Document control and Conduct of Operations
Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5480.19, Conduct of operations, places stringent requirements on a wide range of activities at DOE facilities. These requirements directly affect personnel at the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR), which is located in the Test Reactor Area of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and operated for DOE by EG G Idaho, Inc. In order for the ATR to comply with 5480.19, the very personality of the reactor facility's document control unit has had to undergo a major change. The Facility and Administrative Support Unit (FAS) is charged with nudntenance of ATR's controlled ddcuments-diousands of operating and administrative procedures. Prior to the imposition of 5480.19, FAS was content to operate in a clerical support mode, seldom questioning or seeking to improve. This numer of doing business is inappropriate within the framework of DOE 5480.19 and is also at odds with the approach to Total Quality Management (TQM) promulgated by EG G Idaho.To comply with the requirements of 5480.19, FAS has Actively applied TQM principles. Empowered personnel to unprove operations through the establishment of a teatn approach. Begun an automation process that is already paying large dividends in terms of improved procedure accuracy and compliance. A state-of-the-art text retrival system is already in place. We are vigorously pursuing fully automated document tmcidng and document management. This paper describes in detail the steps taken to date, the improvements and the lessons learned. It aLw discusses plans for the future that will enable FAS to support the ATR in inccreasing its responsiveness to the Conduct of Operations Order.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-76ID01570
- OSTI ID:
- 7368444
- Report Number(s):
- EGG-M-92690; CONF-930538-3; ON: DE93016555
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. conduct of operations workshop: the key to continued success, Tampa, FL (United States), 4-6 May 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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