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Natural Phenomenon Hazards
FACILITY SAFETY
The Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety Policy is responsible for the development of guidance, standards, orders and rules pertaining to the design and evaluation of structures, systems and components for natural phenomenon hazards (NPH) such as earthquakes, wind and tornadoes, floods, lightning, volcanoes and excessive snow and rain. DOE's NPH requirements are in DOE O 420.1, Facility Safety. In nuclear facilities, NPH requirements are derived from the documented safety analysis required by 10 CFR 830, Subpart B. Many of Doe's NPH standards are adopted or based on national consensus standards. The Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety Policy represents DOE on NPH and structural design and analysis issues that are considered by many federal, commercial and international organizations.
Natural Phenomenon Hazards Contact: Harish Chander
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The following orders, policies, and guides may be found at The Department of Energy's Directives Web Site.
- DOE Order 420.1, Facility Safety
- DOE Guide 420.1-2, Guide for the Mitigation of Natural Phenomena Hazards for DOE Nuclear Facilities and Non-Nuclear Facilities
The following technical standards may be found at The Department of Energy's Technical Standards Web Site.
- DOE-STD-1020-94, (CH-1), Natural Phenomenon Hazards Design & Evaluation Criteria for Department of Energy Facilities
- DOE-STD-1021-93, (CH-1), Natural Phenomenon Hazards Performance Categorization Guidelines for Structures, Systems & Components
- DOE-STD-1022-94, (CH-1), Natural Phenomenon Hazards Characterization Criteria
- DOE-STD-1023-95, (CH-1), Natural Phenomenon Hazards Assessment Criteria
- DOE-STD-1024-92, (CH-1), Guide for use of Probabalistic Seismic Hazard Curves at Department of Energy Sites for Department of Energy Facilities
This page was last updated on January 05, 2007
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