Evaluation Guidelines

DOE-HDBK-XXXX-2005

06/30/2005

occupational safety and health standards, as delineated in the Code of Federal

Regulations, are treated as variances.) [EH62dd1]

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EVALUATION GUIDELINES. The radioactive material dose value that the safety

analysis evaluates against. The Evaluation Guideline is established for the purpose of

identifying and evaluating safety-class structures, systems, and components. On-site

Evaluation Guidelines are not required for adequate documentation of a safety basis

utilizing the overall process of DOE-STD-3009-94. [DOE-STD-3009-94]

EVENT. Something significant and real-time that happens (e.g., pipe break, valve

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failure, loss of power, environmental spills, earthquake, tornado, flood). [DOE M 232.1-

1A]

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EVENTS AND CAUSAL FACTORS CHART. Graphical depiction of a logical series of

events and related conditions that precede the accident. [DOE G 225.1A-1]

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EXCEPTION. A release from the specific requirements of DOE O 5480.20A. Exception

also refers to release of an individual from portions of a training program through prior

education, experience, training, and/or testing. [DOE O 5480.20A]

EXEMPTION. The final order that sets forth the relief, waiver, or release, either

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temporary or permanent, from a DOE Nuclear Safety Requirement, as granted by the

appropriate Secretarial Officer pursuant to the provisions of subpart E of 10 CFR 820.

[10 CFR 820.2]

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EXPANDED HEALTH STANDARD. Any standard promulgated by the U.S.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration under Section 6(b)(5) of the U.S.

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Expanded health standards generally

address a specific substance and include, in addition to a permissible exposure limit,

ancillary requirements pertaining to medical surveillance, exposure monitoring, personal

protective equipment, respiratory protection, training and information, and record

keeping. [DOE O 5480.10A (Draft)]

EXPLOSIVE. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that, when subjected to

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heat, impact, friction, shock, or other suitable initiation stimulus, undergoes a very rapid

chemical change with the evolution of large volumes of highly heated gases that exert

pressures in the surrounding medium. The term applies to materials that either detonate

or deflagrate. DOE explosives may be dyed various colors, except pink, which is

reserved for mock explosives. [DOE M 440.1-1]

DRAFT