Enterprise Assessments Review of the Delegation of Safety Basis Approval Authority for Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 Nuclear Facilities – April 2016
Office of Enterprise Assessments
April 13, 2016
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April 2016
Enterprise Assessments Review of the Delegation of Safety Basis Approval Authority for Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 Nuclear Facilities – April 2016
Review of the Delegation of Safety Basis Approval Authority for Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 Nuclear Facilities
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted a review of the delegation process for nuclear facility safety basis approval authority (SBAA) within the DOE Offices of Science (SC), Nuclear Energy (NE), and Environmental Management (EM), and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Requirements for the delegation process are established in DOE Order 450.2, Integrated Safety Management, and DOE-STD-1104-2014, Review and Approval of Nuclear Facility Safety Basis and Safety Design Basis Documents.