Introduction - std10530006

DOE-STD-1053-93

1. IN TROD U CTION

1.1 Purpose

This guide is intended to assist facility maintenance operations in the review of existing

and in developing new programs to ensure maintenance practices provide an administrative

method by which maintenance activities are identified, initiated, planned, approved, scheduled,

coordinated, performed, and reviewed for adequacy and completeness. It is expected that each

DOE facility may use different approaches or methods than those defined in this guide. The

specific guidelines that follow reflect generally accepted industry practices. Therefore,

deviation from any particular guideline would not, in itself, indicate a problem. If substantive

differences exist between the intent of the Guideline and actual practice, management should

evaluate current practice to determine the need to include/exclude proposed features. A

change to maintenance practice would be appropriate if a performance weakness was

determined to exist. Development, documentation, and implementation of other features which

further enhance these guidelines for specific applications, is encouraged.

Maintenance work is intended to ensure plant capacity by limiting forced downtime and

returning items to service through an effective and timely first effort, consistent with plant

goals. Additional information pertinent to the implementation of this guideline is found in the

following DOE Guidelines:

1) "Guidelines to Good Practices f or Planning, S cheduling, and Coordination of M aintenance

A ctiv ities at DOE N uclear Facilities"

2) "W riter's Guide For T echnical Procedures"

3) "Guidelines to Good Practices f or Postm aintenance T esting at DOE N uclear Facilities"

4) "Guidelines to Good Practices f or T y pes of M aintenance at DOE N uclear Facilities"

"Guidelines to Good Practices f or Control and Calibration of M easuring and T est

Equipment (M&TE) at DOE Nuclear Facilities"

6) "Guidelines to Good Practices f or M aintenance History at DOE N uclear Facilities"

7) "Guidelines to Good Practice f or T raining and Qualif ication of M aintenance Personnel'

8) "Guidelines to Good Practice f or M odif ication W ork at DOE N uclear Facilities"

9) "Guidelines to Good Practice f or Procurem ent of Parts, M aterials, and S erv ices at DOE

N uclear Facilities"