ORR Evaluations

DOE-STD-3006-95

complexity and degree of independence from site support. Attention should be given to the interface

between new activities and existing functions.

The contractor ORR plan-of-action described in Section 5.9.1 will specify the breadth of the ORR.

The ORR Implementation Plan should specify the scope including the breadth and depth.

5.1.8 ORR Evaluations. The ORR team should conduct performance-based assessments that

include observing and documenting the responses of operating and support services personnel to

normal and off-normal events as demonstrated by drills, preoperational tests and exercises. In

addition, field assessments should be conducted to verify that field configurations match the

applicable supporting documentation. The ORR team should also conduct interviews with personnel,

including management, to evaluate their readiness to conduct operations. The ORR Implementation

Plan will guide the evaluations.

The ORR evaluations should place particular emphasis on structures, systems, and components that

are safety related (relevant to public and worker safety and health) or of particular importance to the

safety of the planned operation of the activity. The results of these evaluations shall be included in the

ORR report.

DOE Operations Office or Area/Site Office personnel will be required to observe and evaluate the

responsible contractor ORR process. It is therefore important that the ORR process be open and

defined to permit the DOE Oversight. Team meetings should be informative both for the benefit of

the team as well as DOE oversight. Interviews and record reviews as well as evolutions and drills

should be scheduled in a manner to support openness. The ORR team leader should coordinate with

DOE Oversight personnel to facilitate their responsibility to observe and evaluate the contractor ORR.

Documentation of the methodology, criteria, and results of the responsible contractor ORR

assessment is important to the credibility of the review and the foundation for the follow-on DOE

ORR. The value of the review will in large part depend on the record of the ORR to be persuasive

that it was thorough in execution as well as adequate in scope (breadth and depth). Section 5.5 and

Appendix 4 of this standard provide additional information on recording the results of the ORR.