Document control and Conduct of Operations

摘要

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 maintenance of ATR's controlled documents-thousands 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 manner 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 improve operations through the establishment of a team 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 retrieval system is already in place. We are vigorously pursuing fully automated document editing and document management. This paper describes in detail the steps taken to date, the improvements and the lessons learned. It aLso discusses plans for the future that will enable FAS to support the ATR in increasing its responsiveness to the Conduct of Operations Order.