ORR Evaluations.

DOE-STD-3006-2000

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

include observing and documenting the responses of operating and support program 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 guides 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 should 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 depends in large part 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.

5.1.11 ORR Final Report. An ORR Final Report shall be prepared. The Report should contain a

brief summary of the review activities, the conclusions reached, the basis for those conclusions, and the

findings identified. The ORR Final Report may also identify observations that would not impact startup,

restart or shutdown but, if corrected, could lead to excellence in operations. The ORR Final Report shall

make a conclusion as to whether startup or restart of the facility can proceed safely. In addition, there

shall be a statement in the ORR Final Report as to whether all identified non-compliances or schedules

for gaining compliance with applicable DOE Orders, directives, and Standards/Requirements

Identification Documents as listed in the contract List A/List B have been identified in writing; have been