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Accelerator Safety Order: Enhancing Regulatory Framework for Safety Performance

Explore the significance of the Accelerator Safety Order in regulating accelerator facilities, providing a cost-effective alternative to nuclear facility regulations, and enhancing safety performance within the accelerator community. Discover why this order is crucial for contractors and the Department of Energy (DOE) and how its absence would impact accelerator operations. Learn about the specific benefits and advantages offered by the Accelerator Safety Order compared to existing regulatory frameworks.

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Accelerator Safety Order: Enhancing Regulatory Framework for Safety Performance

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  1. Panel Session - Role of the Accelerator Safety Order David Freeman (SNS/ORNL) Accelerator Safety Workshop August 18 - 20, 2009

  2. Why Do We Need the Order? • Provides effective basis for regulating accelerator facilities. • Provides credible and cost effective regulatory alternative to “Nuclear Facility” regulation. • Shields accelerators from cumbersome and costly nuclear facility regulation. • Clarifies regulatory jurisdiction for Accelerators1 (interpretations of 830 exemption vary) 1 “… or modules thereof, including injectors, targets, beam dumps, detectors, experiments, experiment halls, etc.” Presentation_name

  3. What Value Does Order Bring to Contractors? To DOE? • Proven effective • Allows Office of Science to maintain and interpret order: • vested interest in safety performance and mission success • straight forward path for timely changes, ability to be responsive to community’s needs • contractors have credible avenue for input/ownership • ASO focus is accelerator safety • Scope is limited, specific to needs of accelerator community • Impractical and inefficient to impose “one size fits all” regulation for both accelerators and nuclear facilities. • ASO (and Guide) developed/revised with input from accelerator experts. • Nuclear Facility regulation firmly entrenched - our ability to effect needed change in this arena would be greatly diminished. Presentation_name

  4. Without the Order, what regulatory framework would Accelerators operate under? • 10CFR 830, Nuclear Safety Management • DOE STD-3009, Preparation Guide … Nuclear Facility Documented Safety Analysis • DOE G 423.1-1, Implementation Guide … Technical Safety Requirements • DOE Order 425.1C, Startup and Restart of Nuclear Facilities • DOE STD-3006, Planning and Conduct of Operational Readiness Reviews • DOE STD-1027, Hazard Categorization and Accident Analysis Techniques For … Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports • DOE 5480.21, Unreviewed Safety Questions • DOE G 424.1-1, Implementation Guide … Unreviewed Safety Questions • DOE 5480.20A, Personnel Selection, Qualification, and Training Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities • DOE Order 433.1, Maintenance Management Program for DOE Nuclear Facilities • DOE STD-1073, Guide for Operational Configuration Management Program • 10CFR 831, 10CFR 835 Presentation_name

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