Decontamination and Decommissioning

Draft 12/15/2006 FUNCTIONAL AREA GOAL: The fundamental policies and guidance for the safe accomplishment of D&D work and include: (1) directives implementation guidance to help clarify, integrate, and reduce overlapping and operationally-oriented ES&H requirements applicable to facility disposition activities; (2) safety management guidance that provides an integrated and balanced approach to identification, analysis, and control of all types of hazards; (3) ES&H performance expectations recommended for implementing an effective ISMS for facility disposition, including those expectations related to subcontractor and transient workers (4) A compilation of existing ES&H directives (organized by hazard types), potentially applicable to facility disposition activities.

REQUIREMENTS:

10 CFR 830, Nuclear Safety management, Subpart B, Safety basis Requirements. 1992.
29 CFR 1910.120 or 29 CFR 1926.65, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency response (HAZWOPER) 1992.
DOE P 450.2A, Identifying, Implementing and Complying with Environment, Safety and health requirements,
DOE O 440.1 and its implementation guide DOE G 440.1-1, worker Protefction Management for DOE Federal and Contractor Employees Guide,
DOE O 430.1A, Life-Cycle Asset Management (LCAM)
DOE O 430.1B, Real Property Asset Management,
DOE O 5480.23, Nuclear Safety analysis Reports,
DOE-STD-1186-2004, Specific Administrative Controls,
DOE-STD-1027-92, Hazard Categorization, 1992..
DOE-STD-3009-2002, Preparation Guide for U. S. Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Documented Safety Analyses, Change Notice No. 2, April 2002.
DOE-STD-3011-2002, Guidance for Preparation of Basis for Interim Operation (BIO) Documents, dated December 2002.
DOE-STD-1120-2005, Integration of Environment, Safety, and Health into Facility Disposition Activities, 2005 (two volumes)
DOE HDBK-3010-94, Airborne Release Fractions/Rates and Respirable Fractions for Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities, February 1996.
DOE HDBK-1100-96, Chemical Process Hazard Analysis, 1996.
DOE HDBK-1101-96, Process Safety Management for Highly Hazardous Chemicals, 1996
DOE HDBK-1139/1-2000, Chemical Management, 2000

Performance Objective 1: Contractor Program Documentation

The documents should be clear, complete, consistent, and up-to-date.

Criteria

The DSA should accurately reflect current facility configurations, missions, hazards, scope of operations, and pertinent onsite and offsite conditions.
The DSA should be fully developed, approved, and implemented, and be consistent with the latest DOE requirements, unless the basis for deviating from these requirements can be fully justified.
The documents should be consistent, clearly presented, and reflected in facility directives and procedures.
The relationships between the DSA and other major safety management program documents (e.g., fire hazards analysis, criticality safety analysis, emergency response) should be defined and show consistencies.
The DSA should describe future facility life-cycle stages, missions, and operations, including deactivation and decommissioning, and explain the impact on the facility safety.
The hazards and controls documented in the facility DSA should be consistent with other environment, safety, and health documents for the overall protection of workers, public, and environment.

Performance Objective 2: Contractor Programs

2.1 Hazards to receptors: The hazards and risks to workers, public, and environment should be fully defined.

Criteria

All hazards that can have potential harm to the workers, public, and environment should be identified and analyzed, including chemical, nuclear, industrial, fire, explosion, electrical, and seismic hazards.
The hazard analysis should specify bounding facility hazards in terms of type, quantity, and form, and include a facility hazard classification.
The hazard and accident analyses should cover all activities for which approval is given and be consistent in approach with established industrial methodologies, identify preventive and mitigative features for the spectrum of events examined, and identify dominant accident scenarios.

2.2 Controls:

Controls for work planning and hazard identification are established and documented.
Preliminary Hazard Screening and Assessment, Task Hazard analysis are in place to support D&D activities.
Pre-job planning, ARAR determination, and S&SH resources are there to support the D&D activities.
Hazard baseline documentation and safety controls are documented.
TSRs and hold points are defined and documented.
Historical experience and lessons learned are implemented and shared.

Performance Objective 3: DOE Line Management Oversight

Line management should be committed to manage and maintain D&D relabasis per DOE directives.

Criteria

Line management should have appropriate plans and resources for reviewing, approving, and implementing facility disposition plans, readiness review, and self-assessments.
DOE line management should follow responsibilities as set by DOE Order 411.1, "Safety Management Functions, Responsibilities and Authorities."
Line management should update DSA per DOE requirements after the D&D operation/activities.
Line management should have and maintain an authorization agreement that contains key terms and conditions under which the contractor is authorized to perform the work.

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