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This Department of Energy (DOE) Handbook is approved for use by all DOE Components

and their contractors. The Handbook incorporates editorial changes to DOE-STD-1058-93,

Guide to Good Practices for Developing and Conducting Case Studies, and supersedes

DOE-STD-1058-93. Technical content of this Handbook has not changed from the original

technical standard. Changes are primarily editorial improvements, redesignation of the standard

to a Handbook, and format changes to conform with current Technical Standards Program

procedures.

The purpose of this Department of Energy (DOE) Guide to Good Practices for Developing

and Conducting Case Studies is to provide Department of Energy contractor organizations with

information that can be used in the development and use of case studies as a method to

incorporate operating experiences into the training program. Contractors are not obligated to

adopt all parts of the document. Rather, they can use the information in this guide to develop

programs that apply to their facility. This guide can be used as an aid in the design,

development, and conduct of case studies for use in the training program. This guide can be

used for both the initial and continuing training programs.

Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data that

may improve this document should be sent to the Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Standards

(EH-31), U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, by letter or by using the self-

addressed Document Improvement Proposal (DOE F 1300.3) appearing at the end of this

document.

DOE technical standards, such as this Handbook, do not establish requirements.

However, all or part of the provisions in a technical standard can become requirements under the

following circumstances:

(1) they are explicitly stated to be requirements in a DOE requirements document; or

(2) the organization makes a commitment to meet a technical standard in a contract or in a plan

or program required by a DOE requirements document.

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