29.00A, Designation to Theodore Wyka
Rescinds:
29.00, Designation to Patrick T. Cahalane on Jul 22, 2018
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Section 1
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
DESIGNATION ORDER NO. 00-29.00A
TO THEODORE A. WYKA
1. DESIGNATION. Pursuant to the authority vested in me under Sections 3212 and 3261 of
the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Act (50 United States Code 2402,
2461 ), I designate Theodore A. Wyka, the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for
Safety, Infrastructure, and Operations, as the NNSA Cognizant Secretarial Officer (CSO) for
safety-related matters. Although the term CSO is not consistently used in Department of
Energy (DOE) directives, NNSA safety-related CSO functions and responsibilities are
established in Departmental regulations and directives, and are described in NNSA
Supplemental Directive (SD) 450.2A, Functions, Responsibilities, and Authorities (FRA) for
Safety Management (or successor document). See the NNSA FRA and the attachment to this
Order for the specific authorities conveyed.
Included within the NNSA safety CSO designation are Startup and Restart Approval
Authorities specified in DOE Order 425. lD, Verification of Readiness to Start Up or Restart
Nuclear Facilities:
a. Startup and Restart Authority for new Hazard Category 3 nuclear facilities, and restart
authority for all NNSA nuclear facilities. These authorities may be delegated to the
appropriate Field Office Manager.
b. Startup Authority for new Hazard Category 2 nuclear facilities with a total project cost
less than $200M. This authority may be delegated (not to be delegated or re-delegated
lower) to the appropriate Field Office Manager if the following conditions are satisfied:
• The processes employed in the new facility are not significantly different than those
in other facilities at the site that are currently authorized to operate.
• The hazards posed by activities in the new facility are not significantly different than
the hazards posed by activities in other facilities at the site that are currently
authorized to operate.
• The safety systems and controls, including administrative controls, cited in the
Documented Safety Analysis for the new facility are not significantly different from
the safety systems and controls cited in the Safety Basis for other facilities at the site :
that are currently authorized to operate.
2. RESCISSION. The previous Designation Order 00-29.00 is hereby rescinded. Current
delegations made by previous NNSA CSOs remain in effect.
3. LIMITATION. Although delegations of nuclear safety authorities from the previous CSO to
Field Office Managers remain in effect, for safety basis approval authorities, the CSO retains
approval authority for accident scenarios having calculated mitigated consequences
exceeding the Evaluation Guideline of 25 rem.
4. AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE. The NNSA safety CSO may delegate specific safety
authorities to individuals, subject to requirements for delegation and re-delegation in DOE
and NNSA regulations, directives, and limitations expressed herein. 10 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 820 prohibits delegation of the CSO responsibilities for approval of
exemptions to 10 CFR 830. Authorities delegated by the CSO are delegated to individuals,
not positions. Re-delegation (where permitted by regulation and directives) must be
approved by the CSO for safety-related matters.
5. DURATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
5.1 All actions pursuant to any authority designated prior to this Order or any authority
delegated pursuant to previous designations, taken prior to and in effect on the date of
this Order, are ratified and remain in force as if taken under this Order, unless or until
rescinded, amended or superseded.
Section 2
5.2 A copy of this Order shall be provided to NNSA's Management and Budget, Business
Services, Policy Division.
5.3 This Order is effective July 22, 2018.
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
Administrator, NNSA
Attachment
Function Reference CSO for Safety Responsibilities an II
Authorities ·
Safety Basis Approval 10 CFR Part 830 DOE Management Official
DOE O 413.3B
Change 5
Safety Basis Approval Authority
I
Facility Safety DOE O 420.lC Secretarial Officer I
I
Change 1
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Conduct of Operations DOE O 422.1 Program Secretarial Officer
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Change 2
Startup and Restart Approval DOE O 425.lD Program Secretarial Officer i
Authority Change 1 !
Packaging and DOE O 460.lD NNSA Certifying Official
I Transportation Safety
Packaging and DOE O 461.lC Cognizant Secretarial Officer,
I Transportation for Offsite NNSA Certifying Official
Shipments of National
I Security Interest