Readiness Assessments

DOE-STD-3006-2000

learned in managing the Readiness to Proceed Memorandum and process should be included in the ORR

report lessons learned section.

5.10 Readiness Assessments. DOE O 425.1B requires that when an ORR is not required incident to

a restart, an RA should be considered to verify readiness to start or resume program work. DOE O

425.1B in addition requires that Operations Offices develop procedures to gain approval to start or

resume program work when an RA is required and that the procedures specify a graded approach in

development of RA requirements.

The Operations Office and responsible contractor procedures should also specify when an RA is not

required incident to restart following a short and routine shutdown. The procedures should also indicate

what standard operating procedures (not review procedures) will be used when neither an ORR or an RA

is required to verify readiness to resume program work.

The responsible contractor must execute the initial, and in some cases the only Readiness Assessment.

Therefore, the responsible contractor's procedures should contain provisions and processes for RAs.

The procedures for RAs may be included in the Operations Office and responsible contractors startup or

restart procedures. They should, however, be separate from the requirements for ORRs, and should be

separate from procedures for Management Self Assessments incident to gaining readiness.

The following considerations are provided for use in development of the Operations Office procedures

for Readiness Assessments (RAs).

5.10.1 Principles of ORRs relevant to RAs. Several principles relevant to ORRs are equally

applicable to RAs:

(1) The RA is not a method to gain readiness to start or resume program work. It is however, a

confirmation that management has achieved readiness to resume operations prior to the actual restart.

(2) The RA should be conducted utilizing a formal procedure. By using the graded approach, the

procedure may be a simple checklist or a broad based assessment. In either case, the procedure should be

formal, approved, and executed by a designated individual or team.