Guidelines for Performing Safety Analysis Activities and for Reviewing Safety Analyses

摘要

These guidelines were written to assist Department of Energy (DOE) line organizations in implementing the Department of Energy Order DOE 5481.1A, Safety Analysis and Review system. This document is intended primarily for the use of organizations that may not have performed formal safety analyses before or who question whether past practices for the performance of safety analyses meet the requirements of Order DOE 5481.1A. Information is given on the background against which Order DOE 5481.1A was written and assistance in interpreting the requirements of the Order. This guidance covers the performance of a safety analysis, its review, and the related documentation required in the Order. While providing general guidance on the format and content of safety analyses, this document does not specify a mandatory format or required contents. Considerable flexibility is permitted in the performance of safety analyses. In the same way, this document describes a fairly generic approach to the performance of safety analysis reviews. Questions as to what should be of concern to organizations that have not previously reviewed safety analyses are addressed. (ERA citation 07:043805)