Storage and Issuance

DOE-STD-1069-94

identification. Items should be marked where possible with a

unique identification number, to provide a specific tracking

mechanism. Preinventoried containers of tools and equipment

may be identified as single units if the contents are inventoried

and restored after use.

Items should only be issued to individuals authorized to

withdraw tools. Bar-coded authorization cards that identify the

specific user should be used to assign tools and to facilitate

tracking thereafter. The identity of the items issued, the name

of the user, the location of the job for which the tools are to be

used, and the expected date of return should be recorded.

All facility departments and contractors should be required to

obtain tools and equipment for use in potentially contaminated

RCAs from the contaminated-tool storage areas.

The return of tools should be tracked against the expected

return dates. Tool and equipment use should be recorded to

establish use patterns and needed inventory quantities. The

computer-based inventory system should be utilized to track the

number and flow of stocked items used within the RCA. When

items are not returned, the user should be made to account for

them.

Tools and equipment should be returned to their sources

immediately upon completion of use. All issued tools and

equipment should immediately undergo operability and

radiological evaluations.

Worn, defective, or otherwise unusable tools should be removed

from work areas as soon as possible, to prevent inadvertent use.

The replenishment of tool supplies should be performed only by

the responsible coordinating department on the basis of past

usage and expected needs. The uncontrolled introduction into

the RCA of tools and equipment, should be prohibited.

i) Tools and equipment that need inspection, calibration, or

refurbishment by personnel in specific work groups or by vendors may

require shipment to special locations elsewhere on site or off site.

When those transfers are necessary, the control coordinator should