Hazard Categories - STD106320000012

DOE-STD-1063-2000

3.10

Hazard. (10CFR830.3) Hazard means a source of danger (i.e., material,

energy source, or operation) with the potential to cause illness, injury, or

death to personnel or damage to a facility or to the environment (without

regard to the likelihood or credibility of accident scenarios or consequence

3.11

Hazard Categories. The consequences of unmitigated releases of

radioactive and/or hazardous material are evaluated as required by DOE O

5480.23 and classified by the following Hazard Categories:

Category 1 - The hazard analysis shows the potential for significant off-

site consequences.

Category 2 - The hazard analysis shows the potential for significant on-site

consequences.

Category 3 - The hazard analysis shows the potential for only significant

localized consequences.

DOE-STD-1027-92, Change Notice 1 and DOE-EM-5502-94 contain

additional information on methods and criteria for determination of Hazard

Categories.

3.12

Hazardous Materials. (DOE O 420.1) Any solid, liquid, or gaseous material

that is chemical, toxic, explosive, flammable, radioactive, corrosive,

chemically reactive, or unstable upon prolonged storage in quantities that

could pose a threat to life, property, or the environment.

3.13

Interim Qualification. Specific requirements that must be met prior to a

Facility Representative being assigned to provide limited coverage in a

facility for which he or she is not fully qualified.

3.14

Line Organization. The unbroken chain of command that extends from

the Secretary through the Deputy Secretary (Chief Operating Officer), to

the Secretarial Officers who set program policy and plans and develop

assigned programs, to the Program and Field Element Managers who are

responsible for execution of these programs, and to the contractors who

conduct the programs. Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) are

integral parts of each program. Accordingly, responsibility for ES&H

functions resides with the line organizations.

3.15

Occurrence Report. A documented evaluation of an event or condition

that is prepared in sufficient detail to enable the reader to assess its

significance, consequences, or implications and to evaluate the actions

being proposed or employed to correct the condition or to avoid

recurrence.