What Documents to Review

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To refresh the assessors knowledge of the elements of conduct of operations. Applicable

DOE standards and guidelines should be reviewed prior to the assessment. There are DOE

Standards for each element of conduct of operations.

To identify equipment or shift-duty performance problems

Since operations assessments should be focused on operations, assessors should not spend the

majority of their time conducting document reviews. Document reviews should be used by

assessors to establish their expectations concerning activity operations and when pursuing leads

developed from observations and interviews.

5.8.3.1 What Documents to Review. As discussed in section 5.4.1, assessors should review

selected documents when planning an assessment. Additional documents that should be reviewed

during the assessment include:

Activity program and operations procedures and policy manuals

Lockout and Tagout procedure, logs, and "Danger" and "Caution" tags

Round/tour inspection sheets

Training records and databases

Notification lists and documentation

Equipment and system alignment records

Equipment deficiency logs and identification tags

Maintenance requests and work packages

Temporary modification control records

Operating logs

Shift turnover checklists

Chemistry sampling and analysis records

Required reading files and indexes

Equipment and system operating procedures

Timely orders to operators