Senior Reactor Operator

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577.

SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR. A person certified by contractor nuclear facility

management to operate and direct the operation of a DOE-owned reactor. [DOE O

5480.20A]

578.

SERVICE. The performance of work, such as design, manufacturing, construction, fabrication,

assembly, documentation, environmental, restoration, waste management, laboratory sample

analysis, inspection, nondestructive examination/testing, environmental qualification, equipment

qualification, repair, installation, or the like. [10 CFR 830.3]

579.

SERVICE CONDITIONS. Environmental, loading, power, and signal conditions expected as

a result of normal operating requirements, expected extremes (abnormal) in operating

requirements, and postulated conditions appropriate for the design basis events of the facility.

[DOE O 5480.EIA] [EH62dd1]

580.

SERVICE ENVIRONMENT. Actual physical states, environment, or influences that exist

during the service life of a system, structure, or component. [EH62dd1]

581.

SHALL, SHOULD, AND MAY. Shall is used to denote a requirement; should is used to

denote a recommendation; and may is used to denote permission, neither a requirement nor a

recommendation. [DOE O 5480.20A] [EH62dd1]

582.

SHALLOW DOSE EQUIVALENT. The dose equivalent deriving from external radiation at a

depth of 0.007 cm in tissue. [10 CFR 835.2]

583.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR. A certified person in the operating organization designated by

contractor facility management to direct operations-related activities of personnel at a DOE-

owned reactor or nonreactor nuclear facility. Substitute titles may be used for positions of

equivalent functions. [DOE O 5480.20A]

584.

SHIFT TECHNICAL ADVISOR (STA). A person who has been assigned to provide on-shift

advice and counsel to shift operating personnel to help determine cause and mitigation of facility

accidents. [DOE O 5480.20A]

585.

SHIPMENT. Any offsite transportation of any materials and equipment, involving activities

such as packaging, loading, marking and labeling and placarding, where applicable; cargo

securement; preparation of shipping documents; and tendering the package to the carrier or

transporter. [DOE G 460.2-1]

586.

SHIPPER. The entity (or its agent) that tenders a shipment for transportation. The term

includes persons who prepare packages for shipment, and offer packages to a carrier for