Smart implementation of worker safety emergency preparedness programs at DOE non-nuclear facilities
The Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), as a management and operations contractor for the US Department of Energy (DOE), operates a number of non-reactor facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for the separation, processing, storage, and disposition of nuclear materials. In many SRS facilities, chemicals are present alone or in proximity to nuclear inventories, so that the associated emergency preparedness planning for these facilities must also consider the hazards posed by collateral chemical inventories. Recent process safety management and environmental protection elements have been established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including those requiring emergency planning and response to mitigate the consequences of catastrophic releases. Although DOE non-nuclear facilities are not bound by outside agency rulemaking, the adoption of OSHA standards is prescribed by DOE Orders 5480.4 and 5483.lA and is mandatory for DOE chemical processes affected by the process safety management rule (PSM rule). This paper presents an overview of key strategies to comply with the emergency management PSM element for non-nuclear facilities. The approach uses the graded approach philosophy (DOE-STD-3009-94) and Hazard Classification Guidelines (DOE Order 5481.1 B) to cost effectively meet compliance criteria. Key strategies include: (1) hazard analysis team consolidation; (2) best estimate chemical dispersion code calculations; and, where valid, (3) knowledge-based decision analysis modeling to more accurate follow accident progression in complex, multi-barrier non-nuclear facilities.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 10192119
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-94-0522; CONF-950430-1; ON: DE95001894
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. ANS topical meeting on emergency preparedness and response, Savannah, GA (United States), 18-21 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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