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Title: Safety analysis and review system (SARS) assessment report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6600447· OSTI ID:6600447

Under DOE Order 5481.1, Safety Analysis and Review System for DOE Operations, safety analyses are required for DOE projects in order to ensure that: (1) potential hazards are systematically identified; (2) potential impacts are analyzed; (3) reasonable measures have been taken to eliminate, control, or mitigate the hazards; and (4) there is documented management authorization of the DOE operation based on an objective assessment of the adequacy of the safety analysis. This report is intended to provide the DOE Office of Plans and Technology Assessment (OPTA) with an independent evaluation of the adequacy of the ongoing safety analysis effort. As part of this effort, a number of site visits and interviews were conducted, and FE SARS documents were reviewed. The latter included SARS Implementation Plans for a number of FE field offices, as well as safety analysis reports completed for certain FE operations. This report summarizes SARS related efforts at the DOE field offices visited and evaluates the extent to which they fulfill the requirements of DOE 5481.1.

Research Organization:
Meyer (A.F.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AM01-80ET13650
OSTI ID:
6600447
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/13650-8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English