Minimum Implementation Criteria

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to indicate the equipment was constructed according to the design specifications and was properly

installed and tested. Other documents, such as training records and procedure sign-offs, must also be

available.

Minimum Implementation Criteria

A qualified team should be assembled to conduct each PSR. This team, at a minimum, should

include individuals with design and process safety expertise. The team must conduct a physical

examination of the plant, process, or equipment that is new or modified, or that has been shutdown

for safety reasons. The physical examination is to verify that the plant or process was built

according to design, and that all necessary safety features are included and functioning. This

examination must include interviews with key personnel and reviews of documentation, such as

specifications and drawings, to verify that the design criteria are met.

A system should be in place to track, address, and close out issues identified by incident investiga-

tions, audits, PrHAs, or the PSR. A PSR tracking system can be encompassed within existing

internal self-assessment and corrective action tracking programs within DOE. The tracking system

should be used to ensure that the process is not operated with unresolved issues that significantly

degrade the safety of operations.

The level or depth of a PSR should be consistent with the level of hazard of the process or the reason

for shutdown. A written action plan must be developed for each PSR. As a minimum, all plans

must include the scope of the PSR, names of the PSR team members and their qualifications, the

PSR objectives, the action items, and the individuals responsible for the action items. For new

facilities, a PrHA is performed and recommendations are resolved or implemented prior to startup.

For existing processes, MOC items, such as training and procedures, are addressed.

Questions

How should DOE contractors interpret the phrase when the modification is significant

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enough to require a change in PSI? Must the same PSR procedure be used for all

significant changes?

Contractors should define the types of startups they expect to experience following mainte-

nance or construction on covered processes. They should then design appropriate PSR ap-

proaches for each situation using a graded approach. Not all PSRs must be completed using

the same number or types of people, or using the same review method. PSRs for major or

complex new processses are expected to be greater in scope, take longer, and involve more

resources than the startup of simple processes or a restart after relatively minor process

modifications.