Operating Procedures

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Are all criticality safety related deficiencies captured in a database and tracked until closure is

verified?

Is there a mechanism for trending criticality safety related deficiencies so that the collective

significance of multiple minor incidents can be assessed and corrected?

Are lessons learned from other facilities reviewed by the NCS Staff for potential application at the

facilities?

4.0 OPERATING PROCEDURES

Criteria: Section 7.1, User-Friendly Procedures

Are criticality controls in procedures clear, concise, free of criticality safety jargon, and easily

identifiable?

Is the criticality safety related information presented in procedures free of unnecessary detail and

directly applicable to the job task being performed?

Do the operators find the criticality safety related instructions easy to understand and follow?

Criteria: Section 7.2, Criticality Controls

Are criticality controls included in operating procedures?

Are the criticality controls clearly identified as important to safety?

Is there a clear, unambiguous, link between criticality controls in procedures and postings and their

parent CSE?

Does the Contractor have a formalized process for determining which controls are incorporated in

procedures?

Do pre-fire plans incorporate criticality safety controls?

Are firefighters trained and familiar with applicable criticality safety controls and practices?

Does the NCS staff review and provide specific input to safety assessments/evaluations of other

hazards that may involve criticality safety concerns?

Are criticality related instructions in pre-fire plans and firefighting procedures practical under actual

conditions of responding to fires?

Criteria: Section 7.3, Maintaining Current Procedures

Are procedures revised based on lessons learned to reduce occurrence of deviations and

infractions?

Do operators have a feedback process whereby improvements to procedures can be implemented?

Are adequate resources available to facilitate procedure improvements as they are identified?

Are procedure revisions timely?

What change control mechanism is in place that assures only the current, approved procedures are

utilized?

Criteria: Section 7.4, Periodic Procedure Review

Are procedures periodically reviewed?

Does the NCS Staff periodically participate in reviews of active operating procedures?

What mechanisms are in place to ensure that all procedures are reviewed as planned?

Criteria: Section 7.5, Nuclear Criticality Safety Staff Review