EMS Audit

DOE-HDBK-XXXX-2005

06/30/2005

provided by any respirator or other personal protective equipment that is in use. [DOE O

5480.10A (Draft)]

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EMS AUDIT. A systematic and documented verification process of objectively

obtaining and evaluating evidence to determine whether an organization's environmental

management system conforms to the environmental management system audit criteria set

by the organization, and for communication of the results of this process to management.

[DOE G 450.1-1]

ENCLOSED VESTIBULE. A non-air-tight antechamber with an outer and anterior door

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for safe access through confinement barriers. The antechamber limits the air flow across

confinement barriers. [EH62dd1]

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ENCLOSURE. A primary confinement system such as process systems, glove boxes,

conveyors, hot cells, and canyons. [DOE O 6430.1A]

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ENERGIZED. Electrically connected to or having a source of voltage. [IEEE 1584-

2002] [NFPA 70E]

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ENERGIZED (alive, live): Electrically connected to a source of potential difference, or

electrically charged so as to have a potential significantly different from that of earth in

the vicinity. [DOE-HDBK-1092-2004]

ENERGY. The capacity to do work. Energy exists in many forms, including acoustic,

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potential, electrical, kinetic, thermal, biological, chemical and radiation (both ionizing

and non-ionizing). [DOE G 225.1A-1]

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ENERGY FLOW. The transfer of energy from its source to some other point. There are

two types of energy flows: wanted (controlled--able to do work) and unwanted

(uncontrolled--able to do harm). [DOE G 225.1A-1]

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ENFORCEMENT ADJUDICATION. The portion of the enforcement process that

commences when a respondent requests an on-the-record adjudication of the assessment

of a civil penalty and terminates when a Presiding Officer files an initial decision. [10

CFR 820.2]

ENGINEERED CONTROLS. Physical controls, including set points and operating

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limits; as distinct from administrative controls. [DOE G 450.4-1B]

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ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES. Systems, components, or structures that prevent

and/or mitigate the consequences of potential accidents described in the Final Safety

DRAFT