DOE Response to Contractor's ORR Startup Notification Report

DOE-STD-3006-2000

circumstances, that delegation should be specified in the implementing procedures to be provided by

formal letter or memorandum.

5.2.2 DOE Response to Contractor's ORR Startup Notification Report. DOE Operations Office

management should review and forward the report to the Secretarial Officer via Headquarters

management. The forwarding endorsement should recommend approval or changes to be included prior

to approval.

Each periodic SNR should be reviewed and approved by DOE Field Office Management. In those

cases when the startup authority resides with the PSO, the Field Office Management should comment

and make a recommendation regarding approval. This assures agreement at the appropriate level for

the startup decision, thus reducing the possibility of last minute changes of direction, which are quite

costly.

Each periodic SNR, including the Field Office comments and actions, should be forwarded to the

cognizant PSO and site LPSO. This provides the information necessary for the PSO, LPSO, and

EH-2 to execute their respective oversight functions.

Contractor readiness review action to start or restart operations should not commence until the DOE

startup or restart authority has approved the proposed readiness review process.

5.2.3 DOE Review and Approval of Contractor's ORR Plan-of-Action. Review and approve, or

review and forward for approval, the responsible contractor's ORR plan-of-action.

5.2.4 DOE Prepares the ORR Plan-of-Action. Prepare the ORR plan-of-action for each nuclear

facility new start and restart for which an ORR is required. The responsible contractor's ORR plan-of-

action or the approved restart plan (when utilized) should provide the starting point for the DOE ORR

plan-of-action. The DOE plan-of-action should include prerequisites that assure readiness of DOE

programs and personnel to oversee contractor operation. When a DOE RA is required, DOE must also

prepare a properly scoped plan-of-action.

5.2.5 DOE ORR Preparation Support. Support preparation of the DOE ORR in accordance with the

provisions of the ORR plan-of-action. If the ORR Team Leader is from the Operations or Area Office,