Walkthrough screening evaluation field guide. Natural phenomena hazards at Department of Energy facilities: Revision 2

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10111978· OSTI ID:10111978

Eder, S J ^[1]; Eli, M W ^[2]; Salmon, M W ^[3]

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1. EQE Engineering Consultants, San Francisco, CA (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
3. EQE Engineering Consultants, Irvine, CA (United States)

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has a large inventory of existing facilities. Many of these facilities were not designed and constructed to current natural phenomena hazard (NPH) criteria. The NPH events include earthquakes, extreme winds and tornadoes, and floods. DOE Order 5480.28 establishes policy and requirements for NPH mitigation for DOE facilities. DOE is conducting a multiyear project to develop evaluation guidelines for assessing the condition and determining the need for upgrades at DOE facilities. One element of the NPH evaluation guidelines` development involves the existing systems and components at DOE facilities. This effort is described in detail in a cited reference. In the interim period prior to availability of the final guidelines, DOE facilities are encouraged to implement an NPH walk through screening evaluation process by which systems and components that need attention can be rapidly identified. Guidelines for conducting the walk through screening evaluations are contained herein. The result of the NPH walk through screening evaluation should be a prioritized list of systems and components that need further action. Simple and inexpensive fixes for items identified in the walk through as marginal or inadequate should be implemented without further study. By implementing an NPH walk through screening evaluation, DOE facilities may realize significant reduction in risk from NPH in the short term.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); EQE Engineering Consultants, San Francisco, CA (United States); EQE Engineering Consultants, Irvine, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10111978
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-115714-Rev.2; ON: DE94004801; TRN: 94:004500
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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