Safety Management Function

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06/30/2005

SAFETY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION. An activity that may beneficially affect the

557.

safety and health of workers or the public or the protection of the environment.

558.

SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. A program designed to ensure to facility is

operated in a manner that adequately protects workers, the public, and the environment

by covering a topic such as: quality assurance; maintenance of safety systems; personnel

training; conduct of operations; inadvertent criticality protection; emergency

preparedness; fire protection; waste management; or radiological protection of workers,

the public, and the environment. [10 CFR 830.3]

559.

SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. An integrated safety management system

established consistent with 48 CFR 970.5204-2. [10 CFR 830.3]

560.

SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SYSTEM). Means an integrated safety

management system developed in accordance with the provisions of Department of

Energy Acquisition Regulations in 48 CFR 970.5204-2 (also described in the DOE P

450.4, "Safety Management System Policy," issued on October 15, 1996). [48 CFR

970.5204-2]

561.

SAFETY PROGRAMS. Programs, required by DOE or other regulatory authority or

committed to in the contractor's Safety Management System description, which will be

adhered to for a scope of work by a facility or site in support of the work. [Generalized

from DNFSB input to apply to non-nuclear facilities] [DOE G 450.4-1B]

562.

SAFETY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPONENTS. The

structures, systems, and components which are not designated as safety class structures,

systems, and components, but whose preventive and mitigative function is a major

contributor to defense in depth and/or worker safety as determined from safety analysis.

(See Safety Class Structures, Systems, and Components; Safety-Class Structures,

Systems, and Components; and Safety Structures, Systems, and Components) [10 CFR

830]

563.

SAFETY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPONENTS

(SAFETY-SIGNIFICANT SSCs). Structures, systems, and components which are not

designated as safety-class SSCs but whose preventive or mitigative function is a major

contributor to defense in depth and/or worker safety as determined from safety analyses.

[10 CFR 830]

As a general rule of thumb, safety-significant SSC designations based on worker safety

DRAFT