Base Information

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category; (2) statement of the facility mission and scope of operations encompassed by

the facility mission; (3) summary of the major facility hazards and dominant accident

scenarios; (4) discussion of pertinent exemptions and/or consent agreements impacting

the approval; (5) discussions of major mission- and project-related influences impacting

the decision to authorize operation; and (6) any conditions of approval and/or open

issues raised with regard to the approval bases, including schedules for completion (if

applicable). The executive summary concludes with a statement on the acceptability of

the DSA and TSRs indicating that these documents have undergone an appropriate

review and that the facility safety basis as documented is acceptable with stated

conditions of approval, if any.

4.4

Review Process

This section provides a brief description of the review process the DSA and TSRs have

undergone and its basis. Because there is no generic level of review effort required, this

section is more the historical top-level documentation of the review process and the

rationale for level of effort and detail. Typical information summarized includes: (1) basic

premises of review, particularly those representing some consensus with the preparer of

the DSA/TSRs; (2) summation of the review effort; (3) key participants in the review

process; and (4) scope of special efforts, if any (e.g., selected independent calculations,

walkthroughs, etc.). Discussion should be brief but still sufficient to provide an

understanding of the thoroughness of the review process and its basis. This section

does not provide a documented record of the details of the review (e.g., issue resolution

files).

4.5

Base Information

This section documents the bases of approving the adequacy of base information,

including any conditions of approval imposed. A statement of adequacy is generally

focused and brief. This may entail nothing more than a paragraph stating that the DSA

contains sufficient background and fundamental information to support the review of the

more technical aspects of the DSA (i.e., review of the remaining approval bases). The

majority of any inadequacies in the base information will require revision to the DSA prior

to SER preparation or may be sufficiently minor that they can be resolved in a future DSA

revision.

In addition to bases of acceptance, this SER section provides a brief synopsis of major

site, facility, and operational process features. This information is intended for the sole

purpose of providing a minimal, facility-specific context for SER bases of approval, such

that an elementary understanding of the operational envelope can be gleaned from the

SER. The SER does not, however, attempt to repeat detailed safety basis information

contained in the DSA.

4.6

Hazard and Accident Analyses

This section documents the bases for approving the hazard and accident analyses,

including any conditions of approval imposed. Such documentation focuses on the

completeness of the analysis and the consistency of the logic used throughout the

analysis process.

In addition to bases of acceptance, this SER section provides: (1) a brief synopsis of

hazards identified; (2) fundamental aspects of defense in depth, worker safety, and

environmental protection; (3) dominant accident potentials; and (4) accident

consequences relative to the DOE-STD-3009 Change Notice No. 2 Evaluation Guideline.

The purpose of summarizing this information is not to recapture detailed information

already present in the DSA. The summary provides the reader an elementary