Foreword - std60020005

DOE-STD-6002-96

FOREWORD

This Standard provides the requirements for developing design and operations envelopes

to ensure safety of magnetic fusion facilities. Also, safety principles are established to provide a

framework within which the requirements can be implemented to build safety into fusion facility

design and operations.

Fusion facilities developers must comply with applicable requirements in public laws and

the Code of Federal Regulations. Requirements from these sources, as they pertain to safety

of fusion facilities, have been included or referenced here. In some instances, requirements

deemed necessary to ensure safety of fusion facilities have not been adequately covered here -

tofore, so new requirements in those areas have also been included. These added requirements

are only binding to the extent that this Standard is included in performance contracts. They are

requirements for conformance to this Standard. Requirements set forth here are intended to

apply to facilities constructed after issuance of this document.

Requirements identified in this Standard are intended for evaluation of safety in fusion

facility design and operations. The safety principles enumerated here constitute direction on

practices determined to be essential to safety in fusion facilities. Because of the variation in

design specifics of facilities governed by the requirements in this document, flexibility is pro vided

as to how requirements will be met and how principles will be implemented. Included in DOE -

STD-6003-96, Safety of Magnetic Fusion Facilities: Guidance, is an identification of potential

hazards, energy sources, and potential anticipated operational occurrences and off-normal

conditions that should be considered in assessing the safety of a specific fusion facility. The

appendix to this Standard provides background information on key considerations in the

development of DOE-STD-6002-96 and DOE-STD-6003-96.

Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data that

may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to:

Environment, Safety, and Health Program Manager

Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, ER-54

Office of Energy Research

U.S. Department of Energy

19901 Germantown Road

Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290

by using U.S. Department of Energy Standardization Document Improvement Proposal Form

(DOE F 1300.3) appearing at the end of this document or by letter.