change. The intent of this order was to provide contractors with the flexibility needed to conduct day-to-day operations and to require that those issues with a potential impact on the authorization basis, and, therefore, the safety of the facility be brought to the attention of DOE, thus maintaining the proper safety focus. The authorization basis is described in documents such as the facility safety analysis report, other safety analyses, hazard classification documents, the TSRs, DOE-issued safety evaluation reports, and facility-specific commitments made in compliance with DOE orders or policies. 

DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear safety analysis reports. Document is available from Department of Energy, AD-631/FORS, Washington, DC. 

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