Part 5. DOE Management

DOE-STD-1098-99

Radiological Control

Excellence in Radiological Control

June 2004

PART 5 DOE Management

151 Program Office

Secretarial Officers are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of radiological control programs for

activities under their cognizance, and are accountable for the quality and performance of radiological work

conducted at their assigned sites.

Each Secretarial Officer should designate an individual to be the Program Office focal point on radiological control

matters with the DOE Operations Offices and applicable Field Organization Managers, counterparts within DOE, and

the contractor organizations. This individual is referred to in this Standard as the Radiological Control Program

Advisor.

152 Operations Offices and Applicable Field Offices

Managers of Operations Offices and the Rocky Flats and Ohio Field Offices are responsible for the line management

function of conducting day-to-day management of contractor activities, including monitoring the quality and

performance of radiological work.

Managers of Operations Offices and the Rocky Flats and Ohio Fie ld Offices should designate an individual to be

responsible for providing radiological control program assessments, interacting routinely with the Radiological

Control Program Advisors of the affected DOE Program Offices, assisting the DOE field line organization in the use

of this Standard, and interacting on a periodic basis with counterparts at other sites.

153 Department Policy

The Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health (EH) is responsible for promulgating and maintaining the

overall DOE policy and standards with respect to radiological health and safety. EH is also responsible for periodically

revising the Standard to make corrections or improvements to the document. Other DOE elements should rely upon

subject matter experts within EH for assistance on issues involving topics such as radiological health effects, health

physics, dosimetry, instrumentation, training, and radiological controls.

154 Department Independent Radiological Control Performance Oversight

EH carries out its responsibility to provide independent radiological control performance oversight, on behalf of the

Secretary of Energy, through various means, including the following:

Uses 10 CFR 835 as its basis document. To the extent that a DOE activity's documented radiation protection

program establishes commitments to the use of specific guidance documents, such as the 10 CFR 835 Guides (DOE

G 441 Series), this Standard, or consensus standards, to achieve compliance, these documents should also be used

as basis d ocuments.

Assesses DOE Program, Operations, and applicable Field Office performance of their line management

responsibilities for implementing and maintaining radiological controls as detailed in the basis document(s).

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