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Nuclear and Facility Safety Orders

The Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety Policy is the Office of Primary Interest (OPI) responsible for the development, interpretation, and revision of the following DOE Orders. Go to our Directives Web Page to view these Orders.


DOE-Order (O)-252.1,Department of Energy Technical Standards Program
The Technical Standards Program (TSP) promotes the use of voluntary consensus standards by the Department of Energy (DOE), provides DOE with the means to develop needed technical standards, and manages overall technical standards information, activities, issues, and interactions. The technical standards documents defined and managed by the TSP include DOE Standards, Handbooks, Specifications, and Technical Standards Lists, as outlined in DOE-G-252.1-1, TECHNICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM GUIDE, and the Technical Standards Program Procedures (TSPPs).

Contact: Jeff Feit


DOE O 420.1B, Facility Safety
DOE O 420.1B establishes facility safety requirements related to nuclear safety design, criticality safety, fire protection and natural phenomena hazards mitigation.

Contact: Richard Englehart


DOE O 425.1C, Startup and Restart of Nuclear Facilities
DOE O 425.1C establishes the requirements for startup of new DOE nuclear facilities and for the restart of existing DOE nuclear facilities that have been shut down.

Contact: Mary Haughey


DOE O 433.1, Maintenance Management Program for Nuclear Facilities
DOE O 433.1 establishes requirements to preserve and maintain the material condition and functioning of all safety structures, systems and components (SSCs) identified in the safety basis for each facility or activity.

Contact: Richard Black


DOE-O-5480.19 Chg 2, Conduct of Operations and Order
DOE-O-5480.19 delineates the manner and proper means to carry out activities that can affect the safety of operations at a nuclear facility.

Contact: Harish Chander


DOE-O-5480.20A, Chg 1 Personnel Selection, Qualification, and Training Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities
DOE-O-5480.20A requires the implementation of selection, qualification, and training programs for operations, maintenance, and technical support personnel for DOE nuclear facilities.

Contact: Sam Rosenbloom


DOE-O-5480.30A, Chg 1 Nuclear Reactor Safety Design Criteria
DOE-O-5480.30, Chg 1esablishes nuclear safety design criteria applicable to the design, fabrication, construction, testing and performance requirements of nuclear reactor facilities and safety class structures, systems, and components (SSCs) within these facilities. This Order applies to both new and existing reactor facilities.

Contact: Harish Chander
This page was last updated on March 11, 2009
 
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