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192.

ENGINEERED CONTROLS. Physical controls, including set points and operating limits; as

distinct from administrative controls. [DOE G 450.4-1B]

193.

ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES. Systems, components, or structures that prevent

and/or mitigate the consequences of potential accidents described in the Final Safety Analysis

Report including the bounding design basis accidents. [DOE O 5480.23] [EH62dd1]

194.

ENSURE. As used in DOE M 411.1-1B, "to ensure" means that normal supervision is to be

employed to confirm to the ensuring organization's satisfaction that a condition is being met or an

activity is being properly conducted. The degree of rigor to be employed by the ensuring

organization should depend upon the history of supervision of the performing organization.

[DOE M 411.1-1B]

195.

ENTRANCE OR ACCESS POINT. Any location through which an individual could gain

access to areas controlled for the purposes of radiation protection. This includes entry or exit

portals of sufficient size to permit human entry, irrespective of their intended use. [10 CFR

835.2]

196.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT. Elements of an organization's activities, products, or services

that can interact with the environment. (ISO-14001, 1996) (The environmental aspect of an

activity is that part of it that creates a possibility for an environmental impact. As such, it is

equivalent to the concept of "hazard" in safety, which is also defined as the mere possibility of a

negative event.) [DOE G 450.1-1]

197.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS). The part of the overall

management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities,

practices, procedures, processes, and resources for developing, integrating, achieving,

reviewing, and maintaining environmental policy; a continuing cycle of planning, implementing,

evaluating, and improving processes and actions undertaken to achieve environmental goals.

[DOE G 450.1-1]

198.

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. Measurable results of the environmental

management system, related to an organization's control of its environmental aspects, based on

its environmental policy, objectives, and targets. (ISO-14001, 1996). [DOE G 450.1-1]

199.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARD. A specified set of rules or conditions

concerned with delineation of procedures; definition of terms; specification of performance,

design, or operations; or measurements that define the quantity of emissions, discharges, or

releases to the environment and the quality of the environment. [Reference Unknown]