Chapter 1 Introduction

DOE-STD-101-92

The Department of Energy (DOE) Order DOE 5480.5, "Safety

of Nuclear Facilities," establishes nonreactor nuclear facility

(NNF) safety requirements to assure that NNFs are sited,

designed, constructed, modified, operated, maintained, and decom-

missioned in accordance with uniform standards, guides, and codes

which are consistent with those applied to comparable NRC-

licensed nonreactor nuclear facilities.

This document identifies nuclear safety criteria applied

to the areas of safety addressed in the Safety Analysis Report

for a NNF. The degree of application of these criteria to a DOE-

owned NNF should be determined by the DOE and DOE contractor.

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This guide is a compilation and source list of nuclear

safety criteria primarily used by the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-

sion (NRC) and private industry in commercial NNFs.

Because the

DOE , in some areas of NNF design, construction, operation, and

decommissioning has taken the lead in developing NNF criteria,

the guide also includes criteria used by the DOE and DOE con-

tractors.

Those criteria that are mandated by the DOE Orders

shall be used in the design, construction, operation, or decom-

missioning of DOE NNFs.

The remaining nuclear safety criteria

listed in the guide should be evaluated by DOE and DOE con-

tractors for application to the DOE-owned NNFs under their cog-

nizance.

The criteria listed are those that are applicable to

the specific areas of nuclear safety addressed in the Safety

Analysis Report of an associated NNF.

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The nuclear safety criteria identified in this guide are

derived from federal regulations, USNRC regulatory guides and

publications, DOE and DOE contractor publications, and industry

codes and standards.

To assure that this guide includes the areas of nuclear

safety addressed in a Safety Analysis Report, USNRC Regulatory

Guide 3.26, "Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis

Reports for Fuel Reprocessing Plants," is used as a model to

establish its fundamental format and content.

To eliminate

excessive repetition, criteria are identified only in those

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