Onsite Packaging and Transportation

DOE-STD-1128-98

Guide of Good Practices for Occupational Radiological Protection in Plutonium Facilities

Generally, an assessment is required for each onsite package containing Type B, fissile, or

highway route control quantities (HRCQ).

The packaging organization is responsible for coordinating onsite package design and

preparation of safety analysis documentation. The following information describes typical

process, review, and approval requirements for onsite safety analysis documentation:

1. Initiation. New safety analysis documentation or reviews/changes to existing

documentation can be requested by a user organization based on programmatic or

operational requirements. The request is submitted in writing to the packaging

organization and includes proper justification and support documentation. The

packaging organization makes routine revisions as necessary to reflect policy and

regulation changes.

2. Preparation. The packaging organization coordinates the analysis, prepares safety

analysis documentation, and guides the documentation through the review and approval

process, including the resolution of review comments and the obtaining of required

approval.

3. Control. Safety analysis documentation is prepared and maintained according to

facility policy. The document control system provides an accessible, auditable, and

retrievable method for maintaining and changing safety analytic documentation.

4. Review and Approval Cycle. Safety analysis documentation is reviewed, approved,

and changed according to facility policy. Additional reviews and approvals include the

following people and organizations:

User

cognizant engineer

packaging organization

quality assurance

responsible environmental assurance organization, onsite only

packaging, shipping, and waste safety assurance organization

criticality engineering analysis, if criticality analysis is required

packaging and shipping approval authority

DOE field office, if the package is to be used for HRCQ inter-area shipments.

5. Approval for Editorial Changes. Inconsequential editorial changes to a safety analysis

document may be approved at the operating level.

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