DOE G 420.1-1A, Nonreactor Nuclear Safety Design Guide for use with DOE O 420.1C, Facility Safety
Functional areas: Facility Safety, Nonreactor Nuclear Safety, Safety
This Guide provides an acceptable approach for safety design of DOE hazard category 1, 2 and 3 nuclear facilities for satisfying the requirements of DOE O 420.1C. Supersedes DOE G 420.1-1.
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Section 1
NOT
MEASUREMENT
SENSITIVE
DOE G 420.1-1A
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NONREACTOR NUCLEAR
SAFETY DESIGN
GUIDE
for use with
DOE O 420.1C, FACILITY SAFETY
This Guide describes suggested non-mandatory approaches for meeting requirements. Guides
are not requirements documents and are not to be construed as requirements in any audit or
appraisal for compliance with the parent Policy, Order, Notice, or Manual.
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FOREWORD
This Guide provides an acceptable approach for safety design of Department of Energy (DOE)
hazard category 1, 2 and 3 nuclear facilities for satisfying the requirements of DOE Order
420.1C, Facility Safety, Attachment 2, Chapter I, Nuclear Safety Design Criteria.
DOE guides are part of the DOE Directives System and are issued to provide supplemental
information regarding the Department’s requirements as contained in rules, orders, notices, and
technical standards. Guides also provide acceptable methods for implementing these
requirements.
This Guide may be used by all DOE personnel and contractors, including personnel and
contractors for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Throughout this
document, references to a contractor or a DOE contractor apply to a contractor for NNSA, as
well.
This Guide does not establish or invoke any new requirements.
Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions, and any pertinent data) that may
improve this document should be sent to:
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Contents
FOREWORD.................................................................................................................................. i
1. OBJECTIVE............................................................................................................................. 1
2. APPLICABILITY .................................................................................................................... 1
3. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THIS GUIDE ...................................................... 1
3.1 Background..........................................................................................................................1
3.2 Organization ........................................................................................................................2
4. GUIDANCE FOR INTEGRATION OF SAFETY WITH DESIGN ................................... 2
5. GUIDANCE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY DESIGN............................................................... 3
5.1 Multiple Layers of Protection and Defense-in-Depth ......................................................3
5.1.1 General Discussion ....................................................................................................... 3
5.1.2 Appropriate Site Selection ............................................................................................ 4
5.1.3 Minimization of Material-at-risk .................................................................................. 5
Section 2
5.1.4 Conservative Design Margins....................................................................................... 5
5.1.5 Quality Assurance ......................................................................................................... 5
5.1.6 Multiple Physical Barriers ............................................................................................ 6
5.1.7 Multiple Means to Achieve Safety Functions............................................................... 7
5.1.8 Equipment and Administrative Controls ...................................................................... 7
5.1.9 Accident Release Monitoring ....................................................................................... 7
5.1.10 Emergency Planning ..................................................................................................... 7
5.2 Hierarchy of Controls .........................................................................................................8
5.3 Radioactive Material Confinement ....................................................................................8
5.4 Other General Design Considerations and Practices.......................................................9
5.4.1 Design to Facilitate Deactivation, Decontamination, and Decommissioning .............. 9
5.4.2 Design to Facilitate Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance ........................................ 10
5.4.3 Design for Radiation Protection and Contamination Control ..................................... 11
5.4.4 Design for Access Control .......................................................................................... 14
5.4.5 Design for Non-Radioactive, Hazardous Material Protection .................................... 15
5.4.6 Design for Effluent Monitoring and Control .............................................................. 16
5.4.7 Design for Waste Management................................................................................... 17
5.4.8 Design for Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Communications .................... 18
5.4.9 Human Factors Engineering ....................................................................................... 18
5.4.10 Design of Support Systems and System Interfaces..................................................... 18
5.4.11 Design of Mechanical Handling Equipment ............................................................... 19
5.4.12 Design of Ventilation Systems ................................................................................... 20
5.4.13 Environmental Qualifications ..................................................................................... 20
5.4.14 Design of Electrical Systems ...................................................................................... 21
5.4.15 Design of Instrumentation, Controls, and Alarm Systems ......................................... 21
5.4.16 Equivalencies for Codes and Standards...................................................................... 22
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APPENDIX A: CONFINEMENT VENTILATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY
APPENDIX C: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
APPENDIX D: REFERENCES
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1. OBJECTIVE
To provide an acceptable approach for safety design of Department of Energy (DOE) hazard
category 1, 2 and 3 nuclear facilities satisfying the requirements of DOE Order (O) 420.1C,
Facility Safety, Attachment 2, Chapter I, Nuclear Safety Design Criteria.
Section 3
2. APPLICABILITY
This Guide (G) has the same applicability as Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C, i.e.,
(1) new hazard category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities as defined by 10 Code of
Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management; and,
(2) major modifications to hazard category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities, as defined in
10 C.F.R. Part 830, that could substantially change the approved facility safety
basis.
Design criteria related to natural phenomena hazard (NPH) mitigation, fire protection, and
criticality safety can affect, or relate to, nuclear safety design criteria. These design requirements
are contained in other parts of DOE O 420.1C and are not addressed in this Guide. For example,
the use of non-nuclear building design requirements contained in International Building Code
(IBC) or other government and non-government standards is not addressed in this Guide.
3. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THIS GUIDE
3.1 Background
10 C.F.R. Part 830 establishes the Federal regulations that ensure the essential requirements for
the protection of workers, the public, and the environment are systematically executed and
maintained, including a requirement for the preparation and approval of a Preliminary
Documented Safety Analysis for new nuclear projects. The regulations address requirements for
nuclear safety design.
DOE O 420.1C establishes facility safety requirements in five major categories: (i) nuclear
safety design criteria; (ii) fire protection; (iii) criticality safety; (iv) NPH mitigation; and, (v) the
cognizant system engineer program (note: this topic is not addressed in this Guide). Each
chapter in Attachment 2 of the Order provides fundamental and essential requirements, which
provide the foundation for safety design. Additionally, Attachment 3 to DOE O 420.1C
provides design criteria for safety structures, systems, and components (SSCs) and relevant
design codes and standards.
Each chapter’s requirements are further addressed in DOE technical standards (STDs) and
guides, such as this Guide for nuclear safety design criteria, DOE-STD-1066-2012, Fire
Protection, for fire protection requirements, and DOE-STD-1020-2012, Natural Phenomena
Hazards Analysis and Design Criteria for DOE Facilities, for NPH mitigation requirements.
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The criteria for nuclear safety design are not limited to Chapter I in Attachment 2 of
DOE O 420.1C. DOE O 420.1C has other requirements which are contained in Chapter II (fire
protection), Chapter III, (nuclear criticality safety), and Chapter IV (NPH mitigation) that are
applicable to the nuclear facility safety design. In addition, DOE O 420.1C and DOE O 413.3B,
Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets, dated 09-29-10,
require implementation of DOE-STD-1189-2008, Integration of Safety into the Design Process,
for the design of new hazard category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities and major modifications of
existing facilities. DOE O 413.3B requires a design code of record (COR) for nuclear facilities
to be initiated during the conceptual design, placed under configuration control during
preliminary design, and maintained throughout its remaining life-cycle. The COR will include
the identification of guides and standards used for the design. It is the responsibility of the users
to document the bases for their decisions in the selection and implementation of the guides and
standards. It is DOE’s responsibility to review and approve the safety design bases that result
from these decisions.
Section 4
3.2 Organization
The following two sections of this Guide correspond with the two main requirements sections
(3.a and 3.b) of Chapter I of Attachment 2 of DOE O 420.1C. Specifically:
Section 4 provides guidance on integration of safety with design, and
Section 5 provides guidance on nuclear facility design.
Appendices A through D of this Guide contain the Confinement Ventilation System Design
and Performance Criteria, Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms, and References,
respectively.
4. GUIDANCE FOR INTEGRATION OF SAFETY WITH DESIGN
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires integration of safety into the design early
and throughout the design process consistent with DOE-STD-1189-2008. DOE-STD-1189-2008
provides detailed criteria and guidance on integrating safety into the design process. Appendices
A through D of that standard contain requirements and guidance on the classification of safety
functions and the SSCs selected to provide those functions.
10 C.F.R. 830, DOE-STD-3009-94, Preparation Guide for U.S. Department of Energy
Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports, and DOE-STD-1189-2008 provide criteria
and guidance for the performance of a safety analysis to identify the major facility safety
functions needed, and to identify safety-class (SC) and safety-significant (SS) SSCs needed to
fulfill the safety functions. One of the objectives of the hazard and accident analyses is to
identify the complete suite of safety SSCs for a facility and to designate them as SC or SS, as
appropriate to their importance and role. Functional and design requirements specifically address
the pertinent design parameters related to the safety function that is relied upon. These design
requirements should also be included in SSC design documents. Chapter 7 of
DOE-STD-1189-2008 provides guidance on important project interfaces relating to safety and
design, including associated directives and requirements related to design.
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5. GUIDANCE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY DESIGN
5.1 Multiple Layers of Protection and Defense-in-Depth
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires that nuclear facility design includes multiple
layers of protection (otherwise known as defense-in-depth) in the facility design to prevent or
mitigate the unintended release of radioactive materials into the environment. The following is a
general discussion followed by a more detailed discussion of each of the defense-in-depth
elements.
5.1.1 General Discussion
Defense-in-depth is a fundamental strategy for nuclear facility safety. Defense-in-depth provides
layers of defense against the release of hazardous materials so that no one layer by itself is
completely relied upon. All safety activities, whether organizational, behavioral or
equipment-related, are subject to layers of overlapping provisions, so that if a failure should
occur it would be compensated for or corrected without causing harm to individuals or the public
at large. When properly applied, the defense-in-depth strategy ensures that no single human or
mechanical failure would lead to injury to individuals or to the public, or even combinations of
failures that are only remotely possible would lead to little or no injury.
The strategy for defense-in-depth is twofold: first, to prevent accidents, and second, if prevention
fails, to limit the potential consequences of accidents and to prevent their evolution to more
serious conditions. Defense-in-depth is generally structured in five levels, as discussed below.
Should one level fail, the next one comes into play.
Section 5
Level 1 – Prevention of abnormal operation and failures. Accident prevention is the first priority.
This is accomplished by conservative design and high quality in construction and operations and
maintenance, including conservative site selection. This also includes design to minimize and
control inventories of radioactive materials-at-risk. Provisions to prevent deviations of facility
state from well-known operating conditions are generally more effective and more predictable
than measures aimed at mitigation of such a departure.
Level 2 – Control of abnormal operation and detection of failures. This is accomplished by
control, limiting and protection systems, as well as other surveillance features. Both safety
systems and administrative controls are used. Multiple, diverse and independent means are
provided to control and monitor facility processes.
Level 3 – Control of accidents within the design basis. This is accomplished by engineered safety
features that are capable of leading the facility to a safe controlled state. A central component of
defense-in-depth is the use of successive, multiple physical barriers for protection against release
of radioactivity and hazardous materials. Multiple, diverse and independent means are provided
to accomplish safety functions.
Level 4 – Control of severe facility conditions. This includes prevention of accident progression
and mitigation of consequences of accidents.
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Level 5 – Mitigation of radiological consequences. Significant adverse consequences from
significant releases of radioactive materials are mitigated by emergency procedures and
emergency response. As required for emergency response, means are provided to monitor
accident releases.
At each level, a combination of design features and human aspects is evident. Human aspects of
defense-in-depth are brought into play to protect the integrity of the barriers. These include
quality assurance (QA), procedures, administrative controls, operating limits, safety reviews,
personnel qualification and training, independent oversight, and safety culture. Design provisions
(including both those for normal facility systems and those for engineered safety features) help to
prevent: undue challenges to the integrity of physical barriers; failure of a barrier if it is
jeopardized; and, consequential damage to multiple barriers in series.
The general objective of defense-in-depth is to ensure that a single failure (whether equipment
failure or human failure) at one level of defense, or even combinations of failures at more than
one level of defense, would not propagate to jeopardize defense-in-depth at subsequent levels.
The independence of different levels of defense is a key element in meeting this objective.
Special attention should be paid to hazards that could potentially impair several levels of
defense, such as fire, earthquakes, and flooding.
5.1.2 Appropriate Site Selection
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires designers to choose an appropriate site
location. The following factors should be considered in determining facility site suitability, as
well as when establishing facility safety designs criteria:
the site boundary and land-use characteristics of the site surroundings, including
properties at risk from accidental exposures, public exclusion zones (access control),
population-center distances, and population density;
physical characteristics of the site, including topography, meteorology, and
Section 6
hydrology;
geological and subsurface elements, such as the potential for fault rupture and the
severity of vibratory ground motions from earthquakes, soil bearing design capacity,
rock or other bearing stratum, ground settlement, and groundwater elevations;
NPHs as discussed in Attachment 2, Chapter IV of DOE O 420.1C, including
earthquakes, volcanic ejection, wind, flood, snow, hail, precipitation, and lightning;
utility systems essential to support SC SSCs, such as electrical power supply and
water supply;
proximity of services, such as the fire department and emergency medical centers;
emergency response considerations, including population sheltering or shielding
parameters and evacuation delay times and rates for the public and co-located workers;
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potential human-induced hazards from nearby facilities or activities, such as industrial
and military facilities (including other DOE facilities), aircraft impacts, pipelines, and
transportation routes;
proximity of nearby facilities and the hazards both to and from the proposed facility;
and,
site-related assumptions of the related environmental impact statement.
5.1.3 Minimization of Material-at-risk
The basic and most effective means of controlling the hazards inherent in the facility is the
restriction of inventories and forms of radioactive and/or hazardous materials. Attachment 2,
Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires emphasis to be placed on limiting the quantity and form of
radioactive and/or hazardous materials in both process and storage areas consistent with mission
needs. Materials may be rendered less hazardous by maintaining them in more stabilized and less
dispersible forms.
5.1.4 Conservative Design Margins
The application of conservative design margins is required in Attachment 2, Chapter I of
DOE O 420.1C. Conservative design provides a margin between the anticipated operating and
accident conditions (covering normal operation as well as postulated incidents and accidents) and
the failure conditions of the equipment. SSCs that provide a layer of protection are
conservatively designed using established codes and standards that embody design margins.
Appropriate conservative assumptions and safety margins are applied for SSC design, including
design calculations, design analyses, and identification of design basis. The design of SSCs
should incorporate suitably conservative criteria from applicable industry standards and design
codes, and applicable DOE directives and technical standards. Where codes and standards are
not complete, they should be supplemented with appropriate conservative design criteria. Where
applications are unique or first-of-a-kind, additional efforts, such as testing or increased safety
margins, should be taken to demonstrate conservatism of design. This should apply to all facets
of the design including safety and non-safety SSCs.
Further, the facility design should accommodate means, such as monitors and automatic and
manual controls, to restrict deviations from normal operations and to assist recovery during the
early stages of an accident sequence.
5.1.5 Quality Assurance
The application of QA is required in Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C. QA practices
and requirements should be applied to the design and construction of SSCs at a level
commensurate with the safety function of the SSC, including, but not limited to, the assurance of
qualified design and construction personnel, the traceability of design decisions and
procurements, and the documentation of changes in design and construction. Refer to section 7.1
of DOE-STD-1189-2008 for more specific guidance in implementing QA during the design
process.
Section 7
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10 C.F.R. 830, Subpart A, Quality Assurance Requirements, requires designers to develop and
implement a QA program that meets the requirements contained therein. These requirements
are further refined in DOE O 414.1D, Quality Assurance, dated 04-25-11, which requires the
use of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) NQA-1-2008 with the
NQA-1a-2009 addenda (or a later edition), Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear
Facility Applications, Part I and applicable requirements of Part II for select facilities. It is
important to identify and implement the specific, applicable QA requirements and processes
implemented early in the design process for nuclear facilities. Designers should work with
their QA organizations to ensure these processes address and implement the applicable NQA-1
requirements.
The procurement of components will in most cases be ‘off-the-shelf’ and should follow the
procurement process specified in the quality assurance program. For facilities that are required to
meet the requirements of NQA-1, this should include the Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD)
process requirements specified in NQA-1. A CGD process takes time to develop and implement;
therefore, at the earliest possible stage, design personnel should establish a qualified CGD
process if it will be used for the project.
Once the safety SSCs and their performance requirements are identified, a more detailed set of
QA requirements can be specified. As part of the safety analysis, a list of all SC SSCs should be
prepared and maintained for the life of the project through decommissioning. This listing should
identify the safety functions, performance requirements, NPH design requirements, and QA
requirements for each SC SSC. Many of the detailed component-specific requirements for safety
SSCs are identified in applicable consensus codes and standards. A similar listing of all SS SSCs
should also be prepared, including a discussion of any defense-in-depth role of the SS SSC. As
the design progresses, more detailed safety analyses will be performed to develop the basis for
safety SSCs performance requirements, and QA requirements can be refined as necessary. QA
requirements should also be applied to non-safety SSCs commensurate with importance to
facility operational requirements.
The design activity should implement a configuration management process consistent with the
requirements of DOE O 420.1C and DOE O 413.3B where applicable, including design, change,
document, and work control. Subsequent changes to project design and supporting documents
should be made by means of a formal change control program in accordance with the
requirements of NQA-1, where applicable, as well as the approved configuration management
program.
5.1.6 Multiple Physical Barriers
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires the design to include multiple physical
barriers to confine radioactive and other hazardous materials and, thereby, prevent uncontrolled
releases. Physical barriers can include hazardous materials containers, gloveboxes, passive
facility structural elements, and confinement ventilation systems (CVS). Confinement systems
are discussed in more detail in Section 5.3 of this Guide.
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5.1.7 Multiple Means to Achieve Safety Functions
Section 8
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires that the design provide multiple means to
ensure safety functions are met. These means consist of (1) controlling the process; (2) shutting
down the process in a safe shutdown state, if the process control is challenged; (3) using
preventive and mitigative safety features, if the safe shutdown is challenged; and, (4) monitoring
the post-accident condition, if necessary.
5.1.7.1 Preventive Features
To prevent abnormal facility conditions from progressing to accidents, preventive features
should be considered in the design. The objective of these features is to provide a return to
normal operation or to a safe condition. These features may provide automatic system response
to such events or may be monitors that alert operators to the necessity of taking manual action.
Such responses to off-normal conditions should effectively halt and reverse the progression of
events toward an accident. If these features are engineering controls (i.e., SSCs) they may need
to be designated as SC or SS, as determined by the safety analysis.
5.1.7.2 Mitigating Features
Safety SSCs should be provided to mitigate consequences of accidents that may occur despite the
application of the preceding conventions.
5.1.8 Equipment and Administrative Controls
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires the design to provide features to: control
process variables to values within safe conditions; alert operating personnel of an approach
toward conservative process limits; and, allow timely detection of failure or malfunction of
critical equipment.
DOE-STD-1186-2004, Specific Administrative Controls, provides guidance on the selection and
design of administrative controls. Where specific administrative controls are determined to be
necessary, the design should provide adequate time for the operating personnel to take action.
5.1.9 Accident Release Monitoring
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires that provisions for monitoring during and
after accident releases be included in the design as required for emergency response.
DOE O 151.1C, Comprehensive Emergency Management Systems, dated 11-02-05, provides
additional design feature for accident monitoring requirements.
5.1.10 Emergency Planning
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires that emergency plans be established for
minimizing the effects of an accident. DOE O 151.1C provides detailed requirements for
emergency planning. See Section 5.4.8 of this Guide and Section 7.12 of DOE-STD-1189-2008
for additional guidance.
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5.2 Hierarchy of Controls
DOE-STD-1189-2008 provides a control selection strategy that addresses hazardous material
release events, based on the following order of preference at all stages of design
development:
minimization of hazardous materials is the first priority;
safety-SSCs are preferred over administrative controls;
passive SSCs are preferred over active SSCs;
preventive controls are preferred over mitigative controls;
facility safety SSCs are preferred over personal protective equipment (PPE).
In addition, the following should be considered during design development:
controls closest to the hazard are preferred since they may provide protection to the
largest population of potential receptors, including workers and the public; and,
controls that are effective for multiple hazards are preferred since they can be
resource effective.
5.3 Radioactive Material Confinement
Section 9
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires hazard category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities
with uncontained radioactive materials (as opposed to materials determined by safety analyses to
be adequately contained within qualified drums, grout, or vitrified materials) to have the means
to confine the uncontained radioactive materials to minimize their potential release in facility
effluents during normal operations, as well as, during, and following accidents up to and
including design basis accidents (DBAs).
Further, DOE O 420.1C requires confinement design to include the following:
For a specific nuclear facility, the number, arrangement, and characteristics of
confinement barriers, as determined on a case-by-case basis;
The type, quantity, form, and conditions for dispersing the radioactive materials in the
confinement system design; and,
An active CVS as the preferred design approach for nuclear facilities with potential
for radiological release.
CVSs are among the most important mitigating systems for protecting the public and co-located
workers, and are generally relied upon as the final safety barrier to the release of hazardous
materials.
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Active confinement ventilation systems are the preferred alternative for nuclear facilities with
potential for radiological release. They provide a positive means for ensuring the control of
radioactive materials for operational and design basis events.
Alternate confinement approaches may be acceptable if a technical evaluation demonstrates that
the alternate confinement approach results in very high assurance of confinement of the
radioactive materials. The technical justification should address how the passive facility
confinement design results in very high assurance of the confinement of radioactive materials
when compared with active systems for all operational activities and DBAs. This technical
justification should also include the consideration of conservative evaluations of accident
conditions, including energy sources associated with the accident and post-accident recovery,
building integrity, and building re-entry activities (see DNFSB/TECH 34, Confinement of
Radioactive Materials at Defense Nuclear Facilities, for additional discussion). Furthermore, the
evaluation should demonstrate how post-accident monitoring and off-site dose measurements
will be performed to support potential worker and public evacuation.
When an active confinement ventilation strategy is selected as a means of confining radioactive
materials, designers should use Appendix A, Confinement Ventilation Systems Design and
Performance Criteria, of this Guide.
5.4 Other General Design Considerations and Practices
5.4.1 Design to Facilitate Deactivation, Decontamination, and Decommissioning
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires the design to include considerations related
to deactivation, decontamination, and decommissioning requirements.
5.4.1.1 Deactivation
Deactivation is the process of removing hazardous materials and neutralizing hazardous
conditions at the end of a facility’s life or mission prior to decontamination and
decommissioning. A design to facilitate deactivation should incorporate facility features that aid
in: the removal of surplus radioactive and chemical materials; storage tank cleanout and
maintenance; stabilization of contamination and process materials; and, the removal of
hazardous, mixed, and radioactive wastes. In general, these features should reduce the physical
risks and hazards associated with facility decontamination and decommissioning and would also
be called for when designing for ease of maintenance during operation.
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5.4.1.2 Decontamination
The facility design should incorporate measures to simplify decontamination of areas that may
become contaminated with radioactive or hazardous materials. Items such as service piping,
conduits, and ductwork should be kept to a minimum in potential contamination areas and should
be arranged to facilitate decontamination. Walls, ceilings, and floors in areas vulnerable to
contamination should be finished with washable or strippable coverings. Metal liners should be
used in areas that have the potential to become highly contaminated. Cracks, crevices, and joints
should be filled and finished smooth to prevent accumulation of contaminated materials. The
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facility design should incorporate features that will facilitate decontamination to achieve facility
decommissioning, to increase the potential for other uses, or both.
5.4.1.3 Decommissioning
Design features consistent with the requirements of DOE O 435.1, Chg 1, Radioactive Waste
Management, dated 07-09-99, should be developed during the planning and design phases, based
on decommissioning requirements or a conversion method leading to other facility uses. The
following design principles should be considered:
Use of localized liquid-transfer systems with emphasis on localized batch
solidification of liquid waste to avoid long runs of buried contaminated piping.
Special provisions should be included in the design to ensure the integrity of joints in
buried pipelines;
Location of exhaust filtration components of the ventilation systems at, or near,
individual enclosures to minimize long runs of internally contaminated ductwork;
Equipment, including effluent decontamination equipment that precludes, to the
extent practicable, the accumulation of radioactive or other hazardous materials in
relatively inaccessible areas, including curves and turns in piping and ductwork;
Accessible, removable covers for inspection and cleanouts are encouraged;
Use of modular radiation shielding in lieu of, or in addition to, monolithic shielding
walls;
Provisions for flushing and/or cleaning contaminated, or potentially contaminated,
piping systems;
Provisions for suitable clearances, where practical, to accommodate equipment
removal and access for remote handling and safety surveillance equipment planned
for use in future decontamination and decommissioning;
Use of lifting lugs on large tanks and equipment; and,
Piping systems that carry contaminated, or potentially contaminated, liquid should be
free draining via gravity.
5.4.2 Design to Facilitate Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires that facilities be designed to facilitate
inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair and replacement of safety SSCs to ensure their
continued function, readiness for operation, and accuracy. The facility design should include
provisions for accessibility and maintainability that include, but are not limited to, the
following:
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Surveillance equipment should be located and sufficient space provided for relative
ease of routine testing and maintenance activities;
Accessible inspection covers to allow for visual inspection should be provided and
located such that necessary routine inspections can be conducted with minimum
disruption to the facility or equipment operation, for example, flow test ports in
ducting;
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The facility design should include features that provide for ease of routine
maintenance without a subsequent mission reduction. Examples include providing
sufficient clearance around equipment to accommodate the change out of large
components and providing permanent ladder(s) and platform(s) to access lubrication
and equipment areas;
The facility design should consider the choice of manufacturer or software producer
regarding future maintainability and availability of spare parts;
The facility design should include provisions for integrated testing at the system level
to verify safety functions; and,
The facility design should use a reliability, maintainability and availability program to
achieve operational needs for the design life of the desired end product, expected
normal and worst-case operating conditions, and expected downtime for either
corrective or preventive maintenance actions.
5.4.3 Design for Radiation Protection and Contamination Control
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires the design to include considerations related
to radiation protection and contamination control requirements. 10 C.F.R. Part 835,
Occupational Radiation Protection, also provides requirements for radiological protection.
The primary objective of radiological protection is to minimize external and internal personnel
exposures to radioactive materials. This objective is accomplished through multiple features
and measures, such as: providing adequate radiation posting, sampling, monitoring, and
notification or alarm capabilities; applying as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)
principles; incorporating facility and system radiation protection features into the designs; and,
through other measures. Typical radiation protection design features should include: shielding;
remote handling; area and equipment layout to prevent radiation streaming; passive
confinement structures and containers; active confinement ventilation negative pressure
cascades; and, exhaust high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration, supplemented by
cautionary systems. ALARA principles to minimize personnel exposures should be applied to
all equipment and facility designs. The following are design considerations that support
meeting these objectives:
The type and level of hazards should be determined for each functional area, the
attendant degree of risk identified, and the possibility of cross-contamination
considered. Wherever possible, work areas with compatible contaminants should be
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located together to simplify design criteria related to air supply and exhaust, waste
disposal, decontamination, and cross-contamination;
Radioactive and other hazardous materials contamination control requirements should
be considered together in the design to minimize the potential for contamination
spread from either source;
Office areas should be located in separate common-use facilities (e.g., data
computation and processing, word processing, etc.) and away from process areas, if
practicable, to minimize risks to workers from radioactive and/or hazardous
materials;
The building layout should provide protection from the hazards associated with
handling, processing, and storing of radioactive and/or hazardous materials. In
addition, the following items should be considered in the facility safety design:
o Additional space should be provided for temporary or additional shielding in
the event radiation levels are higher than anticipated;
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o The arrangement and location of hazardous process equipment and its
maintenance provisions should provide appropriate protective and safety
measures as applicable;
o The building design should accommodate prompt return to a safe condition in
emergencies, and should allow ready access for, and protection of, workers in
areas where manual corrective actions are necessary, as well as in areas that
contain radiation monitoring equipment readouts.
o Facility layout should provide specific control and isolation, if possible, of
quantities of flammable, toxic, and explosive gases, chemicals, and other
hazardous materials admitted to the facility; and,
o For some facilities, integration of security considerations with radiation
protection considerations can be important in building layout and structural
design.
Specific criteria for radiation monitoring and entry and exit control systems, posting and labeling
of radioactive materials and spaces, nuclear accident dosimetry, and ALARA applications should
be applied as required by 10 C.F.R. Part 835.
Physical layout and details of proven radiological equipment designs for plutonium facilities are
contained in DOE-STD-1128-2008, Guide of Good Practices for Occupational Radiological
Protection in Plutonium Facilities.
10 C.F.R. Part 835 requires that the projected dose rates are based on occupancy, duration, and
frequency of exposure. If dose projections exceed values specified in 10 C.F.R. Part 835,
shielding should be used for areas that need to be accessed normally or intermittently, such as
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those for preventive maintenance, component changes, or adjustment of systems and equipment.
The type of shielding should be determined by the characteristics of the radiation, structural
requirements, fire protection requirements, and radiation damage potential. Shielding should also
be installed to minimize non-penetrating external radiation exposures to the skin and lens of the
eye, where necessary. In most cases, confinement barriers or process equipment provide this
function. Where shielding is an integral part of the facility structure, it should be designed and
installed to at least the same level of natural phenomenon qualification as the facility structure.
Additional guidance is contained in American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear
Society (ANSI/ANS) 6.4.2-2006, Specification for Radiation Shielding Materials.
Occupied operating areas for normal operating conditions should be designed not to exceed the
airborne concentration limits of 10 C.F.R. Part 835. Respirators should not be needed under
normal operating conditions except as a precautionary measure. Engineered controls and features
should be designed with consideration of contaminant chemical forms to minimize potential
inhalation of radioactive materials and to minimize potential chemical degradation of such
engineered features.
Devices to monitor individual exposures to external radiation and to warn personnel of
radioactive contamination are to be used in accordance with 10 C.F.R. Part 835. Air sampling
equipment should be placed in strategic locations to detect and evaluate airborne contaminant
conditions at work locations. Continuous air monitors with preset alarms should be provided to
give early warning of significant releases of radioactive materials. Air monitoring and warning
systems are to be used in compliance with the requirements of 10 C.F.R. Part 835.
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Breathing-air supply systems, if needed, are to comply with the requirements of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Occupational Safety and
Health Standards, Section 134, Respiratory Protection.
DOE-STD-1098-2008, Radiological Control, provides details on radioactive material
identification, storage, and transport. In addition, DOE-STD-1098-2008 provides descriptions
and details of use-proven principles and designs and identifies considerations that affect
configuration, hardware selection, installation, maintenance, and controls that can be used in
developing a sound functional design.
Shielding should be designed to limit the total external dose during normal operations
to the annual exposure limit values as specified in 10 C.F.R. Part 835. Design of
facilities and shields applicable to machines and sources is summarized as good
practices in applicable National Council on Radiation Protection reports. Additional
guidance is contained in ANSI N43.2, Radiation Safety for X-ray Diffraction and
Fluorescence Analysis Equipment.
Guidance on ventilation design is provided in the American Conference of
Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) 2096 Industrial Ventilation: A
Manual of Recommended Practice for Design, 27th Edition and DOE Handbook
(HDBK)-1169-2003, Nuclear Air Cleaning Handbook. Alarms for loss of
ventilation or differential pressure should be provided on primary confinement
systems (gloveboxes or hoods) and secondary confinement systems (rooms). ASME
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AG-1, Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment, contains requirements for the
design of nuclear facility air cleaning systems and acceptance requirements for
testing air cleaning systems.
Change rooms for changing into and out of protective clothing should be designed
to ensure that clean clothing (personal clothing) and contaminated clothing
(protective clothing) are segregated. The design objective is to ensure that storage
of contaminated protective clothing will control contamination so that it does not
spread beyond the storage container. The change room exhaust air should be
HEPA-filtered, as applicable, if dispersible radionuclides are handled in the process
areas it serves.
Personnel decontamination facilities should be located close to areas that are potential
sources of contamination. Safety showers may be used if water collection from their
use is controlled. Portable personnel decontamination equipment should be
considered for facilities with no permanent structures.
Respiratory protection should be provided to maintenance personnel in areas
where the potential for significant exposures exist for maintenance operations and
where design constraints preclude the ability to perform maintenance either
remotely or in a glovebox. However, every reasonable effort should be made to
allow routine maintenance activities to be conducted without the need for
respiratory protection.
5.4.4 Design for Access Control
While not controlled by DOE O 420.1C requirements, the design should include considerations
related to access control requirements.
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The facility design should accommodate the requirements for: safeguards and security; access by
emergency responders under normal and accident conditions; emergency egress; and, area access
control for worker protection. Where these requirements conflict, life safety should take
precedence. For example, safeguards and security requirements would minimize the number of
entrances and exits, but for worker safety, the emergency-egress requirements would provide an
adequate number of exits. Specific requirements for access control are to be implemented as
specified by 10 C.F.R. Part 835 for radiological hazards, by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, and by OSHA’s
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Occupational Safety and Health Standards and Part 1926, Safety and Health
Regulations for Construction, for hazardous material locations within operating facilities and
construction sites.
Whereas access control is provided for control rooms that contain SC and SS SSC controls and
monitoring, the same level of qualification is to be considered for access control features. Access
controls are to be designed and implemented so as not to prevent operator actions that would be
necessary to achieve and maintain a facility in a safe condition.
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5.4.5 Design for Non-Radioactive, Hazardous Material Protection
This section provides functional design guidance for hazardous material protection other than
radioactive material protection. DOE-STD-1189-2008 (as invoked by DOE O 420.1C and
DOE O 413.3B) requires that the hazard analysis identifies any potential for hazardous material
release accidents that cause or exacerbate a nuclear accident. This potential is to be considered in
the accident analysis and the selection of safety SSCs. In addition, Attachment 2, Chapter I of
DOE O 420.1C requires that nuclear facilities be designed to protect against chemical hazards
and toxicological hazards consistent with DOE-STD-1189-2008. Appendix B of
DOE-STD-1189-2008 provides additional guidance for protection against chemical hazards and
toxicological hazards.
Requirements for design of engineered controls for hazardous material protection are contained
in the IBC, 10 C.F.R. Part 851, Worker Safety and Health Program, and 29 C.F.R. Part 1910,
Subparts G, H, and Z.
Ventilation systems are engineering controls commonly used to prevent worker exposure to
hazardous materials and may be used in combination with personal protective equipment and
operational procedures. Where ventilation is used to control worker exposures,
29 C.F.R. Part1910, Subpart G 1910.94, Ventilation, requires that it is adequate to reduce the
hazardous materials concentrations of air contaminants to the degree that the hazardous materials
no longer poses a health risk to the worker (i.e., concentrations at, or below, the permissible
exposure limits). Wherever engineering controls are not sufficient to reduce exposures to such
levels, 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart Z, 1910.1000, Air Contaminants, requires that they be used
to reduce exposures to the lowest practicable level and be supplemented by work practice
controls. The design should ensure that respirators are not needed for normal operating
conditions or routine maintenance activities except as a precautionary measure.
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Ventilation systems for hazardous material protection should use exhaust hoods to control
concentrations of hazardous materials from discrete sources, or should control the number of air
changes per hour for an entire room or bay. Air flow and other design requirements for specific
types of systems are required to comply with 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subparts G and H.
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart Z, provides requirements for monitoring and alarm systems for
facilities that manage or use specific hazardous materials. Additional guidance on design of
ventilation systems for hazardous material protection is provided in ANSI/American Industrial
Hygiene Association (AIHA) Z9.2-2012, Fundamentals Governing the Design and Operation of
Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning (ASHRAE) 62.1-2010, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.
Decontamination facilities, safety showers, and eyewashes to mitigate external exposures to
hazardous materials are required where mandated by 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subparts H and Z.
These systems should be designed in accordance with the requirements of ANSI Z358.1-2009,
American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment.
Facilities with hazardous material exposure concerns should be designed to minimize personnel
exposures, both external and internal, and to provide adequate monitoring and notification
capabilities to inform workers of unsafe conditions. Hazardous material protection should be
provided through facility design (e.g., remote handling, area and equipment layout, spill-control
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features, confinement, ventilation, specific code requirements for hazardous materials, etc.).
Occupied spaces should be designed to preclude locations where low oxygen content or air
displacement may occur or where reactive, combustible, flammable, or explosive gas, vapor, or
liquid accumulation might occur.
Safety controls and features should be designed to consider contaminant chemical forms and
minimize the potential for inhalation and contact under all conditions. Directed ventilation flow
paths should be used to move contaminants away from worker breathing zones. The design
should ensure that ventilation flow will cascade from clean areas to contaminated areas to
preclude contamination spread. Uniform distribution of incoming air and/or air mixing
equipment should be provided to ensure that no pockets of stagnant air exist in areas where
workers are present. Air flow arrangements that are designed to ensure that air flow from the
cleanest area to contaminated areas should be evaluated to ensure that the ventilation
arrangement will not inhibit/compromise exiting under fire conditions.
DOE G 440.1-1B, Worker Safety and Health Program for DOE (Including the National Nuclear
Security Administration) Federal and Contractor Employees, dated 10-20-2011, provides
additional information on hazardous material protection vis-à-vis 10 C.F.R. Part 851 compliance.
5.4.6 Design for Effluent Monitoring and Control
This section applies to any DOE facility that produces airborne or liquid radioactive and/or
hazardous material effluents, including contaminated storm water. Attachment 2, Chapter I of
DOE O 420.1C provides high level requirements for managing uncontained radioactive
materials. DOE O 435.1 and DOE Manual (M) 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management
Manual, dated 07-09-99, provide requirements and guidance to ensure a radioactive release is
managed in a manner that is protective of worker and public health and safety, and the
environment.
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Liquid process wastes containing radioactive and/or hazardous materials should be collected and
monitored near the source of generation before a batch transfer via appropriate pipelines or
portable tanks to a liquid-waste treatment facility. Waste storage tanks and transfer lines should
be designed and constructed such that any leakage could be detected, contained, and collected for
removal, before it reaches the environment. Double-walled transfer pipelines or multiple
encasements should be used for high-level radioactive liquid wastes and other liquid wastes that
have the potential to cause significant localized consequences, or significant exposures during
the implementation of mitigating measures in the event of an accidental release. Provisions
should be made for the collection, removal, and appropriate disposition of infiltration into the
annulus of double-walled pipelines. Radioactive- and hazardous-waste collection, transfer, and
storage systems should be designed to avoid the dilution of radioactive or hazardous waste due to
waste of lower concentrations of radioactivity, toxicity, or other hazard. Airborne effluents from
areas in which hazardous or radioactive materials are managed, are exhausted through a
ventilation system designed to remove particulate materials, vapors, and gases. Such a system
should comply with applicable release requirements (e.g. state or local limits) and should reduce
releases of radioactive materials to ALARA levels. The design of airborne-effluent systems
should preclude holdup of particulate materials in off-gas and ventilation ductwork and include
provisions to continuously monitor the buildup of materials and material recovery. The design of
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systems should also preclude the accumulation of potentially flammable quantities of gases
generated by radiolysis or chemical reactions within process equipment.
The design capacity for effluent monitoring and control systems should be consistent with the
needs for handling process effluents during normal operations, anticipated operational
occurrences, and DBA conditions. Alarms should be provided that will annunciate in the event
concentrations of radioactive or hazardous materials above specified limits are detected in the
effluent stream. Appropriate manual or automatic protective features should be provided to
prevent an uncontrolled release of radioactive and/or hazardous materials into the environment or
the workplace. Portions of effluent management systems and components that are necessary to
control, or limit, the release of radioactive or hazardous materials into the environment, or for
safe operation of the system, should be provided with redundancy where required by applicable
Federal, state, and local environmental regulations and permits. Effluent monitoring and control
systems are designed to allow periodic maintenance, inspection, and testing of components and
to maintain ALARA occupational radiation doses during these operations. Appropriate nuclear
criticality safety provisions should be applied to the design of airborne effluent systems. This
includes a design that precludes the holdup or collection of materials capable of sustaining a
chain reaction in portions of the system not geometrically favorable. This also includes a design
to ease in-situ measurement and recovery of these materials.
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Effluent monitoring and control SSCs are generally designed to operate in conjunction with
physical barriers to form a confinement system to limit the release of radioactive or other
hazardous materials into the environment and to prevent or minimize the spread of
contamination within the facility.
Adequate instrumentation and controls (I&C) should be provided to assess system performance
and to allow the necessary control of system operations. Equipment in safety systems is required
to be appropriately qualified or protected to ensure reliable operation during normal operating
conditions; during anticipated operational occurrences, and during and following DBAs,
including a design basis earthquake. SC air filtration units, effluent transport systems, or effluent
collection systems are to be designed to remain functional throughout DBAs and to retain
collected radioactive and hazardous materials after the accident, as required by DOE O 420.1C.
5.4.7 Design for Waste Management
This section applies to any DOE facility that, under normal operating conditions produces wastes
having constituents that are regulated as radioactive, hazardous, or mixed-waste. DOE O 435.1,
and the Federal, state, and local requirements referenced therein, specify the criteria for the
design of waste management systems. Waste management and storage systems, along with
associated support systems, should be designed to remain functional following a DBA and
should facilitate the maintenance of a safe shutdown condition and post-accident recovery
activities. For high-level waste containment systems, at least one confinement barrier should be
designed to withstand the effects of DBAs.
DOE M 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual, dated 06-06-2011, addresses waste
minimization.
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5.4.8 Design for Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Communications
Attachment 2, Chapter I of DOE O 420.1C requires establishing emergency plans for minimizing
the effects of an accident. Provisions for emergency preparedness are contained in the
requirements of DOE O 151.1C, which address installation of an emergency operations center.
Primary and backup means of communications with the emergency operations center, provisions
for evacuation and accountability, as well as adequate equipment and supplies for emergency
response personnel to carry out their respective duties and responsibilities related to nonreactor
nuclear facility, are to be provided in the facility design in accordance with DOE O 151.1C
requirements.
Emergency evacuation annunciation systems and general communication systems should be
installed per the applicable National Fire Protection Association codes listed in
DOE-STD-1066-2012. Installation requirements for transmission of alarm conditions to building
occupants should be considered public mode systems and address topics such as: protection of
circuits; minimum audibility requirements above background noise; voice intelligibility; and,
visual signals, including minimum light intensities.
For facilities handling dispersible materials, meteorological data necessary to predict
consequences from an emergency event should be obtained from the following sources in order
of preference: (1) site specific information; (2) the nearest U.S. Geological Survey; (3) local
(on-site) meteorological stations; (4) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
5.4.9 Human Factors Engineering
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Appropriate human factors engineering principles and criteria should be integrated into the
design, operation, and maintenance of DOE facilities. The human factor elements that should be
considered include, but are not limited to, the following: equipment labeling; workplace
environment (temperature and humidity, lighting, noise, vibration, and aesthetics); human
dimensions; operating panels and controls; component arrangement; warning and annunciator
systems; and, communication systems. The applicable criteria found in the following standards
should be considered in the design of these elements: Nuclear Regulatory Guide (NUREG) 0700,
Human-System Interface Design Review Guidelines; MIL-STD-1472F, Department of Defense
Design Criteria Standard: Human Engineering; and Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) Std. 1023-2004, IEEE Recommended Practice for the Application of Human
Factors Engineering to Systems, Equipment, and Facilities of Nuclear Power Generating
Stations and other Nuclear Facilities. DOE-STD-1195-2011, Design of Safety Significant Safety
Instrumented Systems Used at DOE Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities also provides additional
guidance for human factors engineering.
5.4.10 Design of Support Systems and System Interfaces
Safety SSCs often rely upon other SSCs to support their operation. Therefore, it is important
to identify these supporting systems and the associated interfaces between safety and
non-safety SSCs. The following subsections address the design considerations for these
related systems.
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5.4.10.1 Support Systems
In some cases, safety-SSCs rely upon supporting SSCs to perform their intended safety function.
Attachment 3 of DOE O 420.1C requires that support SSCs be designed as SC or SS SSCs if
their failures prevent safety-SSCs or specific administrative controls from performing their
safety functions. For example, a SC designation may be appropriate for an I&C system that
supports a tritium containment system if failure of the I&C support system could lead to either
failure or reduced availability of the SC containment barrier. However, if the support system
would not lead to immediate failure of the safety-SSC, such as for a heat tracer on a fire
protection line, combined with a safety alarm, providing adequate time for restoration action, the
support system may not need to be classified as a safety-SSC. The classification of the
supporting SSCs would be at same level as the safety-SSCs or specific administrative controls
that they could impact.
5.4.10.2 Interface Design
A nuclear safety design goal is to minimize interfaces between SC, SS, and non-safety SSCs.
Interfaces, such as pressure retention boundaries, integrity of fluid systems, electrical
equipment, I&C, and mechanical and support systems, exist between safety SSCs and
non-safety SSCs. These interfaces should be evaluated to identify SSC failures that would
prevent the safety SSCs from performing their intended safety function. For these SSC
failures, isolation devices, interface barriers, or design class upgrades should be provided to
ensure safety SSC protection and availability. In many cases, systems may consist of a group
of subsystems, where each subsystem supports the operation of the whole system. For
example, an auxiliary power diesel generator system may consist of lubricating oil, fuel oil,
diesel engine, jacket cooling, and room ventilation subsystems. System interface evaluations
should clearly define these boundaries. In all instances, a case-by-case evaluation should be
performed.
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5.4.10.3 System Interaction
DOE-STD-1020-2012 provides guidance and requirements on system interaction including
potential interaction of non-safety SSCs and safety-SSCs.
5.4.11 Design of Mechanical Handling Equipment
Mechanical handling equipment (cranes, manipulators, etc.) should only be classified as SC or
SS if their failure would create a hazardous material release exceeding the guidelines for either
classification (see DOE-STD-1189-2008, Appendix C). The SS classification, as a
defense-in-depth provision, will be the more common classification for remote material handling
equipment.
Failure modes for mechanical handling equipment used to move radioactive materials should
address mid-operational failures, and designs should include recovery methods.
Designs should accommodate periodic maintenance and inspection.
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5.4.12 Design of Ventilation Systems
In general, the safety function of ventilation and off-gas systems is to provide confinement
integrity and to filter exhaust, thereby preventing or mitigating uncontrolled releases of
radioactive and/or hazardous materials into the environment. Ventilation and off-gas systems are
included as a vital part of the primary and secondary confinement design. The need for
redundancy should be determined by the safety analysis process and maintenance concerns for
both active and passive components. Designs should provide for periodic maintenance,
inspection, and testing of components. Adequate shielding should be included in the design of
filters, absorbers, scrubbers, and other air treatment components to ensure that occupational
exposure limits are not exceeded during maintenance and inspection activities.
SC and SS ventilation system designs should include adequate instrumentation to monitor and
assess performance with necessary alarms for annunciation of abnormal or unacceptable
operation. Manual or automatic protective control features should be provided to prevent or
mitigate an uncontrolled release of radioactive and/or hazardous materials into the environment
and to minimize the spread of contamination within the facility.
Vent streams potentially containing significant concentrations of radioactive and/or hazardous
materials should be processed through an off-gas cleanup system before being exhausted into the
environment. Cleanup systems are to remove particulates and noxious chemicals and control the
release of gaseous radionuclides. The design of SC and SS off-gas systems should be
commensurate with the sources and characteristics of the radioactive and chemical components
of the off-gas air stream to prevent or mitigate the uncontrolled releases of radioactive and/or
hazardous materials into the environment.
Appendix A of this Guide provides additional design and performance criteria for SC and SS
ventilation systems1.
5.4.13 Environmental Qualifications
Attachment 3 of DOE O 420.1C requires the design to use the IEEE STD 323-2003, IEEE
Standard for Qualifying Class 1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations, or other
applicable standards, to ensure that safety-class SSCs can perform all safety functions, as
determined by the safety analysis, with no failure mechanism that could lead to common cause
failures under postulated service conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity, radiation). For
equipment located in a mild environment, and which has no significant aging mechanisms, a
qualified life is not required by IEEE STD 323.
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For safety-significant SSCs that are located in a mild environment, the SSCs should be selected
for application to the specific service conditions based on sound engineering practices and
manufacturers’ recommendations. Safety-significant SSCs located in a harsh environment,
1 Appendix A was derived from guidance developed by the Department for review of confinement ventilation
systems as part of the Department's implementation plan in response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
(DNFSB) Recommendation 2004-2, Active Confinement Systems.
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however, should be evaluated for qualified life using manufacturers’ recommendations or other
appropriate methods.
System documentation should be maintained preserving the relationship between equipment
application and service conditions.
5.4.14 Design of Electrical Systems
The safety function of an electrical power system is to provide power to systems and
components that require electrical power in order to perform their safety functions, and such
power systems should be classified as SC or SS accordingly. These systems consist of on-site
AC/DC power supply systems and associated distribution systems and components (e.g.,
conduits, wiring, cable trays, etc.).
Attachment 3 of DOE O 420.1C requires that the single failure criterion, requirements, and
design analysis identified in IEEE 379-2000, IEEE Standard Application of the Single-Failure
Criterion to Nuclear Power Generating Stations Safety Systems, be applied to SC electrical
systems and components. Redundancy requirements for electrical systems pertain to normal
and alternative power sources and should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. For SS systems,
redundancy may not be needed if it can be shown that there is sufficient response time to
provide a readily available and defined alternative source of electrical power.
For the commercial nuclear industry, a multitude of ANSI/IEEE standards define the
requirements for the design, manufacturing, installation, and testing of reactor Safety Class 1E
electrical systems and components. The Safety Class 1E requirements may not be directly
applicable to the SC category defined for nonreactor nuclear facilities. These standards,
however, contain useful and significant information that should be considered. Attachment 3
of DOE O 420.1C lists a set of national codes and standards to be used for SC and SS
electrical systems, keeping in perspective the applicable use of ANSI/IEEE standards for
Safety Class 1E components.
Environmental capability of SC and SS electrical equipment in harsh environments should be
demonstrated using the guidance stated in Section 5.4.13 of this Guide.
5.4.15 Design of Instrumentation, Controls, and Alarm Systems
The safety functions of instrumentation, control, and alarm systems are to: provide
information on out-of-tolerance conditions/abnormal conditions; ensure the capability for
manual or automatic actuation of safety systems and components; ensure safety systems have
the means to achieve and maintain a fail-safe shutdown condition on demand under normal or
abnormal conditions; and/or, actuate alarms to reduce public or site-personnel risk (e.g.,
effluent monitoring components and systems).
Attachment 3 of DOE O 420.1C requires the design of SC I&C systems to incorporate
sufficient independence, redundancy, diversity, and separation to ensure that all safety-related
functions associated with such equipment can be performed as defined in the safety analysis.
DOE O 420.1C also requires SS I&C components to be evaluated as to the need for
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redundancy on a case-by-case basis. DOE-STD-1195-2011 provides an acceptable method for
achieving high reliability of SS safety instrumented systems.
DOE O 420.1C requires SC and SS instrumentation, controls, and alarms to be designed so
that failure of non-safety equipment will not prevent the former from performing their safety
functions.
DOE O 420.1C requires SC and SS instrumentation, control, and alarm-systems to be
designed to ensure accessibility for inspection, maintenance, calibration, repair, or
replacement.
SC and SS instrumentation, control, and alarm systems should provide the operators sufficient
time, information, and control capabilities to perform the following safety functions:
Readily determine the status of critical facility parameters to ensure compliance
with the limits specified in the technical safety requirements;
Initiate manual safety functions (e.g., take the necessary actions credited in the
DSA); and,
Determine the status of safety systems required to ensure proper mitigation of the
consequences of postulated accident conditions and/or to safely shut down the
facility.
ANSI/IEEE and ANSI/ISA standards contain design, installation, and testing requirements
that should be considered for instrumentation, control, and alarm components without
invoking all of the Safety Class 1E requirements.
5.4.16 Equivalencies for Codes and Standards
The facility design authority (as defined in DOE O 413.3B) is required to select and use an
appropriate set of codes and standards to establish the COR and the design criteria, which
provide assurance that the SSCs will reliably perform their intended functions. DOE technical
standards and industry codes and standards are considered applicable when they provide
relevant design requirements for the safety SSCs that are being designed. Applicable DOE
technical standards and industry codes and standards contain requirements that are appropriate
for the design materials, configuration, and service conditions; and provide design
requirements that ensure that the desired SSC functions are achieved. In cases where the
facility design uses alternative codes and standards to those identified in Attachment 3 of
DOE O 420.1C, an approved equivalency is required by Attachment 1 of DOE O 420.1C. In
such cases, the alternative codes and standards would be included in the COR.
Justification of equivalent codes and standards should demonstrate that the proposed design of
the SSCs meets, or exceeds, the level of safety (e.g., meets, or exceeds, the level of protection)
provided by the normally applied codes and standards. Evaluation of the level of safety should
address:
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Critical safety attributes of the SSCs;
Critical characteristics of the SSCs that are important to design, material, and
performance of the SSCs;
The reliability of safety SSCs; and,
The margins of safety to failure of the SSCs (e.g., pressure, temperature,
environmental conditions, and other design loads) provided by application of the
code.
For individual components, equivalency should be demonstrated by defining and verifying
that the substitute component meets or exceeds these characteristics. Equivalencies should be
well documented with a technical basis and should receive peer review by a technically
capable and experienced designer.
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APPENDIX A: CONFINEMENT VENTILATION SYSTEMS DESIGN
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AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
The following table presents the design and performance criteria that should be used in the
design and construction of new active confinement ventilation systems (CVSs) based on the
safety classification of the system. Note: This table presents a summary of key design attributes;
see DOE Handbook (HDBK) 1169-2003, Nuclear Air Cleaning Handbook for more complete
design guidance.
Table A-1. Confinement Ventilation System Design and Performance Criteria
DESIGN/
PERFORMANCE
SAFETY
CLASS
SAFETY
SIGNIFICANT
DEFENSE-IN-
DEPTH/OTHER
DISCUSSION REFERENCE
Ventilation System – General Criteria
Pressure
differential should
be maintained
between zones and
atmosphere
Applies Applies Applies Number of zones
as credited by
accident analysis to
control hazardous
material release;
demonstrate by use
considering
potential in-leakage
DOE-HDBK
1169 (2.2.9);
ASHRAE
Design Guide
Materials of
construction should
be appropriate for
normal, abnormal
and accident
conditions
Applies Applies Applies DOE-HDBK
1169 (2.2.5);
ASME AG-1
Exhaust system
should withstand
anticipated normal,
abnormal and
accident system
conditions and
maintain
confinement
integrity
Applies Applies Applies As required to
prevent accident
release
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.4);
ASHRAE
Design Guide
CVSs will have
appropriate
filtration to
minimize release
Applies Applies Applies Address: 1) type of
filter (e.g., HEPA,
sand, sintered
metal); 2) filter
sizing (flow
capacity and
pressure drop); 3)
decontamination
factor vs. accident
analysis
assumptions
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.2.1); ASME
AG-1
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Ventilation System – Instrumentation and Control
Provide system
status
instrumentation
and/or alarms
Applies Applies Applies Address key
information to
ensure system
operability (e.g.,
system delta-P,
filter pressure drop)
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003;
ASME AG-1:
ASHRAE
Design Guide
(Section 4)
Interlock supply
and exhaust fans to
prevent positive
pressure
differential
Applies Applies Applies DOE-HDBK
1169-2003;
ASHRAE
Design Guide
(Section 4)
Post-accident
indication of filter
break-through
Applies Applies Does Not Apply Instrumentation
supports post-
accident planning
and response;
should be
considered critical
instrumentation for
SC
DNFSB/TECH
34
Reliability of
control system to
maintain
confinement
function under
normal, abnormal
and accident
conditions
Applies Applies Applies Address, for
example, impacts
of potential
common mode
failures from
events that would
require active
confinement
function
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003 (2.4)
Control
components should
fail safe
Applies Applies Applies DOE-HDBK
1169-2003 (2.4)
Resistance to Internal Events – Fire
CVSs should
withstand
credible fire
events and be
available to
operate and
maintain
confinement
Applies Applies Does Not Apply Required for new
facilities; as
required for existing
facilities
(discretionary).
Address protection
of filter media.
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(10.1);
DOE-STD
1066-2012
CVSs should not
propagate spread
of fire
Applies Applies Applies Required for new
facilities; as
required for existing
facilities
(discretionary).
Address fire
barriers, fire
dampers
arrangement
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(10.1);
DOE-STD
1066-2012
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix A
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Resistance to External Events - Natural Phenomena - Seismic
CVSs should Applies Applies Does Not Apply If the active CVS system DOE O 420.1C;
safely withstand is not credited in a DOE-HDBK
earthquakes seismic accident
Section 23
condition there is no
need to evaluate that
performance and/or
design attribute for the
CVS (discretionary).
Also, any seismic impact
on the CVS performance
will be based on the
current functional
requirements in the
documented safety
analysis (DSA). NOTE:
Seismic requirements
may apply to defense-in
depth items indirectly for
the protection of safety
SSCs.
1169-2003
(9.2); ASME
AG-1
Resistance to External Events - Natural Phenomena – Tornado/Wind
CVS should Applies Applies Does Not Apply If the active CVS is not DOE O 420.1C;
safely withstand credited in a tornado DOE-HDBK
tornado condition there is no 1169-2003 (9.2)
depressurization need to evaluate that
performance and/or
design attribute for the
CVS (discretionary).
Also, any tornado impact
on the CVS performance
will be based on the
current functional
requirements in the DSA.
CVS should
withstand design
wind effects on
system
performance
Applies Applies Does Not Apply If the active CVS is not
credited in a wind
condition there is no
need to evaluate that
performance and/or
design attribute for the
CVS (discretionary).
Also, any wind impact
on the CVS performance
will be based on the
current natural
phenomena analysis in
the DSA.
DOE O 420.1C;
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003 (9.2)
Appendix A DOE G 420.1-1A
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Other Natural Phenomena Events (e.g., flooding, precipitation)
CVS should
withstand other
natural
phenomena
events considered
credible in the
DSA where the
CVS is credited
Applies Applies Does Not Apply If the active CVS is
not credited for this
event there is no
need to evaluate that
performance and/or
design attribute for
the CVS
(discretionary).
Also, any wind
impact on the CVS
performance will be
based on the current
NP analysis in the
DSA.
DOE O 420.1C;
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003 (9.2)
Range Fires/Dust Storms
Administrative
controls should
be established to
protect CVSs
from barrier
threatening
events
Applies Applies Does Not Apply Ensure appropriately
thought out response
to external threat is
defined (e.g., pre
fire plan)
DOE O 420.1C
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix A
12-4-2012 A-5
Testability
Design supports
the periodic
inspection &
testing of filters
and housing, and
tests and
inspections are
conducted
periodically
Applies Applies Applies Ability to test for
leakage per intent of
N510
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.3.8);
ASME AG-1;
ASME N510
Instrumentation
required to
support system
operability is
calibrated
Applies Applies Applies Credited
instrumentation should
have specified
calibration/surveillance
requirements. Non-
safety instrumentation
should be calibrated as
necessary to support
system functionality.
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.3.8)
Integrated system
performance
testing is
specified and
performed
Applies Applies Does Not Apply Required responses
assumed in the accident
analysis are periodically
confirmed including
any time constraints
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.3.8)
Maintenance
Filter service life
program should
be established
Applies Applies Applies Filter life (shelf life,
service life, total life)
expectancy should be
determined. Consider
filter environment,
maximum delta-P,
radiological loading,
age, and potential
chemical exposure.
DOE-STD
1169-2003
(3.1 & APP
C)
Appendix A DOE G 420.1-1A
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Single Failure
Failure of one
component
(equipment or
control) will not
affect continuous
operation
Applies Does Not
Apply
Does Not Apply Address potential
failures (example
failures - fan,
backup power
supply, switchgear)
DOE O 420.1C,
Attachment 2,
Chapter I
Section 24
Automatic backup
electrical power will
be provided to all
critical instruments
and equipment
required to operate
and monitor the
CVS
Applies Does Not
Apply
Does Not Apply DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.2.7)
Backup electrical
power will be
provided to all
critical instruments
and equipment
required to operate
and monitor the
CVS
Does Not
Apply
Applies Does Not Apply NOTE: Safety class
is addressed through
previous line.
DOE-HDBK
1169-2003
(2.2.7)
Other Credited Functional Requirements
Address any specific
functional
requirements for the
CVS (beyond the
scope of those
above) credited in
the DSA
Applies Applies Does Not Apply 10 C.F.R. 830,
Subpart B
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix B
12-4-2012 B-1
APPENDIX B: DEFINITIONS
NOTE: Origins of the definitions are indicated by references shown in brackets [ ] although in
some cases the referenced orders are being replaced. If no reference is listed, the definition
originates in this Guide and is unique to its application. Terms used within this Guide that are not
defined in this Appendix carry their definition from the referenced documents.
Accident. An unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable consequences.
[DOE-STD-3009-94]
Accident Analysis. Accident analysis has historically consisted of the formal development of
numerical estimates of the expected consequence and probability of potential accidents
associated with a facility. Accident analysis is a follow-on effort to the hazard analysis, not a
fundamentally new examination requiring extensive original work. As such, it requires
documentation of the basis for assignment to a given likelihood of occurrence range in hazard
analysis and performance of a formally documented consequence analysis. Consequences are
compared with the Evaluation Guideline to identify safety-class structures, systems, and
components. [DOE-STD-3009-94]
Confinement Barriers.
Primary confinement. Provides confinement of hazardous material to the vicinity of
its processing. This confinement is typically provided by piping, tanks, gloveboxes,
encapsulating material, and the like, along with any off-gas systems that control
effluent from within the primary confinement.
Secondary confinement. Consists of a cell or enclosure surrounding the process
material or equipment along with any associated ventilation exhaust systems from the
enclosed area.
Tertiary confinement. Typically provided by walls, floor, roof, and associated
ventilation exhaust systems of the facility. It provides a final barrier against the
release of hazardous materials into the environment.
Construction. Any combination of engineering, procurement, erection, installation, assembly, or
fabrication activities involved in creating a new facility or altering, adding to, or rehabilitating an
existing facility. It also includes the alteration and repair (including dredging, excavating, and
painting) of buildings, structures, or other real property.
Decommissioning. Those actions taking place after deactivation of a nuclear facility to retire it
from service and includes surveillance and maintenance, decontamination and/or dismantlement.
[10 C.F.R. Part 830 Subpart B, Appendix A]
Decontamination. The removal or reduction of residual radioactive and hazardous materials by
mechanical, chemical, or other techniques to achieve a stated objective or end condition.
[10 C.F.R. Part 830 Subpart B, Appendix A]
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Section 25
Design Basis. Information that identifies the specific functions to be performed by a structure,
system, or component of a facility, and the specific values or range of values chosen for
controlling parameters as reference bounds of design. These values may be (1) restraints derived
from generally accepted “state of the art” practices for achieving functional goals, or (2)
requirements derived from analyses (based on calculations and/or experiments) of the effects of a
postulated accident for which a structure, system, or component must meet its functional goals.
[10 C.F.R. Part 50.2]
Effluent Monitoring. The collection and analysis of samples or measurements of liquid and
gaseous effluents for the purpose of: characterizing and quantifying contaminants; assessing
radiation exposures of members of the public; providing a means to control effluents at, or near,
the point of discharge; and, demonstrating compliance with applicable standards and permit
requirements.
Evaluation Guideline. Radiation dose value against which the safety analysis evaluates. Off-site
evaluation guidelines are established for the purpose of identifying and evaluating safety-class
structures, systems, and components.
Explosives Facility. A structure or defined area used for explosives storage or operations.
Excluded are explosives presenting only localized, minimal hazards as determined by the
Authority Having Jurisdiction. Examples of excluded items may include user quantities of small
arms ammunition, commercial distress signals, or cartridges for cartridge actuated tools, etc.
[DOE-STD-1212-2012]
Facility. For the purpose of this Guide, the definition most often refers to buildings and other
structures, their functional systems and equipment, and other fixed systems and equipment
installed therein to delineate a facility. However, specific operations and processes independent
of buildings or other structures (e.g., waste retrieval and processing, waste burial, remediation,
groundwater or soil decontamination, decommissioning) are also encompassed by this definition.
The flexibility in the definition does not extend to subdivision of physically concurrent
operations having potential energy sources that can seriously affect one another or which use
common systems fundamental to the operation (e.g., a common glovebox ventilation exhaust
header). [DOE-STD-3009-94]
Fail-Safe. A design characteristic by which a unit or system will become safe, and remain safe,
if a system or component fails or loses its activation energy.
Hazard. A source of danger (i.e., material, energy source, or operation) with the potential to
cause illness, injury, or death to personnel or damage to a facility or to the environment (without
regard for the likelihood or credibility of accident scenarios or consequence mitigation).
[10 C.F.R. Part 830.3]
Hazard Analysis. The determination of material, system, process, and plant characteristics that
can produce undesirable consequences, followed by the assessment of hazardous situations
associated with a process or activity. Largely qualitative techniques are used to pinpoint
weaknesses in design or operation of the facility that could lead to accidents. The hazard analysis
examines the complete spectrum of potential accidents that could expose members of the public,
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix B
12-4-2012 B-3
on-site workers, facility workers, and the environment to hazardous materials.
[DOE-STD-3009-94]
Section 26
Hazard Categorization. Evaluation of the consequences of unmitigated releases to classify
facilities or operations into the following hazard categories: [10 C.F.R. Part 830, Subpart B,
Appendix A]
Hazard Category 1: Has the potential for significant off-site consequences.
Hazard Category 2: Has the potential for significant on-site consequences.
Hazard Category 3: Has the potential for only significant localized consequences.
DOE-STD-1027-92 provides guidance and radiological threshold values for determining the
hazard category of a facility. DOE-STD-1027-92, Chg 1, Hazard Categorization and Accident
Analysis Techniques for Compliance with DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports,
interprets Hazard Category 1 facilities as Category A reactors and other facilities designated as
such by the Program Secretarial Officer. [DOE-STD-3009-94]
Hazardous Material. Any solid, liquid, or gaseous material that is radioactive, toxic, explosive,
flammable, corrosive, or otherwise physically or biologically threatening to health.
Major Modification. A modification to a DOE nuclear facility that substantially changes the
existing safety basis for the facility. [10 C.F.R. Part 830.3]
Nonreactor Nuclear Facility. Those facilities, activities or operations that involve, or will
involve, radioactive and/or fissionable materials in such form and quantity that a nuclear or a
nuclear explosive hazard potentially exists to workers, the public, or the environment, but does
not include accelerators and their operations and does not include activities involving only
incidental use and generation of radioactive materials or radiation such as check and calibration
sources, use of radioactive sources in research and experimental and analytical laboratory
activities, electron microscopes, and x-ray machines. [10 C.F.R. Part 830.3]
Public. All individuals outside the DOE site boundary. [DOE-STD-3009-94]
Safety Analysis. A documented process: (1) to provide systematic identification of hazards
within a given DOE operation; (2) to describe and analyze the adequacy of the measures taken to
eliminate, control, or mitigate identified hazards; and, (3) to analyze and evaluate potential
accidents and their associated risks. [DOE-STD-3009-94]
Safety Basis. The documented safety analysis and hazard controls that provide reasonable
assurance that a DOE nuclear facility can be operated safely in a manner that adequately protects
workers, the public, and the environment. [10 C.F.R. Part 830.3]
Safety-class SSCs. Safety-class structures, systems, and components means the structures,
systems, or components, including portions of process systems, whose preventive or mitigative
Appendix B DOE G 420.1-1A
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function is necessary to limit radioactive hazardous material exposure to the public, as
determined from safety analyses. [10 C.F.R. Part 830.3]
Safety-significant SSCs. Safety-significant structures, systems, and components means the
structures, systems, and components which are not designated as safety-class structures, systems,
and components, but whose preventive or mitigative function is a major contributor to
defense-in-depth and/or worker safety as determined from safety analyses. [10 C.F.R. Part 830.3]
Safety SSCs. Safety-class and safety-significant SSCs.
Single-failure Criterion. Safety-class systems are able to perform all required safety functions
for a design basis accident (DBA) in the presence of the following:
Section 27
Any single detectable failure within the safety-class systems concurrent with all
identifiable but undetectable failures.
All failures caused by the single failure.
All failures and spurious system actions that cause, or are caused by, the DBA
requiring the safety-class system function.
The single failure could occur prior to, or at any time during, the DBA for which the safety
system is required to function. [ANSI/IEEE Standard 379-2000]
Site Boundary. A well-marked boundary within which the owner and operator can exercise
control without the aid of outside authorities. A public road or waterway traversing a DOE site is
considered to be within the DOE site boundary if, when necessary DOE or the site contractor has
the capability to control the road during accident or emergency conditions. [DOE-STD-3009-94].
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix C
12-4-2012 C-1 (and C-2)
APPENDIX C: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ACI American Concrete Institute
AGS American Glovebox Society
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
ALARA as low as reasonably achievable
ANS American Nuclear Society
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API American Petroleum Institute
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
AWWA American Water Works Association
C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations
CGD Commercial Grade Dedication
CMAA Crane Manufacturers Association of America
COR Code of Record
CVS Confinement Ventilation System
DBA design basis accident
DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
DOE Department of Energy
DSA Documented Safety Analysis
G Guide (DOE directive)
HEPA high-efficiency particulate air (filter)
I&C instrumentation and control
IBC International Building Code
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISA International Society of Automation
M Manual
NCRP National Council on Radiation Protection
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NPH Natural Phenomena Hazard
NUREG Nuclear Regulatory Guide
O Order (DOE directive)
QA quality assurance
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
SC safety-class
SS safety-significant
SSC structures, systems, and components
STD Standard (DOE directive)
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix D
12-4-2012 D-1
APPENDIX D: REFERENCES
Note: The following is a list of references referenced in this Guide and/or DOE O 420.1C,
Facility Safety.
Public Law
P.L. 106-65, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Title XXXII,
National Nuclear Security Administration, as amended.
P.L. 94-580, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), 41 U.S.C.,
Sec. 6901, et seq.), as amended.
P.L. 83-703, Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
Executive Orders (E.O.) and Federal Policies
E.O. 12344, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Implementing Actions. (Available
from National Interagency Fire Center)
Secretarial Delegation Order Number 00-033.00B, dated 07-20-09.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
10 C.F.R. Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management.
10 C.F.R. Part 830, Section 830.120, Quality Assurance Requirements.
10 C.F.R. Part 835, Occupational Radiation Protection.
10 C.F.R. Part 851, Worker Safety and Health Program.
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
Section 28
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart G, Section 1919.94, Occupational Health and
Environmental Control.
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart H, Section 1910.101, Hazardous Materials.
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart Z, Section 1910.100, Toxic and Hazardous Substances.
29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Section 1910.134, Respiratory Protection.
29 C.F.R. Part 1926, Safety and Health Regulations for Construction.
Appendix D DOE G 420.1-1A
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48 C.F.R. Part 970, Section 970.5223-1, Integration of Environment, Safety, and
Health into Work Planning and Execution.
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
ACGIH 2096, Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practices for
Design, January 2010.
American Glovebox Society
AGS-G006-2005, Standard of Practice for the Design and Fabrication of Nuclear
Application Gloveboxes, 2005.
American Concrete Institute (ANSI/ACI)
ACI-318-11, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary,
2011.
ANSI/ACI 349-06, Code Requirements for Nuclear Safety-Related Concrete
Structures (ACI 349-06) and Commentary, 2006.
American National Standards Institute/American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
AISC 325:2011, Steel Construction Manual, 2011.
AISC 360:2010, Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, 2010.
AISC N690:2006, Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear
Facilities, 2006.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
ANSI N13.1-2011, Guide to Sampling and Monitoring Releases of Airborne
Radioactive Substances from the Stacks and Ducts of Nuclear Facilities, 2011.
ANSI N14.6, Special Lifting Devices for Shipping Containers Weighing 10,000
Pounds (4500 kg) or More, 1993.
ANSI N43.2,-2001 (R2010), Radiation Safety for X-ray Diffraction and Fluorescence
Analysis Equipment, 2001.
ANSI N278.1-1975 (R1992), Self-Operated and Power-Operated Safety-Related
Valves Functional Specification Standard, 1975.
ANSI N323D-2002, American National Standard for Installed Radiation Protection
Instrumentation, 2003.
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix D
12-4-2012 D-3
ANSI/AIHA Z9.2-2012, Fundamentals Governing the Design and Operation of
Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems, 2012.
ANSI Z358.1-2009, American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and
Shower Equipment, 2009.
ANSI/ANS-1-2000 (R2007), Conduct of Critical Experiments, 2000.
ANSI/ANS-6.4.2-2006, Specification for Radiation Shielding Materials, 2006.
ANSI/ANS 8 series standards.
ANSI/ANS-8.3-1997 (R2003), Criticality Accident Alarm System, 2003.
ANSI/ ANS-14.1-2004 (R2009), Operation of Fast Pulse Reactors, 2004.
ANSI/ANS-58.8-1994 (R2008), Time Response Design Criteria for Safety-Related
Operator Actions, 1994.
ANSI/ANS 58.9-2002 (R 2009), Single Failure Criteria for Light Water Reactor
Safety-Related Fluid Systems, 2009.
ANSI/ANS-59.3-1992 (R2002), Nuclear Safety Criteria for Control Air Systems,
1992.
American Petroleum Institute (API)
API-Std 620, Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage
Tanks, 2008.
API-Std 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage, 2007.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ASME AG-1-2009, Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment, 2009.
ASME BPVC, ASME 2013 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 2013.
ASME B16.5-2009, Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings: NPS ½ through NPS 24
Metric/Inch Standard, 2009.
ASME B30.2-2005, Overhead and Gantry Cranes (Top Running Bridge, Single or
Multiple Girder, Top Running Trolley Hoist), 2005.
Section 29
ASME B31.3-2012, Process Piping, 2012.
Appendix D DOE G 420.1-1A
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ASME B73.1-2001 (R2007), Specifications for Horizontal End Suction Centrifugal
Pumps for Chemical Process, 2002.
ASME B73.2-2003 (R2009), Specification for Vertical In-Line Centrifugal Pumps for
Chemical Process, 2005.
ASME NOG-1-2010. Rules for Construction of Overhead and Gantry Cranes (Top
Running Bridge, Multiple Girder), 2010.
ASME NUM-1-2009, Rules for Construction of Cranes, Monorails, and Hoists (with
Bridge or Trolley or Hoist of the Underhung Type), 2010.
ASME NQA 1-2008 with 2009 Addenda, Quality Assurance Requirements for
Nuclear Facility Applications, Part I and applicable requirements of Part II, 2009.
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
ASTM C852-09, Standard Guide for Design Criteria for Plutonium Gloveboxes,
2009.
ASTM C1455-07, Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Special Nuclear
Material Holdup Using Gamma-Ray Spectroscopic Methods, 2007.
American National Standards Institute/International Society of Automation (ISA)
ANSI/ISA 7.0.01-1996, Quality Standard for Instrument Air, 1996.
ANSI/ISA 18.1-1979 (R2004), Annunciator Sequences and Specifications, 1979.
ANSI/ISA 67.01.01-2002 (R2007), Transducer and Transmitter Installation for
Nuclear Safety Applications, 2002.
ANSI/ISA S67.02.01-1999, Nuclear-Safety-Related Instrument Sensing Line Piping
and Tubing Standard for Use in Nuclear Power Plants, 1999.
ANSI/ISA 84.00.01-2004 (IEC 61511 Mod), Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented
Systems for the Process Industry Sector – Part 1: Framework, Definitions, System,
Hardware and Software Requirements (ISA 84.00.01), 2004.
ANSI/ISA 67.04.01-2006 (R2011), Setpoints for Nuclear Safety-Related
Instrumentation, 2006.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
ASHRAE Handbook, Fundamentals (Inch-Pound Edition), 2009.
ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2010, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, 2010.
http:84.00.01
DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix D
12-4-2012 D-5
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
AWWA D100-11, Welded Carbon Steel Tanks for Water Storage, 2011.
Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA)
CMAA Crane Manufacturers Association of America, standards as applicable.
Department of Defense
MIL-STD-1472F, Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard: Human
Engineering, August 1999.
Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE P 420.1, Department of Energy Nuclear Safety Policy, Department of Energy,
Washington, D.C., dated 2-8-2011.
DOE O 151.1C, Comprehensive Emergency Management Systems, Department of
Energy, Washington, D.C., dated 11-2-2005.
DOE O 226.1B, Implementation of Department of Energy Oversight Policy,
Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., dated 4-25-2011.
DOE O 227.1, Independent Oversight Program, Department of Energy, Washington,
D.C., dated 8-30-2011.
DOE O 251.1C, Departmental Directives Program, Department of Energy,
Washington, D.C., dated 1-15-2009.
DOE O 410.1, Central Technical Authority Responsibilities Regarding Nuclear
Safety Requirements, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., dated 6-28-2007.
DOE O 413.3B, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital
Assets, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., dated 11-29- 2010.
DOE O 414.1D, Quality Assurance, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., dated
4-25-2011.
Section 30
DOE O 420.1C. Facility Safety, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., dated 12
4-2012.
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D.C., dated 7-21-2011.
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Appendix D DOE G 420.1-1A
D-6 12-4-2012
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DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix D
12-4-2012 D-7
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Energy, Washington, D.C., 2008.
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2012.
DOE-STD-3007-2007, Guidelines for Preparing Criticality Safety Evaluations at
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Section 31
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Appendix D DOE G 420.1-1A
D-8 12-4-2012
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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Facilities, Technical Report, October 2004.
Hydraulic Institute Standards
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2004.
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IEEE Std. 141-1993, IEEE Recommended Practice for Electric Power Distribution
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IEEE Std. 142-2007, IEEE Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and
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of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (IEEE Buff Book), 2001.
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IEEE Std. 308-2001, IEEE Standard Criteria for Class 1E Power Systems for
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DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix D
12-4-2012 D-9
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IEEE Std. 336-2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation, Inspection, and
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Facilities, 2010.
IEEE Std. 338-2012, IEEE Standard for Criteria for the Periodic Surveillance
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IEEE Std. 379-2000, IEEE Standard Application of the Single-Failure Criterion to
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Section 32
IEEE Std. 382-2006, IEEE Standard for Qualification of Safety-Related Actuators
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IEEE Std. 383-2003, IEEE Standard for Qualifying Class 1E Electric Cables and
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IEEE Std. 384-2008, IEEE Standard Criteria for Independence of Class 1E
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IEEE Std. 484-2002, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and
Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications, 2002.
Appendix D DOE G 420.1-1A
D-10 12-4-2012
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IEEE Std. 1023-2004, IEEE Recommended Practice for the Application of Human
Factors Engineering to Systems, Equipment, and Facilities of Nuclear Power
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DOE G 420.1-1A Appendix D
12-4-2012 D-11 (and D-12)
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Section 33
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Nonreactor Nuclear Safety Design Guide for use with DOE O 420.1C, Facility Safety
FOREWORD
1. OBJECTIVE
2. APPLICABILITY
3. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THIS GUIDE
3.1 Background
3.2 Organization
4. GUIDANCE FOR INTEGRATION OF SAFETY WITH DESIGN
5. GUIDANCE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY DESIGN
5.1 Multiple Layers of Protection and Defense-in-Depth
5.1.1 General Discussion
5.1.2 Appropriate Site Selection
5.1.3 Minimization of Material-at-risk
5.1.4 Conservative Design Margins
5.1.5 Quality Assurance
5.1.6 Multiple Physical Barriers
5.1.7 Multiple Means to Achieve Safety Functions
5.1.7.1 Preventive Features
5.1.7.2 Mitigating Features
5.1.8 Equipment and Administrative Controls
5.1.9 Accident Release Monitoring
5.1.10 Emergency Planning
5.2 Hierarchy of Controls
5.3 Radioactive Material Confinement
5.4 Other General Design Considerations and Practices
5.4.1 Design to Facilitate Deactivation, Decontamination, and Decommissioning
5.4.1.1 Deactivation
5.4.1.2 Decontamination
5.4.1.3 Decommissioning
5.4.2 Design to Facilitate Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
5.4.3 Design for Radiation Protection and Contamination Control
5.4.4 Design for Access Control
5.4.5 Design for Non-Radioactive, Hazardous Material Protection
5.4.6 Design for Effluent Monitoring and Control
5.4.7 Design for Waste Management
5.4.8 Design for Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Communications
5.4.9 Human Factors Engineering
5.4.10 Design of Support Systems and System Interfaces
5.4.10.1 Support Systems
5.4.10.2 Interface Design
5.4.10.3 System Interaction
5.4.11 Design of Mechanical Handling Equipment
5.4.12 Design of Ventilation Systems
5.4.13 Environmental Qualifications
5.4.14 Design of Electrical Systems
5.4.15 Design of Instrumentation, Controls, and Alarm Systems
5.4.16 Equivalencies for Codes and Standards
APPENDIX A: CONFINEMENT VENTILATION SYSTEMS DESIGN .AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.
APPENDIX B: DEFINITIONS
Confinement Barriers.
Construction.
Decommissioning.
Decontamination.
Design Basis.
Effluent Monitoring
Evaluation Guideline
Explosives Facility
Facility.
Fail-Safe
Hazard.
Hazard Analysis
Hazard Categorization
Hazardous Material
Major Modification
Nonreactor Nuclear Facility
Public.
Safety Analysis
Safety Basis
Safety-class SSCs
Safety-significant SSCs
Safety SSCs
Single-failure Criterion
Site Boundary
Section 34
APPENDIX C: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
APPENDIX D: REFERENCES
Public Law
Executive Orders (E.O.) and Federal Policies
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
American Glovebox Society
American Concrete Institute (ANSI/ACI)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Petroleum Institute (API)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American National Standards Institute/International Society of Automation (ISA)
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA)
Department of Defense
Department of Energy (DOE)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Hydraulic Institute Standards
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
International Code Council
Illuminating Engineering Society
International Society of Automation
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission