Work Authorization and Documentation

DOE-STD-1039-93

Second, the deficiency should be communicated to other affected personnel. One method

is through the use of a deficiency tag. A deficiency tag may be attached to the affected

component by operating personnel or others to indicate that a component deficiency has

been recognized, documented, and reported in accordance with facility procedures. When

the deficiency has been corrected, maintenance personnel should remove the tag. Other

methods for communicating deficiencies to affected personnel include caution tags,

narrative logs, turnover checklists, round sheets, annotated status boards, etc. Facility

policies should specify the method(s) to be used to inform personnel of deficiencies in the

equipment they operate and monitor.

4.7 Work Authorization and Documentation

All activities that change the status of systems or equipment important to safety, that affect

operations, or that change control indications or alarms, should be authorized by the

operations supervisor. These activities may include maintenance, testing, fuel movement,

radiography, and others. The authorization should be documented in the work control

package.

Organizations and individuals performing work should provide status reports on the work

in progress to the operations supervisor. The facility should have a system in place to

ensure that status information is provided to the operations supervisor when work is

performed by outside personnel (e.g., vendors). The operations supervisor should make

these status reports available to all applicable personnel. This permits coordination of

interrelated activities among work groups.

4.8 Equipment Post-Maintenance Testing and Return to Service

Before returning equipment to service following maintenance, the equipment should be

tested to demonstrate that it is capable of performing its intended function. Two purposes

are served by this: the testing should verify that the maintenance was performed correctly