DOE Elements

DOE-HDBK-XXXX-2005

06/30/2005

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DOE ELEMENTS. First tier organizations at Headquarters and in the field (field

includes all operations offices and field offices including site offices, service centers, and

energy technology centers). [DOE O 430.1B]

DOE FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE. For each major facility or group of lesser

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facilities, an individual assigned responsibility by the Head of the Field Element for

monitoring the performance of the facility and its operations. This individual shall be the

primary point of contact with the contractor and will be responsible to the appropriate

DOE Program Office and field elements for implementing the requirements of this Order.

[DOE O 5480.19 Chg 2] [EH62dd1]

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DOE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM. Those fire protection requirements, hardware,

administrative controls, procedures, guidelines, plans, personnel, analyses, and technical

criteria that comprehensively ensure that DOE objectives relating to fire safety are

achieved. [DOE O 5480.7A] [EH62dd1]

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DOE NUCLEAR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. The set of enforceable rules,

regulations, or orders relating to nuclear safety adopted by DOE (or by another Agency if

DOE specifically identifies the rule, regulation, or order) to govern the conduct of

persons in connection with any DOE nuclear activity and includes any programs, plans,

or other provisions intended to implement these rules, regulations, orders, a Nuclear

Statute or the Act, including technical specifications and operational safety requirements

for DOE nuclear facilities. For purposes of the assessment of civil penalties, the

definition of DOE Nuclear Safety Requirements is limited to those identified in 10 CFR

820.20(b). [10 CFR 820.2]

DOE OFFICIAL. The person, or his designee, in charge of making a decision under 10

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CFR 820. [10 CFR 820.2]

DOE REPRESENTATIVE. A DOE employee or authorized contractor designated by the

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appropriate Senior Executive level management office (Headquarters, or Field) (1) to

work on standards committee assignments by reason of individual professional or

technical expertise to further technical programmatic objectives of the Department; or (2)

to serve as official spokesperson for the Department on boards of directors governing as

policy-developing bodies, including, for example, management boards of non-

government standards bodies. [DOE O 1300.2A] [EH62dd1]

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DOSE EQUIVALENT (H). The product of absorbed dose (D) in rad (or gray) in tissue,

a quality factor (Q), and other modifying factors (N). Dose equivalent is expressed in

units of rem (or sievert) (1 rem = 0.01 sievert). (See Committed Dose Equivalent,

Committed Effective Dose Equivalent, Cumulative Total Effective Dose Equivalent,

DRAFT