General Comments.

DOE-STD-3006-2000

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 O 425.1B. The specifics vary with each ORR, as

discussed in Section 5.9.1.2.4, 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. Prerequisites should be

specific and verifiable. The DOE plan-of-action should contain specific prerequisites that, when

completed, provide confidence that DOE is ready to oversee contractor operations that are about to

be started.

b. The responsible contractor and DOE shall conduct their respective ORRs only when the approved

prerequisites have been achieved. However, there may be circumstances or events, such as periodic

Emergency Preparedness drills or complex system testing, when the review team may monitor the

event rather than cause a similar event to occur during the period of the review. This early review is

appropriate. The activity must be documented in the report of the ORR. It is also appropriate for the

ORR teams to conduct pre-ORR activities necessary to gain a familiarization, understanding, and

qualification necessary to prepare the ORR Implementation Plan and conduct the ORR prior to

prerequisites being met.

c. ORRs shall be conducted by personnel qualified in the technical matters involved. The number of

ORR team members varies with the scope of the ORR and the size and complexity of the facility.

The senior members of an ORR shall not be from offices assigned direct line management

responsibility for the work being reviewed by the startup or restart authority: any exceptions require

approval of the startup or restart authority. All ORR team members must have demonstrated