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requires the RA be conducted in accordance with Operations Office and contractor procedures which

should also specify when an RA is required. The Order further states that guidance in this standard

provides accepted methods and approaches for use in preparation of the Operations Office and

responsible contractor's procedures. Section 5.10 discusses Readiness Assessments including

provisions which should be included in the local procedures. Many principles of the ORR process

apply to the RA. A well defined graded approach is important to ensure the effort is adequate to

verify readiness without being excessive in terms of time or resources. It is particularly important that

the individual circumstances concerning each restart be carefully considered when defining the number

and details of the RA or whether an RA is required at all.

4.4 ORR Oversight. Throughout the ORR process various Headquarters, Operations Office,

DOE organizations and external oversight organizations may become involved in the process. To

ensure that proper liaison occurs, documentation from each step in the process must be provided to the

appropriate internal and external oversight groups for information and comment. In most cases, the

documentation is provided after approval by the appropriate management official. It must be stressed,

however, that all information must be provided in a timely manner if all organizations are to be able to

execute their responsibility without delaying critical steps in the process. Frequent liaison must occur

between management at each level and oversight organizations at each level, both internal and

external, to ensure that all responsibilities and commitments are fulfilled. Transmittal of DOE

documents to agencies outside of DOE must follow established procedures.

4.5 General Comments.

a. The prerequisites for starting a specific ORR must be specified in the DOE and responsible

contractor plans-of-action as required by DOE 0 425.1. The specifics will vary with each ORR but

the basic principle is that the responsible contractor ORR shall not commence until management has

determined the facility is ready to operate. The DOE ORR shall not commence until the responsible

contractor has reported in writing its readiness to commence operations and until DOE management is

ready to oversee the operations. The specific prerequisites identified in the plans-of-action may refer

to phases of the startup process, conditions of the project management plan, specific consent or

Compliance Agreements or Implementation Plan status, etc., in order to quantify the method to meet

the basic principle of readiness.