Authorization Protols

DOE-HDBK-XXXX-2005

06/30/2005

Classification Documents, the Technical Safety Requirements, DOE-issued safety

evaluation reports, and facility-specific commitments made in order to comply with DOE

Orders or policies. [DOE O 5480.21] [EH62dd1]

AUTHORIZATION PROTOCOLS. Those processes used to communicate acceptance

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of the contractor's integrated plans for hazardous work. Such protocols are expected to

range from pre-performance review and approval by DOE of detailed safety-related terms

and conditions for performing work (authorization agreement) to less rigorous oversight

and post-performance assessment of the contractor's work. [DNFSB/TECH-16]

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AUTHORIZED PERSON. Any person required by work duties to be in a regulated area.

[10 CFR 850.3]

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BACKFIT. The imposition of a new or proposed nuclear safety requirement which

dictates the modification of, or addition to: (1) systems, structures and components of a

facility; (2) the existing or approved design of a facility; or (3) the procedures or

organization required to design, construct, or operate a facility. [EH62dd1]

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BACKFIT ANALYSIS. A cost/benefit-analysis of proposed backfit. A backfit analysis

can be either for a group of facilities or for a specific facility. Backfit analyses are to be

judgmental and guided by available quantitative information. [EH62dd1]

BACKFIT REVIEW COMMITTEE (BRC). The committee established to review the

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backfit analysis for proposed nuclear safety backfits. This committee shall consist of

representatives from each nuclear program office; the Office of Nuclear Safety Policy

and Standards; and the Office of Environment, Safety and Health. [EH62dd1]

BACKGROUND. Radiation from:

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(i) Naturally occurring radioactive materials which have not been technologically

enhanced;

(ii) Cosmic sources;

(iii) Global fallout as it exists in the environment (such as from the testing of nuclear

explosive devices);

(iv) Radon and its progeny in concentrations or levels existing in buildings or the

environment which have not been elevated as a result of current or prior

activities; and

DRAFT