Detailed Requirements - s1063-970018

DOE-STD-1063-97

DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

5.1

Facility Coverage and Assignment. Each nuclear facility shall be evaluated by the

field element to determine an appropriate level of coverage by a Facility

Representative. This determination should be based on an assessment of the

hazards presented by each facility and documented in field element staffing plans.

This assessment will consider risks to the public, workers, and the environment

resulting from operation of the facility; the operational status and activity level of the

facility; as well as other factors specified in this section. The evaluation of hazards

will consider radiological, chemical, and physical dangers to workers, the public, and

the environment, as well as the barriers against these dangers provided by the

facility. Field elements may also elect to include certain non-nuclear facilities in this

evaluation. Secretarial Officers should validate the facility coverage and

assignments for field elements, since they are responsible for allocating staff and

necessary resources to provide adequate Facility Representative coverage.

Existing safety analysis and hazard assessment documentation (such as that

required by DOE 5480.23 and DOE-STD-1027-92 for nuclear facilities)

should be used to determine hazard categorization for each facility. This

information provides a basis for the risks associated with the facility and a

starting point for selecting the appropriate level of Facility Representative

coverage. Hazard categories are defined in Section 3.5.

Once the facility hazard has been categorized, the initial Facility

Representative coverage is determined by the operational status and activity

level of the facility. Three activity levels are used.

HIGH: Facilities that daily to weekly involve activities related to hazardous

operations.

MEDIUM: Facilities that weekly to monthly involve activities related to

hazardous operations.

LOW: Facilities that monthly to quarterly involve activities related to

hazardous operations.

Table 1 is the matrix used for determining an appropriate level of coverage.

TABLE 1. Recommended Facility Representative Coverage

Hazard

Activity Level

Classification

High

Medium

Low

Category 1 Hazard

Continual

Frequent

Intermittent

Category 2 Hazard

Frequent

Intermittent

Occasional

Category 3 Hazard

Intermittent

Occasional

Seldom

Table 2 provides definitions for each of the coverage terms.