DOE G 433.1-1A Chg 1 (Admin Chg), Nuclear Facility Maintenance Management Program Guide for Use with DOE O 433.1B
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The guide provides acceptable approaches for implementing requirements for Nuclear Maintenance Management Programs (NMMPs) set forth in DOE O 433.1B. Admin Chg 1, dated 6-14-13, supersedes DOE G 433.1-1A.
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Section 1
NOT MEASUREMENT
SENSITIVE
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Chg 1: 6-14-13
Nuclear Facility Maintenance Management
Program Guide for Use with DOE O 433.1B
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, D.C. 20585
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FOREWORD
This Implementation Guide is approved for use by all Department of Energy (DOE) and National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) organizations and contractors. Throughout this Guide
the use of the term DOE includes DOE and NNSA.
DOE Guides are part of the DOE Directives System and are issued, as described in DOE Order
(O) 251.1C, Departmental Directives Program, to provide acceptable, but not mandatory means
for complying with requirements of an Order or Rule. Alternate methods that satisfy the
requirements of an order are also acceptable. DOE O 251.1C requires justification of any
implementation selected “to ensure that an adequate level of safety commensurate with the
identified hazards is achieved.” DOE Implementation Guides cannot be made mandatory by
reference in an Order, Notice, or a Technical Standard.
This Guide is recognized by DOE as providing acceptable approaches for implementing
requirements for Nuclear Maintenance Management Programs (NMMPs) set forth in DOE O
433.1B Admin Chg 1, Maintenance Management Program for DOE Nuclear Facilities. As
such, application of this Guide should facilitate the efficient use of time and resources in
developing NMMPs, and result in the favorable review and approval of programs, processes, and
Nuclear Maintenance Management Program Description Documentation (NMMP-DD) for
implementing and demonstrating compliance with DOE O 433.1B requirements.
DOE review and approval authorities should be familiar with the implementation guidance
contained in guides when reviewing and approving programs for implementing and
demonstrating compliance with requirements of an Order or Rule. Accordingly, this Guide is
appropriate for use by review and approval authorities as a benchmark for determining if
alternate methods used in whole or part are justified and demonstrate compliance with DOE O
433.1B requirements for NMMPs.
Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions, and any pertinent data) that may
improve this document should be sent to:
James Heffner
HS-32
U.S. Department of Energy
Phone: 202-586-3690
Email: james.heffner@hq.doe.gov
mailto:james.heffner@hq.doe.gov
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1
A. PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................ 1
B. APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................................ 1
C. OVERVIEW OF THIS GUIDE ........................................................................................... 2
II. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ................ 4
A. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ...................................... 4
B. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
DOCUMENTATION ...................................................................................................... 4
C. APPLICATION OF GRADED APPROACH ................................................................. 5
Section 2
D. NMMP CHANGES ......................................................................................................... 6
III. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ELEMENTS ......................... 7
A. INTEGRATION WITH REGULATIONS AND DOE ORDERS AND MANUALS
(AND THEIR CRDs)....................................................................................................... 7
B. MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION ............................... 9
C. MASTER EQUIPMENT LIST...................................................................................... 18
D. PLANNING, SCHEDULING, AND COORDINATION OF MAINTENANCE ......... 20
E. TYPES OF MAINTENANCE....................................................................................... 51
F. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES ............................................................................... 61
G. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION .......................................................................... 65
H. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ......................................................................... 71
I. PROCUREMENT.......................................................................................................... 73
J. MAINTENANCE TOOL AND EQUIPMENT CONTROL......................................... 79
K. SUSPECT AND COUNTERFEIT ITEMS ................................................................... 82
L. MAINTENANCE HISTORY........................................................................................ 84
M. AGING DEGRADATION AND TECHNICAL ........................................................... 89
N. SEASONAL FACILITY PRESERVATION ................................................................ 91
O. PERFORMANCE MEASURES .................................................................................... 97
P. FACILITY CONDITION INSPECTION.................................................................... 101
Q. POST MAINTENANCE TESTING ............................................................................ 108
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APPENDIX A: NMMP-DD OPTIONS AND EXAMPLES .................................................... 114
APPENDIX B: NMMP ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE ............................................................. 123
APPENDIX C: DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS, AND REFERENCES .................................... 126
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. PURPOSE
This implementation Guide has been prepared to assist Maintenance Managers in understanding
and meeting the requirements of U.S. Department of Energy Order (DOE O) 433.1B Admin Chg
1, Maintenance Management Program for DOE Nuclear Facilities, referred to as DOE O 433.1B
hereafter. The Guide also helps DOE employees in the approval and oversight of DOE nuclear
maintenance management programs (NMMPs). It is especially useful for review and approval
authorities as a benchmark for determining if alternate methods used are justified and
demonstrate compliance with DOE O 433.1B requirements.
DOE O 433.1B requires DOE facility operators to develop and implement an NMMP for Hazard
Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities under DOE cognizance. An acceptable NMMP consists of
processes to ensure that structures, systems, and components (SSCs) are capable of fulfilling
their intended function as identified in the facility safety basis. This Guide provides guidance for
implementing program NMMP elements in a manner that would be acceptable to DOE for
meeting the requirements of the Order.
Section 3
To further clarify the scope of the Order, the term “Structures, Systems, and Components
(SSCs) that are part of the safety basis” includes “Safety-Class and Safety-Significant SSCs;
other systems that perform important defense-in-depth functions; and equipment relied on for the
safe operation and safe shutdown of the nuclear facility, and for maintaining the facility in a safe
shutdown condition as documented in the safety basis (e.g., DSA). Support systems to Safety
SSCs that are required for the safety functions are also included.” .
This Guide may also be used for development of the maintenance program required in DOE O
430.1B Chg 2, Real Property Asset Management, for facilities not covered by DOE O 433.1B.
The requirements of DOE O 430.1B also apply to nuclear facilities. The NMMP may serve as
the single program to satisfy the requirements of both Orders. The Nuclear Maintenance
Management Program Description Documentation (NMMP-DD) can be utilized to document the
implementation of maintenance requirements in DOE O 430.1B and the implementation of
maintenance for SSCs that are not part of the safety basis of a nuclear facility.
The Order requires both DOE and contractor personnel to perform assessments. Guidance is
provided for the various types of assessments and associated scopes. This guidance may also be
used for contractor assurance systems. The approved NMMP-DD provides a description of the
locally implemented maintenance program and should be the basis for assessing program
execution.
Examples in this Guide are for illustration, to aid in understanding the guidelines. The examples
should not be construed as the only methods for meeting the intent of the Order.
B. APPLICABILITY
This guidance applies to all DOE elements involved in the maintenance of DOE hazard category
1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities, and automatically applies to DOE elements created after it is issued.
This includes both Government-owned and Government-operated (GOGO) and Government-
owned and Contractor-operated (GOCO) nuclear facilities. The applicability of this Guide is the
same as the applicability of DOE O 433.1B.
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This Guide provides acceptable, but not mandatory methods for meeting the Order's
requirements. Alternative methods that satisfy the Order’s requirements are also acceptable.
(DOE O 251.1C par. 5.d.(1)) However, any implementation selected must be justified to ensure
achievement of an adequate level of safety (commensurate with the hazards).
C. OVERVIEW OF THIS GUIDE
The remainder of this Guide is divided into two sections (Section II and Section III) to provide
guidance on general requirements and maintenance program elements of the Order. These
sections are followed by three Appendices.
Section II of this Guide covers the general requirements and includes guidance for the
Application of Graded Approach, one especially important element of the General Requirements
of DOE O 433.1B. General requirements are also covered within Section I of this Guide.
Section III provides guidance on each of the 17 maintenance program elements, which are
identified as Specific Requirements in Attachment 2 of the Order. The topics are organized and
numbered in the Guide following the same structure outlined in the Order:
Section 4
A. Integration with Regulations and DOE Orders and Manuals (and their CRDs);
B. Maintenance Organization and Administration;
C. Master Equipment List;
D. Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination of Maintenance;
E. Types of Maintenance;
F. Maintenance Procedures;
G. Training and Qualification;
H. Configuration Management;
I. Procurement;
J. Maintenance Tool and Equipment Control;
K. Suspect and Counterfeit Items;
L. Maintenance History;
M. Aging Degradation and Technical Obsolescence;
N. Seasonal Facility Preservation;
O. Performance Measures;
P. Facility Condition Inspection;
Q. Post Maintenance Testing.
Each Sub-Section for the 17 maintenance program elements includes:
Order Implementation Guidance: a statement of the Order requirements followed by
guidance for the items that the NMMP should address.
Additional Background/Guidance Supporting Implementation and Procedure
Development: more detailed guidance useful in supporting development of the NMMP.
Some sections also include example forms and checklists.
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In addition, the Guide includes three appendices:
Appendix A: NMMP-DD Options and Examples
Appendix B: NMMP Assessment Guidance
Appendix C: Definitions, Acronyms, and References
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II. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
This section provides implementation guidance regarding the NMMP and the NMMP-DD,
application of the graded approach, and two additional elements of the general requirements part
of DOE O 433.1B (i.e., incorporation in the Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) and review of
the NMMP as part of the Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process). Not all general
requirements of the Order are explained in this Guide, as some general requirements are self
explanatory in the Order and do not need further guidance. Subsection II.A addresses the
NMMP; subsection II.B addresses the NMMP-DD; subsection II.C addresses the application of
the graded approach’ and subsection II.D addresses NMMP changes.
A. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
DOE O 433.1B requires DOE facility operators develop and implement an NMMP for Hazard
Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities under DOE cognizance. In accordance with DOE O
433.1B, the NMMP must describe the safety management program for maintenance and the
reliable performance of structures, systems and components (SSCs) that are part of the safety
basis at hazard category 1, 2 and 3 DOE nuclear facilities. In accordance with DOE O 433.1B,
the NMMP must clearly address the 17 elements of maintenance identified in Section 2 of
Attachment 2 of DOE O 433.1B (Section III of this Guide provides implementation guidance on
these).
Beyond the administrative requirements regarding (1) the scope of and areas to be addressed by
the NMPP and (2) the timeframes for implementation and review, the Order provides broad
latitude for operating organizations in defining their NMMP to best suit their mission and
organizational environment.
B. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
DOCUMENTATION
DOE O 433.1B requires NMMP description documentation be, at a minimum, an applicability
matrix or a combination of multiple documents that covers: (1) Correlation of the requirements
to the applicable facilities; (2) Correlation of the implementing documents (i.e., procedures, work
instructions, etc.) to the specific requirements; and (3) Documentation of the basis for applying a
graded approach, if applicable.
Section 5
DOE O 433.1B requires each organization to develop a NMMP-DD that addresses the topics
listed in the Order and that the NMMP-DD be submitted to DOE for review and approval. Re
submission for review and approval is required at least every three years.
Sites with more than one nuclear facility and/or contractor may develop a consolidated NMMP
that can accommodate the facility differences without losing effectiveness.
The Order states that the NMMP-DD can be anything from “a manual” to “a combination of
multiple documents,” to “an applicability matrix, as a minimum.” The Maintenance
Implementation Plan (MIP) that was required by the previous revision of DOE O 433 served a
similar purpose to the NMMP-DD. In practice, MIPs varied from a very thick manual with
much detail to an applicability matrix that simply lists the procedure documents associated with
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each element of maintenance. Most MIPs included an applicability matrix; some MIPs also
included a description of the overall maintenance program.
MIPs can be converted into NMMP-DD and compliance with the current Order can be achieved
with a NMMP-DD that is only an applicability matrix so long as it identifies the document(s)
that document: (1) the basis for applying the graded approach and (2) the implemented (or
planned) site-specific methods for satisfying the Order's requirements for each of the 17 elements
of maintenance (based on a graded approach, if applicable).
An “applicability matrix”, as used in context of this Guide, is a table listing a set of applicable
procedures and other associated documents and sometimes listing the applicable paragraph
numbers of sections of the documents. An applicability matrix does not contain any narratives or
explanations of the listed documents.
It is recommended that the applicability matrix include/list a single document that provides an
overall summary of the NMMP. This summary should be written at a level that comprehensively
describes the big picture of the implemented (or planned) site-specific methods for satisfying the
Order's requirements for each of the 17 elements of maintenance (based on a graded approach, if
applicable). An appropriate title for this document is “NMMP Summary-Level Description” or
“NMMP Summary”. A recommended practice is for this NMMP Summary to contain an
assessment of strengths and weaknesses along with a listing and explanation of the planned
continuous improvements (if any).
C. APPLICATION OF GRADED APPROACH
Attachment 2, paragraph 1.e. (3) of DOE O 433.1B requires federal and contractor organizations
to submit NMMP-DD that provides “Documentation of the basis for applying a graded approach,
if applicable.” The graded approach methodology ensures the level of rigor for implementing
the Order’s 17 maintenance management elements is based on their importance/significance and
associated consequences.
Graded approach, as defined in 10 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 830, Nuclear Safety
Management, means the process of ensuring that the level of analysis, documentation, and
actions used to comply with a requirement are commensurate with:
a. The safety, safeguards, and security function provided;
b. The magnitude of any hazard involved;
c. The life-cycle stage of a facility;
d. Programmatic mission of a facility;
e. Particular characteristics of a facility;
f. The relative importance of radiological and non-radiological hazards; and
g. Any other relevant factor.
Section 6
DOE contractors should use knowledge of their nuclear facilities and sound engineering
judgment to determine the depth of detail and magnitude of resources required for implementing
each of the Order's 17 maintenance management elements.
The method of and basis for applying the graded approach should be documented and address:
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How the graded approach defined in 10 CFR Part 830 was used;
Where it was applied (e.g., for a specific SSC, or a group of SSCs); and
Why it was used and how it ensures an adequate level of safety for this SSC (or group of
SSCs).
Appendix A provides additional guidance for applying the graded approach.
D. NMMP Changes
General Requirement 1.h requires that NMMPs are identified in the applicable Documented
Safety Analysis (DSA). When combined with General Requirement 1.a, there is an expectation
that the newly approved NMMP will be the Safety Management Program (SMP) for
maintenance and reliable performance of SSCs that are part of the safety basis. This change
should take effect upon approval of the NMMP-DD by DOE and review(s) under the
Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process. The next annual DSA update should reflect this
change. 10 CFR Part 830, Subpart B, Appendix A, Table 4 expects that the Administrative
Controls section of the Technical Safety Requirements provide information on the commitments
to SMPs.
The NMMP-DD should be incorporated into the facility safety basis maintenance safety
management program as specified in the applicable 10 CFR Part 830 safe harbor. Changes to the
NMMP-DD should be evaluated within the facility’s USQ process. The implementation period
should be addressed in the DOE approval letter for the NMMP. .
General Requirement 1.i requires review of proposed changes to an approved NMMP, under the
USQ process, if the proposed changes could affect the performance of Safety SSCs. However,
as an SMP for a nuclear facility 10 CFR 830.203(d) requires all changes to the NMMP, which is
incorporated into the DSA to be reviewed pursuant to a DOE-approved USQ procedure. Title 10
CFR 830.203(e) requires DOE approval prior to taking any action to implement the change. The
Functions, Requirements, and Authorities (FRA) documents generally identify the Approval
Authority for changes affecting the safety basis.
The Order does not define whether changes to the NMMP that are not USQs require DOE
approval, other than the three-year review cycle. The NMMP-DD should indicate what other
types of changes, if any, must be submitted to DOE for approval, and at what level such changes
can be approved.
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III.NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ELEMENTS
In each of the following sub-sections, the Order requirement is identified and followed by
implementation guidance which is the essential guidance that provides an acceptable, but not
mandatory means for complying with requirements of an Order or Rule, (in accordance with
DOE O 251.1C). Additional good practices/background guidance as well as detailed guidance
useful in supporting development of maintenance program implementation documents and some
examples then follows, where appropriate.
To support ease of finding the guidance for each of the Order specific requirements, a new page
of this guide starts each of these sub-sections.
A. INTEGRATION WITH REGULATIONS AND DOE ORDERS AND MANUALS
(AND THEIR CRDs)
A.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
Section 7
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B and using a graded approach as applicable, the NMMP must
be integrated with applicable programs (e.g., Safety Management Programs) and requirements
identified by Federal regulations and other DOE Orders and Manuals (and their CRDs) to
include:
Orders and Manuals:
1. DOE O 226.1B, Implementation of Department of Energy Oversight Policy
2. DOE O 414.1D, Quality Assurance
3. DOE O 420.1C, Facility Safety
4. DOE O 430.1B, Chg. 2, Real Property Asset Management
5. DOE O 440.1B Admin Chg 1, Worker Protection Program for DOE (Including the
National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees
6. DOE O 422.1, Conduct of Operations (formerly DOE O 5480.19)
7. DOE O 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, Qualification, and Certification
Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities (formerly DOE O 5480.20A)
8. DOE O 436.1, Departmental Sustainability
9. DOE O 458.1, Admin Chg 3, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment
(formerly DOE O 5400.5)
10. DOE O 450.2, Integrated Safety Management
Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs):
1. 10 CFR Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management; Subpart A, Quality Assurance
Requirements
2. 10 CFR Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management; Subpart B, Safety Basis Requirements
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3. Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) provisions contained in 48 CFR Part
970.5223-1, Integration of Environment, Safety, and Health into Work Planning and
Execution
4. 10 CFR Part 835, Occupational Radiation Protection
5. 10 CFR Part 850, Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program
6. 10 CFR Part 851, Worker Safety and Health Program
The NMMP should address the following:
Implementation of the requirements, policies, processes, and procedures contained in
each of the above directives and regulations; including integration with the processes and
procedures that implement the requirements of DOE O 433.1B; and
How the NMMP is the safety management system for defining the maintenance of SSCs
consistent with expectations outlined in the DSA.
The description document should address such items as how maintenance supports the safe
operation and is integrated with the following safety basis related elements: Documented Safety
Analysis (DSA); including Technical Safety Requirements (TSR), the Unreviewed Safety
Question (USQ) process, Quality Assurance (QA) Program, Configuration Management (CM),
and Integrated Safety Management (ISM).
NMMP implementing documents should integrate or reference related requirements from the
associated DOE directives and federal regulations listed in the Order. Personnel knowledgeable
of these related requirements should be involved in the development and review of these
procedures and instructions.
A.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Subject matter experts in areas such as oversight and self-assessment, quality assurance, nuclear
safety, radiological controls, and training developed the requirements in the above directives and
regulations. Rather than repeat all these requirements and associate guidance here, and
potentially create conflict between governance, these requirements and appropriate
implementation guidance are left in their own source documents, guides, and standards. Local
implementing governance can be organized as best suits the local organization to refer to or
integrate such requirements.
A.3 EXAMPLE DOCUMENTS
Section 8
The example Applicability Matrix included in Appendix A includes all the above directives and
regulations to show the corresponding local procedures or other related documents.
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B. MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
B.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must clearly address the management structure
that applies sufficient resources (e.g., oversight and independent assessment, management
involvement, funding, assignment of personnel roles and responsibilities, facilities, tools, and
equipment) necessary to support the requirements described in this attachment and ensures
integration with other programs.
The NMMP should address the following:
The organizational structure, including roles and responsibilities of key positions in the
organization;
Staffing levels and resources, including a description of how these levels and resources
were determined to be adequate to accomplish assigned tasks;
Interfaces with supporting groups, such as Quality Assurance, Materials Management,
and Radiological Controls;
Processes in place to actively encourage personnel to provide feedback and develop
methods to improve safety, reliability, quality, and productivity;
Performance objectives and indicators that are used to improve maintenance
performance;
How management and supervisory personnel will monitor and assess facility
maintenance activities to improve all aspects of maintenance performance. This should
include a description of how:
- Line managers and supervisors will personally take part in monitoring and
assessing maintenance activities;
- Frequently tours of the plant and observations of ongoing work are expected;
- Observations are documented and effective corrective actions are taken for noted
problems;
- Senior managers will monitor the assessment activities of their subordinate
managers and supervisors;
- Management and supervisory assessments, and improvement efforts will be
performance-oriented;
- Assessments by other independent groups, such as QA, will be used by line
managers and supervisors as a management tool to assist them in assessing
maintenance performance; and
- Selected maintenance data reflecting facility performance are analyzed and
trended, and the results are forwarded to appropriate levels of management.
The process for determining root causes for problems identified during monitoring of
maintenance activities and by analysis of trends, and how corrective actions are initiated
and tracked to completion.
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B.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
The maintenance management structure should ensure sufficient resources (e.g., oversight and
independent assessment, management involvement, funding, assignment of personnel roles and
responsibilities, facilities, tools, and equipment) to support the NMMP meeting the requirements
of DOE O 433.1B and the expectations described in this Guide. The maintenance management
structure should provide for integration with other programs.
To achieve a high level of performance in facility maintenance senior management should:
establish high standards; communicate these standards to personnel who perform maintenance;
select and train high-quality personnel; provide sufficient resources to the maintenance
organization; set goals and objectives; closely observe and assess performance; effectively
coordinate maintenance activities with operations and other facility organizations; and hold
workers and their supervisors accountable for their performance. In addition, senior management
should provide time for and emphasize long-range planning, as discussed in Section III.D,
Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination of Maintenance.
Section 9
Contractors should establish maintenance processes (including procedures and programs),
considering input from maintenance staff and craft workers, as well as from operations, health
physics, industrial safety and engineering (including the Cognizant System Engineer, CSE).
These processes should clearly define maintenance objectives, responsibilities, and
accountabilities. They should also be communicated to the workers by training them in good
work practices and by making sure that supervisors observe and guide work activities.
Supervisors and managers through direct observation and development of maintenance reports
should closely monitor performance in maintenance. Progress toward achieving goals should be
examined to measure the effectiveness of the maintenance organization performance. Remedial
training should be provided when appropriate.
To ensure the safety of DOE facility operations, DOE and contractor corporate and facility
managers should be technically informed and personally familiar with conditions at the operating
facility. These responsible managers should visit the facility, assess selected activities and
portions of the facility; and leave a written record of their observations.
Additionally, these managers should periodically review the maintenance programs to verify that
they are effectively accomplishing their intended objectives and are upgraded as needed. Section
B.2.2 addresses management involvement, performance indicators, goals and objectives, results,
progress and feedback reviews, and maintenance program reviews needed for a safe, reliable,
effective, and efficient maintenance program.
B.2.1 Guidelines - Maintenance Organization and Administration
B.2.1.1 Maintenance Organization Policies
Maintenance management has the primary responsibility to ensure implementation of contractor
management and facility policies that affect the maintenance organization. Maintenance
organization procedures should support these policies and clearly identify the responsibilities for
their implementation. Maintenance personnel should clearly understand their authority,
responsibility, accountability, and interfaces with other groups. Based on these policies,
procedures, and other definitive documentation should be developed to guide maintenance
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organization activities. These documents should specify the types of controls necessary to
implement maintenance policies. See Section III.F. Maintenance Procedures.
B.2.1.2 Maintenance Strategy
Working Relationships Each facility should develop an integrated approach to maintenance
that encourages effective working relationships among all organizational units that support the
maintenance function [e.g., operations, health physics, stores, Quality Control (QC), engineering,
procurement, and modifications]. The working relationship strategy should include the
following:
Supporting group responsibilities;
Lead responsibilities; and
Mechanisms for issue resolution.
Nuclear facilities and their responsible organization should have Memorandums of Agreement
(MOAs) or Understanding (MOUs), or other formal documentation that is reviewed annually and
updated as necessary to succinctly communicate what each supporting department is to provide
(i.e. critical spare parts, fully trained skill of the craft staffing, tools, equipment, WO and PM
record keeping, Master Equipment List, etc.). The management of both organizations should
approve documentation.
Section 10
Maintenance Planning Effective management of the maintenance program involves
establishing a scope of major activities that shows how funding and staff resources can be
managed to meet the needs of the maintenance program. Maintenance planning should consider
issues such as the following:
Recurring major maintenance items such as restoration or renovation of systems or
facilities;
Timing of planned major facility or equipment outages;
Major projects and modifications requiring maintenance organization involvement;
Future organizational structure and staffing changes aimed at continuing improvements in
the maintenance methods, processes, and approaches/alternatives to performing work;
Government and industry issues, events, and lessons learned that may impact the
maintenance program;
Budget guidance that may affect maintenance funding; and
Contractor and corporate long-range support.
B.2.1.3 Staffing Resources
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for selecting high-quality personnel, for effectively
using available resources, for assessing resource adequacy, and for making recommendations to
the appropriate manager regarding needed change. The manager should be involved in defining
entry-level criteria and in screening new personnel. Entry-level criteria should ensure that
maintenance personnel have the requisite background and experience to be trainable for work in
nuclear facilities. High quality personnel should be selected to establish a staff of supervisory,
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Subject Matter Experts, engineering, planning, technical (craft workers), warehousing, and other
personnel needed to support the maintenance program. Adequate engineering support should be
available (e.g., CSEs who are actively involved with such daily maintenance activities as
troubleshooting and evaluating unusual conditions).
The maintenance staff should have sufficient personnel and time to conduct training activities. A
training and qualification program should be developed for maintenance supervisors, planners,
craft workers, and warehouse personnel, to ensure that high-quality performance is achieved and
maintained. See Section III.G. Training and Qualification
B.2.1.4 Goals and Objectives
Maintenance goals should be established and used as a management tool for involving cognizant
facility groups in improving maintenance performance and for measuring maintenance
effectiveness. The current value and the expected value of the parameter should be considered to
ensure the goal established is challenging but achievable. The responsible maintenance manager
should develop action plans for meeting the goals, with input from personnel involved in
conducting maintenance activities. Through this process, maintenance effectiveness can be
monitored and improvements achieved. See Section III.O, Performance Measures, for the
selection and use of performance indicators.
B.2.1.5 Accountability
Managers, supervisors, engineers, planners, craft workers, warehouse personnel, and other
personnel who support maintenance should be recognized for their performance. Rewards and
other forms of positive recognition should be given for superior performance. Personnel
involved in significant or frequent violations of maintenance requirements should be encouraged
to improve through counseling, remedial training, or disciplinary measures, as appropriate.
Performance feedback should be provided by performance appraisals and managerial or
supervisory discussions and feedback to each individual. Each employee should be aware of
their responsibility to report problems or unanticipated conditions to their supervisor. Each
employee should understand they are accountable for performance of their activities and the
areas in which they need to improve.
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B.2.1.6 Status Reports to Managers
Managers identify what is important to them by what they monitor. Managers should receive
periodic reports on the status of various programs and on the status of action items. Managers
should monitor items that are nearing the completion date to verify that due dates will be met.
Managers should deal with overdue items, ensure appropriate action is taken, and the item is
resolved. See Section B.3, Management Involvement.
Undesirable performance trends should be assessed to determine the contributing and root
causes. Corrective actions should be developed and implemented to correct undesirable
conditions.
Follow-up on the effectiveness of corrective actions for deficient conditions should be scheduled
as part of the management-monitoring program to determine whether the immediate condition
has been corrected and the root causes eliminated. Some cases will require monitoring of the
immediate corrective actions and, after sufficient time for completion of all corrective actions,
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subsequent monitoring to determine whether recurrence of the condition is minimized. Based on
the results of the follow-up monitoring, the item can be closed or a new corrective action may be
required. Closeout methods should be streamlined to prevent a backlog of completed items.
B.2.1.7 Causal Analysis and Event Prevention
Problems, whether identified by management assessment, outside organizations, or events should
be analyzed to determine underlying causes so effective corrective actions can be developed and
implemented. The causal analysis should be graded to an appropriate level depending on factors
such as safety, complexity, mission significance, and cost. Particular emphasis should be placed
on deficiencies or causal factors identified as having generic implications, i.e. where there may
be a broader extent of the condition.
Causal analysis methods should be applied to event investigations, undesirable trends in
quantitative indicators, and performance deficiencies noted in monitoring reports. For example,
if a deficient condition exists because of personnel performance, the underlying cause(s) may be
one or more of the following:
Erroneous, incomplete, or unusable procedures;
Insufficient or incorrect training;
Insufficient supervision caused by lack of monitoring, accountability, or improper
standards; and/or
System or equipment design deficiencies.
Corrective Actions Corrective actions should address the analyzed causes rather than the
symptoms of the problem. The objective of causal analysis should be to identify failures at an
appropriate level. Where possible, corrective actions should prevent not merely a reoccurrence
of the specific problem, but also prevent other problems, which may result from that same cause.
Corrective actions should be developed with input from appropriate facility and staff members,
including those tasked with implementing the actions, to achieve ownership of the corrective
actions. Facility line management should approve corrective actions and ensure the actions are
implemented in a timely manner. Input from organizations such as quality assurance (QA) or
corporate support/oversight groups should be considered when determining actions in response
to deficient conditions they identified. Management should track corrective actions’ completion
and effectiveness.
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Responsible managers and supervisors should be held accountable for the timely and effective
implementation of corrective actions. Delays in the completion of approved corrective actions
should be brought to the attention of the responsible manager who assigned the corrective
actions. An escalation process should provide higher levels of management attention to problem
areas where corrective action continues to be incomplete or ineffective.
Use of Operating Experience Programs should be in place to ensure the timely review of in-
house and external industry operating experience to incorporate lessons learned into maintenance
programs and practices. Management should use this operating experience in assessing
performance and in performing causal analyses of problems. Management should have
mechanisms in place to ensure that significant in-house events are promptly provided to the
industry for use by other facilities.
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Another aspect of operating experience involves visits to or communications with other facilities
(benchmarking). Maintenance division managers, supervisors, and workers should take
opportunities to visit and communicate with other facilities both to help solve specific problems
and to learn different approaches to the routine business of operating facilities.
B.2.1.8 Management Control of Plant Configuration
Management should ensure that plant configuration, including the manner in which the facility is
maintained, conforms to the established design basis requirements. Many routine activities, if
carried out improperly, can have an adverse impact on facility configuration and cause eventual
equipment damage or increase the probability or consequences of a significant event. Effective
control of facility configuration requires rigorous attention to detail as well as the understanding
and commitment of every member of the maintenance organization to observe and report/record
material condition and status. See Section III.H, Configuration Management, for more details.
B.2.1.9 Document Control Administration
Workers should ensure documents are the current, approved versions before use. The
maintenance document control program should ensure technically correct and readily accessible
information is provided to support maintenance activities. Technically accurate and approved
information written in a clear and concise format is needed to support safe and reliable
maintenance operations. The document control system should ensure that only authorized
technical information is available for the performance of maintenance activities. Controlled
information should include maintenance procedures, maintenance plans, maintenance policy
manuals, maintenance records and documentation, drawings, vendor technical manuals, and
maintenance correspondence.
The document control system should provide for the timely receipt, processing, distribution,
retention, storage, and retrieval of documents originating both within and outside the
maintenance organization. More than one department may share the responsibility for document
control. For example, one department may be responsible for the control, updating, and
distribution of drawings and another responsible for maintaining maintenance procedures and
retention and storage of maintenance documents including technical manuals. Controls should
be established outlining the responsibilities and authorities of individuals or groups associated
with document control. A master control file of maintenance documents should be maintained,
with access to change documents limited to designated personnel. Satellite files of controlled
maintenance documents should be established as necessary to support maintenance operations.
Responsibility for maintaining satellite files should be clearly defined.
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B.2.1.10 Procedures
A formal systematic program should be established for the preparation, review, approval,
distribution, and revision of maintenance procedures to ensure continued accuracy and usability.
The program should ensure the review and updating of maintenance procedures at regular
intervals.
All maintenance procedures should use a uniform procedure format. An administrative
procedure should be developed that provides the prescribed methods of formatting, content
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determination, and numbering maintenance procedures. See Section III.F, Maintenance
Procedures, for details.
B.2.1.11 Vendor Information
The receipt, processing, and distribution of vendor technical information relating to the systems
or components installed at the facility should be controlled to the same level as facility
documentation applicable to the same SSC. The proper performance of maintenance activities is
strongly dependent upon the availability and use of accurate, up-to-date vendor technical
information.
The application of controls on vendor manuals depends on the intended use of the manual. If
detailed procedures have been developed for use in the conduct of maintenance, then vendor
manuals should be used only as reference source material and so marked. If vendor manuals are
intended as replacements, substitutes, or supplements for maintenance procedures, then their use
should be controlled in the same manner as maintenance procedures. Vendor manuals should be
reviewed for completeness, accuracy, and applicability before initial use. Vendor manuals
should be treated as maintenance documents, with maintenance management/document control
retaining responsibility for maintaining the manuals current. See Section III.F, Maintenance
Procedures, for more details.
B.2.2 Guidelines - Management Involvement
B.2.2.1 Management Involvement
DOE and contractor corporate and facility managers should be involved and know what is going
on in their facility by touring it frequently. The high profile by management conducting frequent
nonscheduled individual tours of work areas both on- and off-shift provides first-hand
observation of actual conditions and an opportunity to communicate expected performance
standards through appropriate and timely recognition/feedback directly to individuals regarding
either positive or negative observations. It also provides an opportunity to involve and establish
ownership in approved actions at the level most directly involved in improving performance.
This encourages individuals at all levels to take pride in their accomplishments and motivates
first-line supervisors and craft workers to accept responsibility for the early detection of
opportunities for improvement. This degree of management involvement promotes timely
escalation of significant problems/concerns to the level of management having resolution
authority. Maintenance management should also establish the expectation for first-line
supervisors to spend a percentage of their time supervising fieldwork, and should monitor and
adjust their workload accordingly. These tours by management and first line supervision may be
selectively based on concerns resulting from program reviews or other feedback. The results and
observations of these tours should be documented and reviewed for action. Fewer errors, higher
standards, and improved morale can result.
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In addition to first-hand observations, Maintenance Managers ensure effective knowledge-based
decisions using factual information from a variety of sources. These sources include key
performance indicator trend review, critical self assessments, exception reports, problem and
corrective action status tracking, lessons learned and alert system reviews, daily and weekly
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review of staff activities, customer feedback, craft worker input, historical data, and regulatory
requirements.
Rules, responsibilities and accountability between DOE and contractor and facility managers
should be clearly delineated and communicated to all levels of the maintenance organization.
DOE managers should be responsible and accountable for the management and maintenance of
DOE assets in accordance with federal regulations, DOE directives, and contractual agreements.
DOE contractors should be responsible for the operation, management, and maintenance of DOE
nuclear facilities in accordance with commitments and agreements under the contract. The
contractor managers should ensure that environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) functions and
activities become an integral part of their work planning and execution process.
DOE involvement in the oversight of nuclear facility maintenance programs should include
reviews by the DOE facility representative, field and area offices, and Headquarters.
Inspections, audits, reviews, investigations and continuous self-assessment are necessary
ingredients to achieving excellence in maintenance activities. Whether DOE or contractor,
senior managers should periodically review and assess elements of the maintenance program for
effectiveness and to identify areas of needed improvement. A comprehensive assessment of
maintenance program elements should be conducted periodically and should include input from
managers and supervisors from maintenance and other groups such as operations, technical staff,
and appropriate corporate departments. See Sections III.M and P for facility inspection
techniques and Appendix B for assessment guidance.
B.2.2.2 Management Monitors Performance
The results of maintenance performance indicators, goals and objectives, and other related
information should be developed, trended, and reported to provide feedback to senior
management for use in the progress and feedback reviews discussed below. See Section III.O,
Performance Measures, for the development and use of performance indicators, goals, and
objectives.
Management should ensure there is an effective process for identifying and analyzing problems.
The process should include collecting relevant data, conducting a causal analysis to identify the
root cause and appropriate corrective action(s), and follow up to determine the effectiveness of
the corrective actions and whether it has generic implications.
Inspections, audits, reviews, investigations, and self-assessments can assist line managers and
supervisors in the identification and correction of program deficiencies. An evaluation of each
maintenance program element should be conducted periodically and should include inputs from
maintenance managers, supervisors, and other groups, such as operations, technical staff, and
appropriate corporate departments. The evaluation should address the overall effectiveness of
the program element and any inter- or intra-organizational coordination problems that create
work delays or reduce productivity. Areas needing improvements should be assigned for
corrective action and follow-up. The program elements to be considered in this evaluation are
those identified in the Order and this Guide as Elements III.B-Q.
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B.2.2.3 Problem Analysis
Problem analysis is addressed in Section III.O, Performance Measures.
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B.2.2.4 Information Collection
Problems should be coded and clearly defined to permit status tracking and trending. In addition
to maintenance history files, information pertinent to the most recent occurrence is valuable
during problem analysis and may be obtained from:
WRs/WOs;
Shop floor activity logs;
Strip-chart and other recording devices;
Operator statements (facts and symptoms);
Troubleshooting results;
Craft worker statements; and/or
Industry experience.
Information and data gathered from the most recent occurrence should be recorded as
maintenance history.
B.2.2.5 Feedback
Management should set aside time to actively solicit and encourage written or verbal feedback
regarding concerns or suggestions for improvement from all affected individuals and
organizations including line, staff, support (craft workers, planners, engineers, etc.), and
customers regarding performance concerns and opportunities for improvement at all levels of the
maintenance organization. Feedback should be evaluated and actions that result in improved
maintenance services implemented. The individual providing the feedback should receive a
timely response from management that explains the rationale for either no action or alternate
action, and indicates status of the suggested action.
Concerns that involve broad areas of responsibility should be addressed by project teams
consisting of representatives from all affected crafts and organizations. These project teams
should be given the necessary time to provide effective action.
Application of lessons learned from in-house maintenance experiences (and the experiences of
other facilities) is essential for long-term success. Management should use information about
problems encountered during maintenance activities to improve performance.
B. 2.2.6 Program Reviews
Management should periodically review and assess the maintenance program in accordance with
the facility self-assessment program as addressed in DOE O 226.1B.
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C. MASTER EQUIPMENT LIST
C.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include a process for developing,
implementing, managing, and maintaining the Master Equipment List (MEL) at a level that
clearly identifies the Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs) that are part of the safety
basis.
The NMMP should address the following:
Development and maintaining up-to-date of a comprehensive listing of SSCs that are a
part of the safety basis; and
How the MEL will be used by maintenance and support personnel to identify and apply
appropriate controls to maintenance.
C.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
10 CFR 830 Subpart B, Nuclear Safety Management, and DOE O 420.1C, Facility Safety,
require formal definition of minimum acceptable performance of Safety Structures, Systems, and
Components (SSCs) in the Documented Safety Analysis (DSA). This is accomplished by first
defining a safety function, then describing the SSCs, placing functional requirements on those
portions of the SSCs required for the safety function, and identifying performance criteria that
will ensure functional requirements are met.
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A product of initial safety basis development and updates should be a listing of these SSCs,
which is then used to develop and maintain the MEL. The MEL clearly identifies all SSCs that
are part of the safety basis, thus requiring controls that are more rigorous. The organization may
include in the MEL and the nuclear maintenance program those non-safety SSCs to which they
chose to apply rigorous controls.
Within the design change and/or configuration management process, the facility should evaluate
changes/modifications to identify any necessary updates to the MEL. The work planning process
should include checking equipment, which will be effected in the MEL to determine if special
controls are required in the maintenance package.
While an approved hard-copy list of all SSCs that are part of the safety basis is acceptable,
typically the MEL is maintained electronically in the facility’s computerized maintenance
management system and includes all facility equipment, with the safety basis items coded for
identification. Thus, the MEL can be an index with many uses, including periodic maintenance,
spare parts inventories, and equipment history. Each MEL item should be identified uniquely.
An engineering group typically develops and maintains the MEL. Additional information, such
as the following, may be included or linked/referenced to the MEL items:
Equipment name/type;
Equipment tag in field (location);
Safety category;
Reference to safety basis source;
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Any applicable TSRs/LCOs;
Installed make and model;
Spare Parts; and/or
Status (active, retired, inactive).
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D. PLANNING, SCHEDULING, AND COORDINATION OF MAINTENANCE
D.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include the process for planning,
scheduling, coordination, and control of maintenance activities, and properly emphasizing
equipment availability. The process must include the application of a Cognizant System
Engineer Program in accordance with DOE O 420.1C in the planning and execution of
maintenance activities.
The NMMP should address the following:
Planning group organization and responsibilities;
Expectations for management commitment, overview, and support of the program;
The process for ensuring the appropriate level of detailed work instruction so that
workers, schedulers, and other affected organizations can carry out the activities as
planned;
The process for coordination of integrated discipline of work packages to ensure
involvement of the appropriate persons and the proper sequence of carrying out the work;
Expectations for experience or qualification of individuals performing work planning;
How feedback from maintenance personnel is used to facilitate improved future planning
activities;
The use of job history for establishing standard job duration, parts, and consumables for
repetitive jobs;
The manner in which the planning system addresses the following:
- Identification and control of the hazards associated with the work activity and
area;
- Reduction of the impact of planned outages by planning, coordinating, and
completing maintenance activities in a timely manner;
- Reducing facility and equipment downtime;
- Reducing human errors;
- Reducing radiological and toxicological exposure to workers;
- Controlling and reducing the number of contaminated areas;
- Completing scheduled surveillances and PM activities in a timely manner;
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- Establishing appropriate post-maintenance/post-modification testing and
acceptance criteria;
- Managing the corrective maintenance backlog to minimize the backlog and
completion time of outstanding deficiencies;
- Controlling overtime;
- Completing outage and non-outage work on schedule; and
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- The process for reviewing completed work packages for proper documentation,
post-maintenance testing, safety hazards encountered, feedback, possible changes
to the PM program, and equipment history update.
The NMMP should further address how:
The work-control system provides management with an accurate status of maintenance
planning and outstanding maintenance work;
Control of work is accomplished through the effective use of a priority system and the
backlog of work is effectively managed;
Work planning considerations such as material, tool, and manpower requirements;
interdepartmental coordination; safety considerations; radiological protection
requirements; and QC requirements are included; and maintenance history records are
considered where appropriate;
The work to be accomplished is clearly defined by a work document that identifies or
includes applicable procedures and/or instructions. Troubleshooting activities are con
trolled by applicable work documents;
Advance planning is performed and routinely updated for scheduled and unscheduled
outages. Considerations such as work priority, work procedures and instructions, facil
ity/system conditions, length of outage required, pre-staging of documents and materials,
and coordination of support activities are included;
ALARA concepts are used in work planning to minimize man-rem exposure;
Scheduling and coordination of maintenance activities avoids unnecessary removal of
equipment and systems from service and uses manpower effectively;
Post-maintenance testing requirements are clearly defined and include the following:
- Clearly written test instructions;
- Test scope sufficient to verify the adequacy of work accomplished; and
- Test acceptance criteria.
Post-maintenance testing results are documented and reviewed to ensure proper
system/equipment performance before returning the system to service; and
Completed work-control documents are reviewed in a timely manner to check proper
completion of maintenance work and to verify that corrective action resolved the
problem.
In accordance with DOE O 420.1C, the CSE must maintain integrity of a facility’s safety basis as
well as maintain overall cognizance of the system and be responsible for system engineering
support for operations and maintenance. The CSE must provide technical assistance in support
of line management safety responsibilities and ensure continued system operational readiness. In
accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must describe the application of a CSE to the
maintenance activities.
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The NMPP should address how System Engineering is involved in the following activities:
Remaining apprised of operational status and ongoing modification activities;
Assisting in review of key system parameters and evaluate system performance;
Identifying trends from operations and maintenance, and providing assistance in
determining operability, correcting out-of-specification conditions, and evaluating
questionable data;
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Remaining cognizant of system-specific maintenance and operations history and industry
operating experience, as well as manufacturer and vendor recommendations and any
product warnings regarding safety SSCs in their assigned systems in order to advise the
maintenance organization;
Initiating actions to correct problems;
Reviewing and concurring with design changes and maintenance modifications;
Providing input to the development of special maintenance and test procedures; and
Ensuring that system configuration is being managed effectively, including reviewing
and concurring with post-maintenance/post-modification testing and acceptance criteria
for assigned systems.
D.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Effective work planning is necessary to identify the required support and detailed scoping to
successfully schedule, coordinate, and control maintenance activities. Accurately defining the
work to be performed and providing qualified workers and appropriate procedures or instructions
can reduce maintenance errors and the risk of injury to personnel. Planning also reduces work
delays and improves efficiency by ensuring required support items such as special tools, personal
protective equipment, other equipment, repair parts, and materials are available when needed.
Coordinating maintenance activities is necessary to help ensure work can be effectively
accomplished. Coordination should ensure the availability of necessary safe work permits;
equipment lockouts/tagouts; and QC verifications. Coordination should include the CSE when
the maintenance activities involve safety class and safety significant SSCs as defined in the
facility’s DOE approved safety basis, as well as to other systems that perform important defense-
in-depth functions, as designated by facility line management (DOE O 420.1C). Coordination is
needed where various groups (e.g., mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control, and
contractor) are involved in a work activity or are concurrently working in the same area. A
knowledgeable individual responsible for the major portion of the work activity should be
assigned the lead in identifying and coordinating needed support.
D.2.1 Guideline – Control of Maintenance
A maintenance work-control program should be integrated with the planning system and with
ISMS. The work-control program should ensure work activities are consistent with the facility
safety basis and effectively identified, initiated, planned, approved, scheduled, coordinated,
performed, and reviewed for adequacy and completeness. The program should ensure the
availability and operability of the SSCs that are a part of the safety basis. The work-control
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program should apply the same policies and procedures for non-facility contractor and
subcontractor personnel conducting maintenance on the site as facility personnel.
The work-control system should provide the data necessary to properly plan and schedule
maintenance activities, as well as to support failure analysis (see Section III.O, Performance
Measures) and maintenance history (see Section III.L, Maintenance History).
The maintenance organization should establish high standards for all maintenance personnel
supervising and performing maintenance activities (see Section III.B, Maintenance Organization
and Administration). Maintenance management should be involved and oversee work to ensure
these standards are met and work is conducted in accordance with DOE, contractor, and facility
policies and procedures.
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Configuration control is maintained by ensuring that systems and equipment are restored to their
original condition following maintenance. (See Section III.H, Configuration Management)
This section describes a system for effectively planning, scheduling, and coordinating routine
maintenance activities as well as unplanned and planned outages, and for effectively controlling
maintenance activities.
D.2.2 Guideline - Planning
D.2.2.1 Planning for Maintenance Activities
The primary objective of work planning is to identify all technical and administrative
requirements to complete a work activity and to provide the materials, tools, and support
activities needed to perform the work safely and correctly. Effective planning, scheduling, and
coordination will help minimize delays.
Work planning should be periodically assessed through field observation of work being
performed and direct feedback from maintenance personnel to maintenance planners. An
effective planning program should contain the following:
Management commitment, overview, and support of the program;
The appropriate level of detailed work instruction so that workers, schedulers, and other
affected organizations can carry out the activities as planned;
Proper coordination of integrated discipline review to ensure involvement of the
appropriate persons and the proper sequence of carrying out the work;
Involvement of experienced individuals in work planning;
Feedback from maintenance personnel to facilitate improved future planning activities;
and
Use of job history for establishing standard job duration, parts, and consumables for
repetitive jobs.
The planning system should address the following:
Identifying and controlling the hazards associated with the work activity and area;
Reducing the impact of planned outages by planning, coordinating, and completing
maintenance activities in a timely manner;
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Reducing the number of forced outages;
Minimizing challenges to SSCs that are a part of the safety basis;
Reducing worker lost-time accident rate;
Reducing facility and equipment downtime;
Reducing human errors;
Reducing radiological and toxicological exposure to workers;
Controlling and reducing the number of contaminated areas;
Completing scheduled surveillances and PM activities in a timely manner;
Establishing appropriate post-maintenance/post-modification testing and acceptance
criteria;
Reducing repeat maintenance WRs (rework);
Managing the corrective maintenance backlog to minimize the backlog and completion
time of outstanding deficiencies;
Controlling overtime;
Staffing and training the maintenance organization; and
Completing outage and non-outage work on schedule.
D.2.2.2 Planning-Group Organization
Planning maintenance activities can be accomplished by a dedicated planning staff or by
maintenance supervisors at facilities with smaller staffs. If a dedicated group is used, it may be
centralized or decentralized, with planners for each discipline working within their respective
groups.
The planning process should involve knowledgeable maintenance personnel and experienced
personnel from such other disciplines as safety, operations, QC, and radiological protection. A
small facility may function well with maintenance supervisors being responsible for all planning.
A larger facility may gain by having a dedicated planning group to relieve the first-line
supervisor of most planning duties to allow adequate time for other supervisory duties, such as
observing and directing activities at the work sites.
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D.2.2.3 Planning-Group Responsibilities
A planner should review all Ready-to-Work Work Requests /Packages. Different levels of
planning attention should be applied to different jobs. The review should address the following
items.
Definition of the problem and identification of the work scope (e.g., by work-site
inspection, by review of other maintenance that should or could be performed within the
lockout/tagout boundary for the equipment);
Identification of personnel hazards expected to be encountered during the maintenance
activity, and safe work practices to be used to mitigate and eliminate such hazards;
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Identification and review of necessary procedures, drawings, vendor manuals, and
maintenance history;
Procurement of necessary repair parts, materials, tools, and equipment;
Assessment of labor and skill requirements for nuclear facility, non-nuclear facility, and
subcontractor personnel and their availability;
Identification and review of possible conflicts, including other tasks scheduled to occur in
the immediate area during the same period;
Pre-job ALARA planning;
Identification of initial conditions and prerequisites, including applicable TSR and LCOs;
Identification of QC inspection requirements and code requirements;
Establishment of equipment restoration and post-maintenance inspection or testing
requirements; and
Review of work instructions or work packages for completeness.
Once the work is completed, the completed work packages should be reviewed for proper
documentation, post-maintenance testing, industrial safety hazards encountered, feedback,
possible changes to the PM program, and equipment history update.
D.2.2.4 CSE Responsibilities
In accordance with DOE O 420.1C, the CSE is required to maintain integrity of a facility’s safety
basis as well as maintain overall cognizance of the system and the CSE is responsible for system
engineering support for operations and maintenance. In accordance with DOE O 420.1C, the
CSE is required to provide technical assistance in support of line management safety
responsibilities and ensure continued system operational readiness.
The CSE supports the planning and performance of maintenance activities by:
Ensuring that system configuration is being managed effectively, including reviewing
and concurring with post-maintenance/post-modification testing and acceptance criteria
for assigned systems;
Remaining apprised of operational status and ongoing modification activities;
Assisting in review of key system parameters and evaluate system performance;
Initiating actions to correct problems;
Remaining cognizant of system-specific maintenance and operations history and industry
operating experience, as well as manufacturer and vendor recommendations and any
product warnings regarding safety SSCs in their assigned systems in order to advise the
maintenance organization;
Identifying trends from operations and maintenance;
Providing assistance in determining operability, correcting out-of-specification
conditions, and evaluating questionable data;
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Providing or supporting analysis when the system is suspected of inoperability or
degradation;
Reviewing and concurring with design changes and maintenance modifications; and
Providing input to the development of special maintenance and test procedures.
D.2.2.5 Worker Skills
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To perform the planning function correctly and efficiently, the maintenance activity should be
evaluated to determine the necessary worker skills along with the necessary level of detail in
procedures to support the activity. The requirements to provide procedures to maintain SSCs
important to facility safety are defined in DOE O 433.1, Maintenance Management Program for
Nuclear Facilities, DOE O 422.1 (formerly DOE O 5480.19), Conduct of Operations, 10 CFR
Part 830 and the facility TSR.
The training and qualification program should provide a foundation for the basic skills and
knowledge a worker (contractor and permanent staff) needs to possess to perform the job. (See
Section III.G, Training and Qualification)
The use of mock-ups and run-throughs should be used as needed to facilitate the workers
performance of complex or very sensitive tasks.
D.2.2.6 Supervisor and Worker Responsibilities
The first-line supervisor/team leader is accountable to senior management for the quality of work
performed in the following areas:
Understanding and ensuring the correct use of the approved NMMP;
Selecting qualified people to perform work;
Ensuring experienced workers assigned to perform work activities are appropriately
qualified;
Identifying and controlling job hazards;
Following an integrated work schedule to manage time and resources effectively;
Periodically observing work-in-progress, while providing job-site coordination and
supervision;
Ensuring proper return to service of equipment, including job-site cleanliness and post-
maintenance testing; and
Maintaining the quality of the completed work packages to record the work actions
performed adequately.
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Craft workers provide specialized hands-on skills. At the direction of first-line supervisors/team
leaders, the workers perform those tasks necessary to preserve or restore the equipment. Craft
worker responsibilities are in these general areas:
Maintaining appropriate skill levels;
Using and following procedures and work instructions properly;
Recording information accurately;
Performing work using good quality and ES&H work practices;
Identifying and controlling job hazards; and
Stopping work if an unanticipated or unsafe condition is identified.
A balanced combination of written guidance, craft skills, and work-site supervisory observation
is required to achieve the appropriate rigor and quality workmanship essential to safe, efficient,
and reliable facility operation. Rigor is the amount of supervision and written direction based on
the risk and complexity of the task and the known skills of the craft worker. The relationship of
all three elements should be considered during task planning and personnel assignment.
Once the work is completed, the completed work packages should be reviewed for proper
documentation, post-maintenance testing, industrial safety hazards encountered, feedback,
possible changes to the PM program, and equipment history update.
D.2.2.7 Ranking Hazards in Planning Work
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When developing controls for a maintenance work activity, consideration should be given to the
probability and significance of negative consequences due to the identified hazards associated
with the work activity and area.1 The complexity of the work activity will also impact the
probability of an undesirable outcome. A simple matrix (such as shown below) would show
hazard consequence measured on one axis and probability measured on the other. The worse the
potential consequence and the greater the probability of an undesirable outcome, the more robust
the controls or the defense-in-depth should be. The purpose of the matrix is to gage the
appropriate effort to expend on control development and implementation, graded from the least
to the most hazardous work activities. The level of hazards analysis and controls is graded based
upon the likelihood and severity of the consequences to the worker, the public, and the
environment.
Depending on the particular maintenance work activity, the individual planning the work should
use a team approach in evaluating the hazard(s). The team may include environmental, health,
and safety professionals, the CSE, the facility owner, and worker representation in determining
whether the consequence and the probability of the hazard(s) are at the high, medium, or low
level.
1 For a comprehensive look at this subject, see “the red book”, Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Second
Edition with Worked Examples Center for Chemical Process Safety.
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The information gained from the matrix should be used in planning the work to determine the
proper degree of rigor needed to ensure the safe and effective performance of the work activity.
Controls to be considered include:
Mix of worker skills and qualifications (apprentice, master, special qualifications);
Degree of worker preparations (Pre-Job Briefing, Mockup Training);
Detail of work instructions (minor maintenance, comprehensive work package); and
Level of supervisory oversight (routine, frequent, continuous).
HAZARD RANKING MATRIX
CONSEQUENCE
PROBABILITY H M L
H HH HM HL
M MH MM ML
L LH LM LL
D.2.2.8 Planning System
A system of planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance work activities should consist
of five interrelated processes applicable to each maintenance job. The processes are as follows.
Plan Maintenance Job Identify the scope of a needed maintenance job. Produce a
maintenance job plan. Determine maintenance job planning category, priority, and safety
concerns. Identify and procure materials, and identify other maintenance task resources.
Prepare the maintenance job package.
Schedule Maintenance Job Calculate estimated start date and project resources for the
maintenance job. Schedule and commit required resources and special tools/equipment
items to allow performance of all maintenance tasks within the maintenance job.
Execute Maintenance Job Initiate and perform a maintenance job and collect job
information as defined in the maintenance job package.
Execute Post-Maintenance Test (PMT) Verify facilities and equipment items fulfill their
design functions when returned to service after execution of a maintenance job.
Complete Maintenance Job Perform maintenance job closeout including completion of all
documentation contained in the maintenance job package to ensure historical information
is captured and feedback on opportunities for improvement.
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D.2.2.9 Work Request/Work Order
Maintenance performed on nuclear facility systems should be controlled by the facility WR or by
another approved work-control document. The document should clearly define the work to be
performed and should include the following:
Equipment identification;
Name of the person initiating the WR;
Date WR was initiated;
Description of the symptom, problem, or work requested;
Location of equipment;
Job priority;
Personnel safety and radiation protection requirements or permits (e.g., confined-space
entry permit, welding and burning permit, lockout/tagout, isolation, draining,
depressurization of the component, and RWPs);
Applicable TSR, time constraints, and associated LCOs;
Qualification requirements (such as environmental and seismic qualifications);
Applicable work instructions and references;
Inspection, safety, or ALARA hold points associated with the work;
Required post-maintenance testing, inspections, and acceptance criteria;
Authorization by the appropriate management to perform work;
Narrative description of conditions found by the experienced workers;
Documentation of actual work performed with post-maintenance testing and inspection
results;
Acceptance of the equipment by operations; and
Final reviews and signoffs by maintenance, QC, and other groups in the WR or other
approved work-control document review cycle.
The WR or other approved work-control document should be reviewed by affected groups or
their representatives (such as maintenance, operations, technical support, CSEs, QC, safety, and
radiation protection personnel) during the planning process to ensure it is current and accurate.
D.2.2.10 Maintenance Work Request/Work Order Processing
A maintenance WR/WO should be initiated and a maintenance deficiency tag/sticker attached or
applicable status indicator/tracking system updated as soon as practical after discovery of a
facility equipment deficiency.
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All WR/WOs for facility equipment should be delivered to the equipment owner/operator or
designated representative for review and appropriate action to minimize further equipment
damage. The owner/operator review should ensure the following:
The WR/WO is not a duplicate of an existing WR/WO;
Equipment name, identification number, and location are properly entered;
Originator information is included on the form and is legible;
Deficiency tag number and location are documented, if applicable;
Failure/problem description is accurate and clearly stated;
Special conditions necessary to remove equipment from service such as an LCO, a
system outage, or a major facility outage are clearly identified; and
Priority is assigned, TSRs are identified, and time limits for action are specified, if
applicable.
After review, the owner/operator representative should forward WR/WOs to the maintenance-
planning department. The planning supervisor or designated individual should review the
WR/WO to determine whether it should be performed as a minor maintenance task and assign it
to the responsible craft planner. The craft planner should review the WR/WO and perform the
following.
1. Verify that the WR/WO is not a duplicate of an existing WR/WO.
2. Walk down the identified deficiency using the walk down checklist, as necessary, to
assist with job planning.
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3. Verify the identified deficiency accurately describes the equipment problem. For
example, “waste disposal pump leaks”, does not communicate the urgency of needed
repairs or provide accurate direction or performing repairs. A more useful description
would be, “The casing flange on the waste disposal pump leaks 10 drops per minute
during pump operation at full load. The pump design does not permit any leakage from
the casing flange. Continuation of the leakage will damage the pump and result in its
inoperability.”
4. Identify special equipment/conditions to be considered in planning the work such as
scaffolding requirements, special tools, interference removal, special radiological
considerations, etc.
5. If the activity should be performed as minor maintenance, forward the WR/WO to the
appropriate craft supervisor or scheduler for accomplishment.
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D.2.2.11 Maintenance Work Request/Work Order Planning
The planner should perform the following steps using a walk down checklist.
1. Identify any other pending and/or appropriate maintenance tasks, such as PM,
surveillance tests, or related corrective maintenance, that may be performed concurrently
with the work being planned. Discussion with operations, scheduling, and the system
engineer/engineering, may be necessary to coordinate all associated work. (PMs that
might affect the results of surveillance testing should be scheduled to occur following the
completion of surveillance testing to avoid pre-conditioning the surveillance testing
results.)
2. Identify and initiate appropriate requests as necessary for additional task and/or support
needs such as scaffolding erection, electrical disconnection, piping removal, etc.
3. Review component history to determine when and what actions were previously taken for
similar repairs. Consider repairs to similar equipment in other locations. Repetitive
maintenance trends for problem equipment, components, and structures should be
brought to the attention of the system engineer/engineering for resolution.
4. Obtain applicable detailed drawings of the components and associated systems to be
repaired or affected by the repair.
5. Review vendor information for special requirements for component repair and parts that
may be needed to perform repairs.
6. Provide a list of required special tools and parts for the job in the job package. If like
for-like replacement parts are not available, contact the system engineer/engineering for
resolution.
7. Check for parts availability. Order/reserve parts as necessary to perform repair.
8. Determine procedure requirements based on equipment classification, ALARA
considerations, and/or extent of repair needed to restore the equipment to operating
condition (see DOE-STD-1029, Chg 1, Writer’s Guide for Technical Procedures).
Where pre-approved procedures are available, work should be performed using these
procedures. Review and consider feedback from previous performance of the
maintenance procedure.
9. If an approved procedure is not required as determined in Step D.2.3, provide work
instructions to the craft worker in sufficient detail to correct the equipment deficiency.
Vendor recommendations, engineering requirements, craft training/skills (skill-of-the
craft), special tool needs, and hazards involved in performing the task should be
considered when preparing these instructions. System engineer/engineering review of
new work instructions should be performed to ensure adequacy. Work instructions to
control troubleshooting should also be developed.
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10. Working with craft supervision, review maintenance history records to determine time
and coordination requirements to accomplish the task.
11. Initiate special permits necessary to perform the maintenance task. Flame permits,
confined space permits, tagging requests, RWP requests, etc., should be included in the
work package, if available.
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12. When ALARA work planning is performed, special consideration should be given to
providing adequate detail to assist the craft worker in performing the task and reducing
radiation exposure. Examples of items that should be considered include the following:
Reviewing previous work packages for lessons learned and effective methods of
performing the task;
Reviewing area photographs, if available, to identify problems that may delay work;
Providing detailed tool lists;
Providing rigging and handling sketches;
Performing mockups or practice runs in non-radiation areas;
Using portable shielding to reduce radiation levels;
Dividing work into distinct tasks to be performed by different individuals;
Holding an in-depth pre-job briefing to ensure craft workers have a clear
understanding of the tasks to be performed;
Improving access to the work through portable scaffolding or work platforms;
Posting work areas to control access;
Including ALARA personnel in the planning process; and
Designing special tools that may reduce time to complete repair.
13. Work with the Operations Manager and the System Engineer/engineering to determine
the following:
Operational impacts such as alarms, possible actuation, special system alignment, or
operator actions; and
PMTs that should be performed to check the maintenance performed and to return the
component to operation (see Section III.Q, Post Maintenance Testing).
14. Assemble the work package. The craft worker in performing the maintenance uses
facility document control procedures should be followed to ensure the most recent
revision of a procedure.
15. Place the work package in the appropriate file or forward it to scheduling for
accomplishment. Files should indicate the following:
Ready to Work - All requirements are met; parts are available; support needs, such as
scaffolding, are identified;
Hold for Parts - Repair parts are on order but have not been received or are not
available;
Hold for Facility Conditions - All requirements have been met; however, special
facility conditions, such as a component outage/LCO, are needed to perform the
work; and
Outage Item - Facility outage or major system outage is needed to perform task.
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Consider maintaining a library of routine, recurring maintenance instructions to minimize
planning time. Previous job histories should be reviewed to establish standard job durations,
typical parts and consumables needed, and other job requirements.
D.2.3 Guideline – Scheduling Maintenance Activities
D.2.3.1 Control of Work Backlog
Work requests (WRs) should be entered and retained in the system from the time the work is
identified until all work actions are complete, including post-maintenance testing and
administrative reviews. The system should provide a serialized list of WRs with a brief
description of work required, priority assigned, date initiated, and plant conditions required for
performing the work.
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Work should be scheduled and combined with other maintenance activities on the same
equipment, or with other maintenance on similar equipment in proximity. For example,
corrective maintenance could be scheduled simultaneously with an upcoming PM action that
requires the same or a similar lockout/tagout, or PM routes could be established that allow craft
workers to lubricate all equipment on a particular elevation, or quarterly and annual PM could be
scheduled simultaneously.
Delays beyond the scheduled due dates for PM actions should be approved by the facility
manager.
D.2.3.2 Work Priority
Each WR related to repairs of production equipment should be reviewed by the operations
department to determine its impact on facility operations. Meaningful priorities that determine
how soon a WR needs to be worked should be set based on operational and industrial safety and
reliability. Communication among cognizant groups should be established to enable proper
priorities to be set.
Items that should be considered when priorities are assigned to WRs include the following:
Personnel and radiological safety;
Equipment repair urgency;
Operability of redundant equipment;
Operating approval commitments (e.g., TSR, LCO);
Facility conditions required for equipment repair;
Status of repair or replacement parts;
ALARA considerations such as exposure and contamination control;
Personnel availability; and
Minimization of the spread of contamination from leaks.
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The following list illustrates a priority system.
1. Non-outage work.
a. Priority 1 - Emergency or severe adverse impact on personnel safety; limits facility
operation (top priority: work today and provide special coverage if necessary).
b. Priority 2 - Urgent; hinders facility operation (schedule within 24 hours).
c. Priority 3 - Necessary; has potential to degrade or hinder facility operation (schedule
within seven days).
d. Priority 4 - As time permits.
2. Outage work (subcategories for Priority 5 and 6 work as part of outage planning are also
useful).
a. Priority 5 - Hot shutdown or hot standby.
b. Priority 6 - Cold shutdown.
Scheduling corrective and preventive maintenance as well as planned and forced outage work is
necessary to ensure that maintenance is conducted efficiently (e.g., within prescribed time
limits). Scheduling daily activities based on accurate planning estimates improves facility
production capacity through effective use of time on the job and helps to reduce hazardous
worker exposures. Scheduling planned outages is important to support the return of the facility
to service on schedule (and within the approved budget) and results in improved availability and
capacity factors. In addition to the integrated maintenance schedule, a contingency schedule
should be maintained so that if a forced outage occurs, the forced outage time is minimized and
effectively used and so that all needed maintenance is performed before an anticipated facility
restart.
Sufficient detail should be included in the integrated maintenance schedule to coordinate
activities and track progress. By grouping individual work items and integrating major tasks,
more efficient use of technical support and scarce resources should be achieved. The integrated
maintenance schedule should form the basis for progress reporting.
Effective daily schedules are needed to implement the maintenance activity plans represented by
the integrated schedule. Management should track and periodically assess performance to the
daily schedule.
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D.2.3.3 Schedule Requirements
The schedule should be a management tool (particularly for first-line supervisors) to control and
direct maintenance activities. Management should use it to determine the critical path and
explore alternatives when needed. The schedule should be a concise method for tracking
completion of maintenance tasks, particularly critical path activities. The following are some of
the attributes that should be included in the schedule.
The schedule should be an accurate, living document. Workers should understand the
relationship of their tasks to the schedule as a whole;
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The schedule report format should be appropriate for the user. The level of detail in the
schedule needed by the facility manager may be different from the level of detail needed
by a craft supervisor;
The schedule should be proactive, predicting and leading activities. The schedule should
be credible and up to date. It should be based on the best information available and
reviewed and accepted by those actually responsible for doing the work;
The schedule should be flexible, within the overall goals of the facility, to deal with
unanticipated events and produce optimum results; and/or
There should be one overall schedule developed such that a hierarchy of schedules of
varying detail may be obtained from a common database.
D.2.3.4 Schedule Methods
To be responsive to the needs of management, a computerized scheduling system should be used.
Computerized scheduling offers the following advantages:
Rapid update capability;
Ease in exploring alternatives;
Supports resource determination and leveling capability;
Supports identification of work-site congestion; and
Reports tailored to users.
All supervisory personnel should have a basic understanding of the schedule program
appropriate to their needs and uses.
D.2.3.5 Schedule Detail
The detail included in the overall schedule should be that required to ensure coordination of
work and permit assessment of progress. It is particularly important to include details of tasks
that have interfaces among the various craft and support personnel. The following are some
examples of the detail that may be required.
The operations manager should be able to anticipate tagout needs;
Radiological protection personnel should be able to anticipate the schedule and need for
RWPs, technician support, and major radiological protection actions, such as installation
of temporary shielding;
QC personnel and other inspection groups should be able to anticipate the need for their
presence at the job site; and
Critical resource needs, such as overhead cranes and scaffolding, should be described in
sufficient detail to avoid interference, conflicts, and work delays.
A sufficient number of activities should be scheduled to ensure the short-term visibility needed
for work coordination and progress tracking. Use of these intermediate milestones may provide
an overall measure of the progress of maintenance activities and identify tasks significantly
behind schedule.
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D.2.3.6 Daily Schedules
Daily schedules are important to ensure that work is properly coordinated even when there may
be last-minute schedule changes. A daily schedule is generally used as the basis for discussions
at daily meetings (e.g., Plan-of-the-Day).
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A 3-day outlook schedule, updated and issued daily, has proven useful at many facilities. This
schedule provides the detail necessary to control the present day’s work and provides an
opportunity for craft planning for the next few days without an unreasonable amount of data.
Extending the outlook period further than about 5 days and/or not issuing the schedule on a daily
basis increases the risk that data may not be current when needed.
A detailed review of the daily schedule should be an integral part of shift turnover activities to
ensure that the oncoming shift is familiar with any short-term adjustments made to the schedule.
This is particularly important for operator turnovers to ensure that operators know the status of
the facility and are familiar with upcoming maintenance activities including tagging needs.
D.2.3.7 Schedule Preparation
The following items should be considered during the schedule preparation process.
Work items should be coded to identify their discrete locations in the facility and
reviewed together to assess the degree of area congestion and to minimize duplication of
support work such as scaffolding and insulation removal;
The schedule should be craft loaded and the sequence and timing of activities adjusted to
ensure that resource requirements are consistent with resource availability;
Tests, inspections, or other tasks that may identify additional work should be scheduled
as early as possible to permit time for completion of the additional work within the
established time frame; and
Significant as-found, post-maintenance, and post-modification testing should be
explicitly scheduled. Time should be allotted for testing, line up, and other activities
required for returning systems to service. System interactions and operator resources
should be considered when scheduling system and facility start-up.
D.2.3.8 Schedule Integration
Integration of major tasks is a key to successful schedule development. There should be one
overarching schedule that includes work to be done by both non-facility contractors contributing
support to the schedule and site personnel. The planning organization should involve non-
facility contractors as early as possible in the planning process to ensure their work is integrated
and scheduled properly.
Those responsible for the tasks should provide details for specific tasks. The planning
organization should integrate these details into the overall schedule.
D.2.3.9 Schedule Review
Schedules should be periodically reviewed. Opportunities for schedule improvements should be
explored during the review process. This should include review of TSR and other regulatory
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requirements to determine whether changes that may result in work efficiency or schedule
improvements are possible without sacrificing safety.
The overall intent of the schedule review process, coupled with obtaining user input to the
planning process, should be to provide a sense of ownership of the schedule to those who are
expected to implement it.
D.2.3.10 Format, Progress Reporting, Updating, and Distributing
The schedule information provided to users should be concise and understandable.
Detailed information should be limited to the needs of the recipient.
The fundamental principles of a schedule progress reporting system should be simplicity,
accuracy, and timeliness. The individuals responsible for the work should be responsible for
progress reporting.
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The individuals responsible for progress reporting should be identified and trained in the process.
Vendors and contractors should be included in the progress reporting system.
Progress may be reported in a number of ways depending on the facility needs and on the
particular scheduling system used.
D.2.4 Guideline – Coordinating Maintenance Activities
Facility personnel should be apprised of scheduled maintenance activities that affect them to
ensure proper activity coordination. This may be accomplished by publishing and updating a
short duration rolling schedule covering about 3 days.
The responsible maintenance supervisor should be provided with work packages soon enough for
adequate shop level preparation and pre-job instructions before starting the job. Each supervisor
should have sufficient fill-in work assigned to maintain crew productivity. If fill-in work has
facility conditions requirements associated with it, then it should be identified on the rolling
schedule so that all cognizant groups are aware of the jobs.
The schedule should allow for unexpected or emergency work requirements. Facility
management should identify and approve WRs that could be postponed or stopped to allow the
work force to accomplish emergency work.
After jobs have been scheduled and assigned on the rolling schedule, the lead group, the group
responsible for the most significant portion of the job, should assume the responsibility for
support coordination. The lead group should then be responsible for coordinating such activities
as verifying that lockouts/tagouts are available as required, that QC inspectors are available as
required, and that parts are available at the job site.
Daily meetings with affected individuals should be conducted to focus on the progress of key
jobs and to provide short-range coordination of scheduled activities. Meetings should be
managed to use the time of the managers and supervisors efficiently, to minimize redirection of
work in progress, and to prevent delays to oncoming work shifts.
Many items, particularly material needed for modifications and repair parts for older equipment,
may be long lead-time items. They should be identified and ordered well in advance and tracked
to delivery to ensure that they will be available at the job site when needed.
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Extensive involvement of managers and supervisors in maintenance activities promotes timely
completion of work, quality of completed work, and safety of personnel and equipment.
Supervisors should focus on:
Monitoring on-going work to control quality and progress;
Providing accurate and timely status reports;
Coordinating support and interface work activities;
Ensuring the timely availability of tools, supplies, and parts; and
Understanding schedule interpretation and use.
Supervisory oversight should include independent verification of such activities as tagouts before
opening piping, valves, or mechanical equipment or before working on electrical equipment.
D.2.4.1 Pre-job Coordination
Line supervisors should consider specific coordination and integration activities in preparing for
work include the following:
Effective integration of facility system operation and maintenance activities to ensure
proper facility conditions, timely equipment or system tagouts, initiation and completion
of maintenance or modifications, and timely performance of inspections;
ALARA actions, including shielding installation and pre-job briefings on ALARA
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precautions;
Support of maintenance activities by health physics and decontamination personnel,
including support during the performance of tasks, identifying and posting work areas,
and timely decontamination of tools, floors, and equipment;
Allocation of space and crane use;
Inspection of maintenance activities by QC personnel, including completion of associated
documents; and
Continuous document processing, issuing, and closeout throughout the job.
D.2.4.2 Material Staging and Availability
Convenient staging of the proper materials for scheduled maintenance is one key to success.
Responsibilities regarding procurement of material required for maintenance and modifications
should be specified. Having one organization responsible for coordinating material needs and a
single point of contact for expediting material has proven successful at other facilities and should
be considered.
Parts and material required for maintenance activities should be identified and purchased in time
to allow for receipt and inspection well before they are needed. After processing, these parts and
material should be identified for specific work packages and segregated from other stock
inventory. Standard stock items and consumables required for planned work should be allocated
to ensure their availability.
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Adequate storage and protection of parts and materials segregated for planned maintenance
activities should be provided. This is particularly important for material staged at the job site
and not within normal storage areas.
Periodic reports highlighting any material or parts problems should be distributed to appropriate
management personnel. Problems with material availability should be identified early to permit
contingency planning.
D.2.4.3 Daily Meetings
Well managed planning and scheduling meetings are necessary to keep facility personnel aware
of significant maintenance activities that are in progress and to make corrections to schedules.
Meetings should be effectively managed to limit the time personnel spend in the meetings.
Participation in meetings should be limited to those personnel affected. Three types of meetings,
discussed below, have been shown to be effective in improving communications among work
groups and in enhancing job coordination.
A daily directional meeting may be held after the start of the primary work shift. Management
and representatives should attend this meeting from major work groups. It should focus on
major jobs and evolutions planned for the next 48 hours and identify any redirection necessary
due to significant problems. Results of the directional meeting affecting activities should be
factored into the schedule at the daily planning meeting.
A planning meeting should be held each day following the directional meeting to review the
near-term (next 3 to 5 days) schedule and verify that jobs may be worked as scheduled. Planners
and representatives of the operations manager, radiological protection, and other support
departments should attend. The participants should ensure the information contained in the next
updated schedule is consistent with current plans and resource availability. The schedule should
be updated by incorporating information from the directional meeting and the planning meeting.
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A shift work coordination meeting should be held shortly before the start of each shift. This
meeting should be attended by oncoming shift supervision for each of the groups supporting the
maintenance schedule, including maintenance, health physics, technical staff, system
engineer/engineering, area coordinators, and task coordinators, for jobs requiring significant
support. The operations supervisor for the oncoming shift should also attend. This meeting
should address all schedule problems for work to be performed by the upcoming shift and should
modify the schedule as necessary to reflect last-minute changes. Groups supporting the
maintenance should be notified. Each attendee should leave the meeting with a clear
understanding of what their work group should do on the upcoming shift. The meeting should
end in time for supervisors to return to their work groups before the shift starts.
Assignments for problem resolution should be made at meetings, but resolution should not be
attempted during the meeting. The meetings should not be used as the primary method to
determine the status of maintenance activities.
D.2.5 Guideline – Planning, Scheduling And Coordinating Outages
Assign responsibility for the overall control of planned and unplanned long-term outages
(typically three or more days) and for adherence to the outage schedule. Revise the schedule as
required ensuring that the schedule reflects achievable goals and real-time progress. Monitor
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activities on the critical path and near critical paths at least once per shift during the outage.
Structure the outage management system so that individuals responsible for areas of outage work
present status reports directly to outage management staff as well as to their line managers.
Schedules of past outages (planned and unplanned) should be retained for reference in planning
for future outages, particularly for unplanned outages.
D.2.5.1 Planned Outages
Preparation for and scheduling of major maintenance activities and modifications may have to
begin several years in advance, depending on the complexity of the effort. Assign a designated
outage manager or coordinator to direct preparations for and management of the outage.
Complete engineering work as early as possible. Allow adequate time for review of work
packages, resolution of comments, budgeting, contracting, procurement, and other long lead-time
planning functions.
Maintain a current list of proposed outage activities. It should include all demands for resources
(such as non-nuclear facility contractor and subcontractor resources) and activities (such as
corrective maintenance, PM, surveillance, in-service tests and inspections, and modifications).
Periodically hold outage-planning meetings to refine and update this list.
An initial milestone list that identifies cutoff dates for major activities required to support outage
planning should be prepared. This list should include items such as the following:
Identification of major jobs;
Letting of bids for contracts and materials;
Identification of corrective maintenance, PM, surveillance, and in-service test
requirements;
Identification of major modifications and dates for design work, work package
preparation, and procurement of materials, parts, and services;
Identification of pre-outage work that can and should be performed to reduce the demand
for resources during the outage (such as pipe prefabrication, cable pulling, conduit runs,
raceway installation, fabrication of supports, and scaffold erection);
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Identification of facilities required for outage support and milestones for their
construction;
Identification of temporary services that may be required by experienced workers when
lockout/tagout of equipment related to the maintenance activity disrupts normal services
(e.g., electricity, lighting, air, and water);
Staging of special tools and equipment and preparation of work areas; and
Development of schedules.
Develop an overall outage schedule as soon as all major outage activities are identified. Periodic
revisions to this schedule should be issued throughout the outage planning process. The
schedule should identify and allocate such critical resources as labor, shop facilities, cranes,
equipment accessibility, personnel radiation dosage, and availability and scheduling of outside
subcontractors and non-facility contractor groups.
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Based on the overall schedule, a detailed outage schedule committing all affected groups should
be issued before the scheduled outage start date. Addition of unanticipated work to the outage
schedule should require a formal review and approval process.
D.2.5.2 Unplanned Outages or Other Limitations to Facility Operations
Management of unplanned outages and other facility operating limitations is necessary to
minimize the duration of these conditions and to use available time effectively. Facility
management or the maintenance supervisors should maintain a prioritized list of corrective
maintenance, modifications, surveillance, PM, special items, or commitments that need to be
performed under a system or facility outage. Resource requirements, industrial safety
considerations, and task completion time for each of the identified jobs should be estimated to
aid in planning, scheduling, and coordination. To the extent possible, an up-to-date list of
prioritized outage tasks and assembled work packages, including procedures, repair parts and
materials, lockout/tagout requests, special tools, and personnel entry forms (such as RWPs or
confined-space entry permits) should be prepared.
Potential short outage work should be grouped by the required facility condition and
approximate duration. Activities should be grouped to accomplish as much work as possible.
Other maintenance activities, such as surveillance or PM, should be reviewed to determine
whether they should be performed while equipment or systems are out of service.
An unplanned outage work list should be prepared, and outage activities should be coordinated.
Facility management should periodically update the list. Copies of the updated proposed outage
list, reflecting current planning, should be sent to all affected facility organizations. If an
unplanned outage or other major limitation occurs, appropriate facility managers should initiate
selected work from the outage list based on the estimated duration of the outage and resources
available.
Facility management should conduct coordination meetings to determine the critical path and
major milestones and to accept or reject any new or significant work to be accomplished.
Support requirements should be verified and coordinated among cognizant departments. During
the outage, a status should be obtained during each shift to measure progress and to make
required adjustments. After completion of each outage, facility management should conduct a
critique to determine how outage improvements could be made and designate personnel to
implement these improvements.
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D.2.6 Guideline - Planning, Scheduling, and Coordinating Maintenance Performance
Monitoring
Facility management should develop performance measures to periodically monitor and report
the progress toward meeting facility maintenance goals. The following are typical performance
measures:
Rate of activity completion (checked against the projected activity completion, the
number of activities remaining, and the time remaining on the schedule to ensure that the
current rate supports the scheduled completion date);
Percent compliance to the daily schedule (maintained at a high level to ensure that
scheduled work is being completed to support the overall facility maintenance goals);
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Progress against the schedule (is tracked to identify areas where work completion does
not support the schedule);
Amount and rate of bulk work (nonscheduled or listed work) completed (completions
should be tracked against remaining resources and time to ensure that bulk work is being
completed at a rate that supports the schedule);
Expended worker hours by craft or work group versus planned worker hours (expended
worker hours are tracked against the earned value (original estimates) of completed jobs,
planned worker hours, remaining scheduled work, and remaining time to ensure that
sufficient resources and time exist to complete the maintenance activities as scheduled);
Number of accidental occurrences;
Expended man-rem versus planned man-rem (should be tracked to identify areas of
concern where actual values are exceeding projections);
Amount of rad waste generated (should be tracked to identify areas of concern where
actual values are exceeding projections); and
Number of skin and clothing contaminations (should be tracked to identify areas of
concern where actual values are exceeding projections).
The performance measures should be reviewed periodically to ensure they are valid measures of
facility maintenance status.
Deviations in the expected results identified in reviews of the performance measures should be
analyzed to identify their root causes and should be reported to facility management for
appropriate corrective action.
D.2.7 Guideline -Work Control
D.2.7.1 Work-Control Procedure
The work-control procedures should, at a minimum, address the following:
Personnel responsibilities for identifying and tagging deficiencies and initiating WRs that
adequately describe the symptoms or problems;
Supervisory responsibility for controlling the safe conduct of maintenance activities and
processing WRs;
The process for initiating and processing WRs, including the pre-job review, approval
cycle, and post-job review;
The priorities used to schedule work;
Determinations of the impact of maintenance activities on facility operations;
Work planning and scheduling;
Conduct of routine maintenance planning meetings;
Requirements for personnel and equipment safety and radiological protection;
Post-maintenance testing (see Section III.Q, Post Maintenance Testing); and
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Collecting data for maintenance history files (see Section III.L, Maintenance History).
The work-control procedure may cross-reference or include outage scheduling and control
procedures (see Section III.F, Maintenance Procedures).
D.2.7.2 Supervision of Maintenance Activities
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First-line supervisors should spend the majority of their time in the field. They should monitor
work in progress to ensure that maintenance activities are conducted safely in accordance with
DOE and facility policies and procedures. Good work practices should be recognized and
encouraged; poor work practices should be corrected on the spot. Causes of poor work practices
should be identified and corrected; and generic corrective actions should be initiated as needed.
Success in safety is achieved by the consistency of policies and procedures applied by
supervisors. Examples of work practices that should be checked include the following:
Pre-job briefings and applicable training (e.g., mockup training);
Industrial safety and radiological protection practices (e.g., appropriate use of safety
equipment, adherence to lockout/tagout requirements, proper handling of hazardous
chemicals, proper use of ALARA concepts, and minimizing spread of contamination);
Worker awareness of their responsibility to immediately notify their supervisor and stop
work on any activity that they believe to be unsafe or out of scope, and are to prevent
others from performing the activity until appropriate reviews are completed; (For less
significant work related issues or questions that may be corrected with minimum effort
and time issues a graded approach should be used. Some sites may establish the grading
within their stop work process, while others establish a separate time-out/safety pause
process for addressing less significant work related issues.);
Quality of workmanship, materials, and parts;
Procedure use, including adherence to step-by-step requirements, signoffs, and work hold
points;
Open system and component protection;
Accountability of tools, chemicals, and materials;
Correct tool use for the job (e.g., short, non-sparking tools for batteries and test
instruments used on correct ranges);
Clean and orderly work sites;
Work progress and time required to perform the job, especially if an LCO exists;
Work being performed on the correct component, system, or unit;
Adequate documentation of actual work performed; and
Proper use of post-job reporting and, when applicable, post-job critiques.
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D.2.7.3 Review of Completed Work Requests
The equipment owner/operator should compare the work accomplished to the post-maintenance
testing or inspection performed to determine that all work is acceptable before returning the
equipment or system to normal service.
Maintenance supervisors should review completed WRs for adequacy of repair, complete
documentation, notation of generic corrective actions, and identification of rework. A post-job
review/discussion should be held with the workers involved to determine whether any
unexpected problems or unsafe conditions occurred and/or how the activity can be accomplished
more efficiently and safely the next time. Where appropriate and in accordance with facility
instructions, other reviews should be accomplished by technical support, QC, safety, radiation
protection, and other organizations. Feedback should be provided to planning, scheduling, and
maintenance personnel to highlight areas that were exemplary and areas that needed
improvement.
D.2.7.4 Temporary Repairs
For temporary repairs or modifications to the facility, see Section III.H, Configuration
Management.
D.2.7.5 Control of Non-facility Contractor and Subcontractor Personnel
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Non-facility contractor and subcontractor personnel (workers not directly employed by the
facility operating contractor) who perform maintenance or modifications on facility systems
should be trained and qualified for the work they are to perform. This should include general
employee training and specific training in appropriate facility administration, safety, QC, and
radiation protection procedures and practices. The training required should recognize the
individual’s previous training and experience. Qualified personnel should continuously
supervise non-facility contractor and subcontractor personnel who are not fully trained and
qualified for the job to be performed.
Non-facility contractor and subcontractor personnel should perform maintenance under the same
controls as and the same high work standards as facility maintenance personnel. Non-facility
contractor and subcontractor managers and supervisors should be held accountable for the work
performance of their personnel. Facility supervisors should review the work of these personnel
during preparation for work, at the job site, and during post-maintenance testing and acceptance
inspections to the extent needed to enforce these requirements.
D.2.7.6 Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS)
An ISMS is based on the concept that safety requires the involvement of the workers and hands-
on contractor line managers. They should determine safe work practices and other hazard
mitigating requirements. Safety management should not be an add-on to strategic planning, but a
central part of that planning. ES&H considerations should be integrated with the programmatic
requirement setting, resource allocation, and budgeting process. Safety should be incorporated
into management and work practices at all levels, addressing all types of work and all types of
hazards to ensure safety of workers, the public, and the environment. ISMS should be the
foundation of the budget formulation and allocation process, and a primary factor in establishing
expectations and accountability. The seven ISMS management principles are as follows:
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1. Line management responsibility for safety;
2. Clear roles and responsibilities;
3. Competence commensurate with responsibilities;
4. Balanced priorities;
5. Identification of safety standards and requirements;
6. Hazard controls tailored to the work being performed; and
7. Operations authorization.
Under ISMS, contractor safety responsibilities and accountability should be clearly established.
The ISMS functions are:
1. Define the scope of work;
2. Analyze the hazards;
3. Develop and implement hazard controls;
4. Define performance of work within controls; and
5. Provide feedback and continuous improvement.
The Safety Analysis Report (SAR) and TSR are part of a nuclear facility’s authorization basis.
The SAR describes the hazard analysis and accident consequence analysis that was conducted to
define the conditions under which the facility can be safely operated, and specifies safe operating
conditions and parameters. The TSR contains individual operational requirements that need to
be met to ensure safe operation. Effective “Control of Maintenance Activities” is essential in
ensuring the safe operating conditions and maintaining the facility safety basis.
The dependence of a facility’s authorization basis on periodic maintenance of safety-related
systems can be a strong justification for maintenance budget requests (see DOE P 450.4A,
Integrated Safety Management Policy; and 10 CFR Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management).
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D.2.7.7 Human Performance in Maintenance
Errors during the performance of maintenance are more prevalent than during typical operations
for some of the following reasons:
It involves removal and replacement of a large numbers of varied components;
Performance is usually under severe time pressure;
Work locations are often cramped and poorly lit spaces;
Can involve the use of unusual or unavailable tools;
Vendor manuals and procedures rarely reflect tasks under real life conditions;
Often those who start the job are not the ones required to finish it;
A number of different groups may work on the same item of equipment; and/or
Equipment troubleshooting requires the use of system knowledge and may require
actions beyond routine maintenance instructions.
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Most maintenance errors have been judged by experience workers as having happened before
and likely to happen again. The fact that the same errors keep on happening to different people
in different organizations strongly suggests that we should focus our remedial attention more
upon the task and the workplace, than upon the presumed psychological inadequacies of those
making the errors.
Maintenance supervisors, work planners, and workers should anticipate the likelihood of human
error as a hazard to maintenance. DOE-HDBK-1028-2009, Human Performance Improvement
Handbook discusses numerous factors that impact error-free performance and provide tools that
may be utilized to improve maintenance.
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Examples of Mechanical Minor Maintenance
A. The following are examples of work that may qualify as minor maintenance.
1. Manual Valve: Adjust packing on manual valves not subject to testing, repair or replace
handwheel, lubricate valve stem.
2. Pumps: Adjust packing; adjust cooling water flow.
3. Flanges: Tighten to stop leakage (not to exceed recommended torque values).
4. Diaphragms: Seal against in-leakage.
5. Brackets/Hangers: Replace missing bolts (except safety-related/seismically qualified or
material substitution).
6. Doors: Repair or replace knobs, hinges, bars, or closures.
7. Plumbing: Repair or replace commodes, water fountains, sinks.
8. Structures: Patch walls, roofs, etc. (except fire barrier seals).
9. Grating/Stair: Treads: Repair or replace grating, clips, or treads.
B. The following are examples of work that does not qualify as minor maintenance.
1. Manual Valves: Adjust packing on valves that require testing.
2. Motor-operated Valves: Adjust or replace packing.
3. Pumps: Replace packing or seals, replace casing bolts, replace gasket.
4. Flanges: Replace gasket or fasteners; install or remove blank flange.
Examples of Electrical Minor Maintenance
A. The following are examples of work that may qualify as minor maintenance.
1. Lamps or Bulbs: Replace.
2. Fuses: Replace where fuse is not required to be safety-related.
3. Junction Boxes (non-environmentally qualified): Replace covers or screws.
4. Conduit: Replace covers, screws, brackets.
5. Motors: Replace air filters, replace cover screws, and replace screens.
6. Facility Paging System: Repair or replace handles, knobs, etc.
7. Portable Sump Pumps: Repair or replace motor or wiring.
8. Door Locks or Latches: Repair or replace (except fire and security doors).
9. Telephone Equipment: Install, replace, or repair.
B. The following are examples of work that does not qualify as minor maintenance.
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1. Light Fixture: Repair or replace where tagout is required.
2. Fuses: Replace where fuse is safety-related.
3. Fire Alarm Panel: Repair.
4. Protection Relay Test Switches: Repair or replace.
Table III.D-1 Examples of Minor Maintenance
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Examples of Instrument Minor Maintenance
A. The following are examples of work that may qualify as minor maintenance.
1. Lamps or Bulbs: Replace.
2. Fuses: Replace where they do not perform a safety function.
3. Pressure Gauges: Replace gauge or glass.
4. Instrument tubing: Tighten.
5. Air Filters: Replace.
6. Knobs: Tighten, repair, or replace.
B. The following are examples of work that does not qualify as minor maintenance.
1. Electro-pneumatic Equipment and Positioners: Clean or adjust.
2. Pneumatic Controllers: Clean, adjust, or calibrate.
3. Fuses: Replace when the fuse performs a safety function.
4. Transmitters: Vent or fill.
Table III.D-1(continued) Examples of Minor Maintenance
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Example Troubleshooting Guide
For work that requires troubleshooting for unknown conditions on energized, pressurized, or
operating equipment, perform the following.
1. Use the following sources to develop the troubleshooting methodology:
System engineers
Owner/operator personnel (organization responsible for the equipment)
Training
Technical Safety Requirements
Final safety analysis report
Equipment vendor manuals
Equipment manufacturers
Applicable procedures
Applicable system/circuit drawings
Vendor drawings
2. Include the following, as applicable, in the work instructions.
Notes, precautions, and prerequisites for the specific task (e.g., “System contains live
steam; do not vent”; “Do not exceed three motor starts in any one-hour period”; “Do
not remove input/output signal cable before de-energizing power supply”).
Steps to record and observe as-found/as-left conditions of the affected equipment.
Steps to record any abnormalities observed during equipment operation (e.g., bearing
noise, smoke, vibration)
Steps to prevent further damage if any abnormal conditions are observed.
Specific instructions for craft workers/technicians to stop work when problems or
conditions encountered were not anticipated or are not understood. They should be
directed to consult with their supervisors or planners before taking action.
Steps to record and verify lifted/landed leads. Lifted lead forms should be included
in the work package as required.
Steps to record the identification numbers and calibration due dates of measuring and
test equipment used
Steps to tag and retain all parts removed during the troubleshooting process. These
parts will be retained as appropriate for further investigation/analysis by maintenance
or system engineer.
Table III.D-2 Example Troubleshooting Guide
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3. For troubleshooting equipment important to safe and reliable facility operation, a
troubleshooting impact statement should be included as part of the planning package.
Include the following information on the statement:
a. scope of the troubleshooting,
b. required equipment status,
c. work boundaries for the activity,
d. potential facility upsets that may occur, and
e. approval of owner/operator supervision before beginning troubleshooting activities.
4. Any follow-up corrective maintenance deemed necessary as a result of troubleshooting
should be performed under a separate corrective maintenance work order or under an
approved revision to the work plan.
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Table III.D-2 (continued) Example Troubleshooting Guide
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E. TYPES OF MAINTENANCE
E.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include a process for utilization of
appropriate types of maintenance (e.g., preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance,
corrective maintenance) to provide for safe, efficient, and reliable operation of SSCs that are part
of the safety basis.
Types of maintenance generally fall into two categories: Periodic (or Proactive) – scheduled by
calendar period, operating hours, or other situational event (e.g. prior to startup) and Corrective
(or Reactive) – repairs, alignments, etc. needed when equipment fails or does not perform its
intended purpose. Periodic Maintenance includes Preventive Maintenance (PM), Surveillances,
and Predictive Maintenance (PdM).
The NMMP should address the following:
• The types of maintenance used by the facility, their definitions, and applicability;
• The methodology for developing balanced maintenance strategies which result in safety
basis compliance; high production reliability and quality; and worker, public, and
environmental safety;
• How PMs and PdMs are selected and assigned appropriate periodicity. Considerations
such as operational experience, consensus standards, vendor recommendations,
engineering analysis, and cost/benefit analysis are used as a basis to establish optimum
periodic maintenance tasks and intervals;
• How maintenance activities are scheduled and performed within established intervals;
PMs are waived or deferred only with appropriate approval related to SSC significance
and amount of delay;
• Recording PM activities performed; data collected; and, where appropriate, the “as
found” and “as-left” condition of the equipment;
• How using PM techniques and results to assess equipment performance, program
adjustments are made and other corrective actions are taken where needed;
• How PdM is appropriately used to limit unnecessary PMs;
• Expectations for managers and supervisors to routinely observe maintenance activities to
identify and correct problems, and to ensure adherence to facility policies and
procedures;
• Maintaining and reviewing tracking and trending compliance with periodic maintenance
intervals, equipment availability, and maintenance rework and backlog; and
• Analyzing missed goals and unsatisfactory trends to identify causes, generic implications,
and corrective actions to minimize cost and maximize reliability.
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E.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
An effective maintenance program provides a high degree of equipment and facility
predictability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Individual equipment maintenance plans may
vary, but should be optimized for the equipment. This maintenance approach may range from:
“Run-to-Failure” – for non-safety related, low cost, easily replaceable equipment; to a very
proactive plan of ongoing maintenance – for equipment whose failure can impact safe operation,
product quality, and facility mission. Many factors should be considered in establishing an
effective and efficient balance of the various types of maintenance. For safety related systems
and equipment, a thorough technical analysis using a method such as Reliability-Centered
Maintenance (RCM) should be used to establish this balance. RCM provides a systematic
method for analyzing functions, failure modes, and periodic maintenance to monitor and
maintain equipment to ensure it continues to meet its functional requirements. For other
equipment, the amount of periodic maintenance may be determined through industry experience,
consensus standards, and good engineering judgment; then adjusted based upon results during
the operating cycle.
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The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) - Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Best
Practices Guide, Chapter 5 provides a good description of various techniques for effective
maintenance, including RCM and predictive maintenance options. Follow the linked reference
for more information.
Elements needed to implement this maintenance program successfully include the following:
• The Master Equipment List (MEL) of Section III.C, which includes a listing of all SSCs
that are part of the safety basis. The MEL may also include other SSCs that are not part
of the safety basis. The MEL should be used as the listing for development of system and
component maintenance plans.
• A System Engineering Program per DOE O 420.1C, which should take the lead in
developing, monitoring, and revising maintenance plans in conjunction with maintenance
and operations. The effectiveness of these maintenance plans should be periodically
reviewed.
• Work control planners should develop standard work procedures for this periodic
(recurring) maintenance and ensure it is scheduled at its required periodicity.
• Maintenance management should monitor compliance with periodic maintenance
schedules and provide input to improve the efficiency of the program. Performance of
this maintenance should be evaluated in their self-assessment program.
E.2.1 Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Surveillance
PMs consist of all those systematically planned and scheduled actions performed to prevent
equipment failure. The PM program should define the required activities and the frequency with
which they should be performed. Selection of required PM actions should be based on
manufacturers’ recommendations, plant experience, and good engineering practice. PM
frequency should be based on adequately implementing the entire program, considering such
elements as regulatory requirements, consensus standards (e.g. NFPA), vendor
recommendations, ALARA considerations, and performance monitoring. A documented basis
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for the planned actions should be provided. Further, any deferral of planned tasks should have a
technical basis. A Subject Matter Expert (SME) should lead or be directly involved in the
establishment of the PM Program and individual PM activities. Effectiveness should be
monitored and the program revised if necessary.
Surveillance is the term normally used to denote preventive maintenance, inspections, or tests on
safety SSCs required by the facility safety basis. These surveillances are important as they help
to maintain the safety basis valid and maintain compliance with the TSR, where applicable.
Normally, Operations tracks the scheduling and performance of surveillances, in addition to the
general work control process, because of their safety basis relationship.
E.2.1.1 Determining PM Intervals
The initial interval for PM tasks should be established to maximize equipment reliability. The
objective of a maintenance program is to increase the availability of SSCs by eliminating hidden
faults before equipment fails. Unfortunately, maintenance actions sometimes introduce new
failures because of factors such as human error. Therefore, there is a need to establish an
effective interval (or frequency of maintenance) that yields the maximum achievable availability.
Optimization of maintenance intervals involves the following general activities:
• Ranking PM tasks;
• Monitoring PM activities, plans, and schedules;
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• Accessing PM and other maintenance data;
• Listing recurring failure modes/parts;
• Calculating and monitoring SSC availability;
• Keeping track of PM cost; and
• Calculating the PM interval by balancing availability, reliability, and cost.
E.2.1.2 Scheduling PMs
The management of PM scheduling should incorporate the following concepts:
1. A master resource-loaded schedule should be prepared for all PMs.
2. PM work-control documents should be prepared for each task. Since they are recurring
and may be used on more than one piece of equipment, they should be designed for easy
replication.
3. PM tasks are capable of being quickly sorted and listed by system and required
operational condition. This can aid in planning work items during forced outages or
unplanned changes in operating conditions.
4. PMs should be scheduled at their nominal intervals and, where practical, with corrective
and other related maintenance or testing on the same equipment.
5. PMs that might affect the results of surveillance testing such as lubrication, venting, and
equipment exercising should be scheduled to occur following the completion of
surveillance testing to avoid pre-conditioning the equipment and affecting the results.
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6. PMs are intended to be performed at their nominal periodicity (e.g. weekly, monthly,
quarterly), using a graded approach. To allow some flexibility for workload and other
unforeseeable conditions, the maintenance program documents should define what is
meant by each technically based nominal period. Generally, this allowance should not be
more than 25% of the PM interval (e.g. monthly equals three to five weeks) not to exceed
one quarter regardless of the interval, and should be approved as part of the interval
determination. PMs should be scheduled at their nominal intervals under normal
circumstances.
7. Delays in the performance of scheduled PMs beyond their defined period should require
escalating approval. For example, approval should be obtained from system engineers,
maintenance supervisors, operations managers, maintenance managers, and the facility
manager, depending on the length of time that the task is to be delayed and the potential
risk involved.
8. Maintenance and operations personnel should be encouraged to recommend changes in
PM interval based on real-time observations and conditions. System engineers should
evaluate and the operations and maintenance management should approve these
proposals. Figure III.E-1 provides a sample form.
9. The Maintenance Manager should report periodically to the Operations Manager any
associated problems with performing PM tasks, including the number overdue.
E.2.1.3 Performing PMs
PMs should be performed using the normal work control processes for recurring maintenance.
All involved parties should be coordinated (e.g., operations, radiological protection, QA/QC).
Good work practices; such as pre-job briefings, data recordings, cleanliness, correct tool use,
supervision, and history update; are essential to the PM task.
E.2.1.4 Evaluation of the PM Program
PM program assessments should include the overall effectiveness of the program in improving
facility and equipment availability, as well as reducing the cost of maintenance. This evaluation
should consider PMs that are being performed unnecessarily or excessively, thereby consuming
valuable and limited resources that may otherwise be used to upgrade other maintenance
programs. Additionally, excessive PMs may increase item deterioration, radiation exposures,
maintenance errors, and rework.
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Items to be considered in the evaluation should include:
• Adequacy of PM procedures as deemed by worker feedback;
• Applicable QA audit reports and self-assessment findings;
• Failure trend reports for facility and industry equipment;
• Applicable occurrence, nonconformance, and material deficiency reports; and/or
• Deferral statistics and causes.
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Using the results of these evaluations, the following items should be addressed and implemented
as appropriate:
• Adjustment of PM task intervals;
• Redefinition of PM activities;
• Addition or deletion of PM activities;
• Adjustment of spare parts stocking levels;
• Replacement of cost/labor intensive items;
• The need for personal protective equipment in performing PM tasks;
• Propose design changes;
• Identification of special tools; and/or
• Revised PM program and/or PM task procedures.
E.2.2 Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
PdM consists of measurements or tests performed to detect equipment or system conditions.
These activities should be less invasive, time consuming, and costly than preventive or corrective
maintenance. The results of PdM can be analyzed to determine what degree of maintenance is
required and when it is needed. This provides benefits similar to preventive maintenance
without performing unneeded maintenance with its cost and potential for human error.
Corrective maintenance efficiency may be improved by directing repair efforts (manpower,
tooling, parts) at problems detected using PdM techniques. Industry studies have shown
significant savings and improved reliability using PdM. PdM should be integrated into the
overall maintenance program so that “proactive repair” planned maintenance may be performed
before equipment failure.
Not all equipment conditions and failure modes can be reliably monitored; therefore, PdM
should be selectively applied. It is normally limited to components and systems that are
important to the safe and reliable operation of the facility. The effectiveness of the program is
dependent on the accuracy of equipment degradation rate and time to failure assessment.
Many different predictive maintenance techniques are used throughout industry. The following
paragraphs describe some of the common predictive maintenance techniques. Although the key
elements of the program are applicable to all facilities, some of the details may need to be
modified to reflect individual facility conditions and needs.
Bearing temperature monitoring is a technique used to measure and trend temperatures of critical
machinery bearings to predict failure. Changes in bearing temperature may indicate wear due to
loss of lubrication, excessive vibration, or intrusion of foreign material into the rotating
assemblies. Bearing temperature analysis is often performed in conjunction with the vibration
monitoring and lubricating oil analysis/ferrography programs.
Infrared thermography is a technique based on the fact that the infrared radiation emitted by a
source varies with its surface temperature. Infrared surveys may be performed on heat-
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to monitor for high resistance, loose connections, or insulation breakdown. Additionally, this
technique may be applied to pinpoint condenser air in-leakage locations and valve leaks.
Lubricating oil analysis, ferrography, and grease analysis are techniques used for the early
detection of lubricant breakdown and abnormal wear.
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• Lubricating oil analysis monitors the actual condition of the oil itself. Parameters
measured include viscosity, moisture, additive package, and the presence of other
contaminants.
• Ferrography is a technique used to analyze oil for metal wear products and other
particulates. Trending and analyzing the amount and type of wear particles in a
machine’s lubrication system may pinpoint where degradation is occurring.
• Grease analyses are techniques used to detect changes in the lubricating properties of
grease. Sensory tests such as color, odor, and consistency are most often applied to
greases. A penetration test is sometimes used to quantify grease consistency. Grease
analyses are often performed on samples obtained from motor-operated valves.
Vibration monitoring is a technique used for monitoring and analyzing facility rotating
equipment. This technique is used to analyze displacement, velocity, and acceleration
parameters to predict the need to correct problems such as bad bearings, poor alignments, or
improper balance.
In addition to the predictive maintenance techniques already described, various other methods,
including the following, may be used as a predictive approach to monitoring facility
performance.
• Eddy current testing is used to monitor heat exchanger tube wall thickness.
• Temperature differential is used as a means of monitoring heat exchanger performance.
• Flow measurement is used to monitor heat exchanger and pump performance.
• Unit heat rate is used to measure facility steam cycle efficiency.
Acoustic testing is in many cases one of the few techniques that can locate leaks in buried lines.
Acoustic testing utilizes various devices that amplify the sound produced by leaking fluids to aid
in the detection and location of leaks in buried pipelines. Acoustic testing can be used for leak
detection in water, steam, gas and air lines.
The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) - Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Best
Practices Guide, Chapter 6 provides additional discussion and references regarding Predictive
Maintenance Technologies.
E.2.3 Corrective Maintenance
Corrective Maintenance is performed in response to failed or malfunctioning equipment,
systems, or facilities in order to restore their intended function and design capabilities. Analysis
should be performed to determine the causes of unexpected failure and the corrective action that
should be taken, including feedback into the preventive and predictive maintenance programs,
and training and qualification programs. The establishment of priorities for corrective
maintenance should be based on plant objectives and the relative importance of the equipment.
Section D of this Guide provides information on planned and unplanned maintenance
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scheduling. Emergency management procedures should manage equipment failures leading to
emergency conditions. This is not to be confused with urgent maintenance, failure of equipment
important to safety and/or mission performance. Urgent maintenance may have accelerated
processes, but should continue to follow the ISM model for work scope definition, hazard
identification and control, and work authorization.
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A program for identification and timely repair of deficient SSCs should be established. There
should be established criteria and responsibilities established for timely review and approval of
deficiency reports and work requests. A reliable method should be in place to confirm that all
material deficiencies are identified and entered into the work-control system. Inspection criteria,
including a process to measure the degradation of standby and passive safety-related systems
should be in place, and inspection tours should be periodically conducted to identify any
exceptions or deviations. The criteria should include:
• Mechanical systems and equipment are in good working order;
• Good equipment lubrication practices are being followed;
• Fluid system leaks are minimized, monitored, appropriately corrected or controlled, and
assessed for impact on safe operations;
• Instrumentation, controls, and associated indicators are operable and calibrated as
required;
• Electrical and electronic equipment are operable and appropriately protected from
adverse environmental conditions;
• Mechanical operators, fasteners, and supports are in place and operable;
• Components, systems, and structures are preserved and insulated; and
• Housekeeping is adequate to support reliable system operations.
E.2.4 Maintenance of Facilities in Transition
Many DOE nuclear facilities are in transition rather than an operational or standby mode. Some
of these facilities are large and complex, geographically widespread, and contain potentially
hazardous chemical, nuclear, or radiological materials. Their transition includes deactivation,
decommissioning, surveillance and maintenance (S&M), demolition, and site remediation. A
review should be conducted to provide the safety basis, and physical and administrative
characteristics of the facilities following cessation of operations, but before the disposition
begins. The objective of the review should be to identify and evaluate the boundaries of the
facility being transferred; its physical condition; the extent, nature, and level of contamination;
inventories/estimates of types and quantities of special nuclear, fissionable, toxic, hazardous,
and/or radioactive materials; and the appropriate S&M requirements. DOE G 430.1-2,
Implementation Guide for Surveillance and Maintenance during Facility Transition and
Disposition, provides guidance pertaining to S&M activities.
Throughout a facility’s transition phase, S&M activities should be performed to monitor and
document the presence, status, and/or condition of SSCs and hazards associated with the facility.
S&M should be adjusted as needed following deactivation, decommissioning, and demolition
activities. Continuing S&M should ensure adequate containment of contamination, and potential
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hazards to workers, the public, and the environment are minimized.
As remediation occurs at a facility in transition and the hazard profile changes, the authorization
basis and associated S&M requirements should also change to be commensurate with the hazards
and impacts to workers, the public and the environment. DOE-STD-1120-2005, Integration of
Environment, Safety, And Health into Facility Disposition Activities, provides guidance for
integrating ES&H into facility disposition activities. It also provides guidance that addresses
authorization basis and its changes during facility disposition.
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Preventive Maintenance (PM) Document Validation and Feedback Form
PM Task Number: ___________________________ Work Order No.: ______________
PM Description/Title: ___________________________________________________________
Component Tag Number: _____________________
Component Description: _________________________________________________________
Performers/Discipline:
Evaluation Factors YES NO NA Comment
1. Materials and tools equipment list
complete and adequate?
2. Can PM task be performed as written?
3. Procedure reflects current as-built
facility configuration?
4. Referenced parts/equipment correctly
identified and easily located?
5.
Graphic illustrations accurate, legible,
and easy to understand?
Indicate enough illustrative detail to
perform the PM task adequately?
6. Data sheets follow sequentially with the
procedure book?
7. Prerequisites, precautions, and
limitations clearly identified?
8. Tag numbers, nomenclature, and
units/symbols identical to those on the
components or instruments?
9. PM frequency adequate?
10. Step, Caution, and Note statements
easily understandable?
11. Changes to Work Order required?
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Evaluation Factors YES NO NA Comment
12. Personnel allocations/ requirements
adequate?
13. Concurrent maintenance correctly
identified?
14. Editorial/grammatical errors identified?
Recommended changes to format, flow, or technical content:
Additional Comments:
Resolution/Justification:
Resolved by: ________________________________________
Signature Date: ___________________
Figure III.E-1 Sample Preventive Maintenance Document Validation and Feedback Form
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F. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
F.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include the process for developing and
implementing documented and approved work instructions for work on safety SSCs (i.e., work
packages, procedures, work instructions, and drawings).
In meeting this requirement, maintenance procedures should be prepared and used to provide
appropriate work direction and to ensure that maintenance is performed in a safe, efficient, and
consistent manner. Maintenance procedures should be technically accurate, complete, up to date,
and presented in a clear, concise, and consistent manner to minimize human error. DOE-STD
1029-92, Chg 1, provides information on maintenance procedures.
Guidance should be provided for the development, writing, verification, validation, approval, and
use of maintenance procedures as required. The guidance should also include such factors as
procedure: issuance, periodic review, revision, reference material control, identification, and
storage
The NMMP should address the following:
• A process governing the development of procedures which includes:
- Ensuring procedures are clear, concise, and contain adequate information for users to
understand and perform their activities effectively;
- Verifying technical details such as set points, control logic, and equipment numbers
are consistent among procedures, drawings, valve lineup sheets, and system
descriptions;
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- Including hold-points such as quality and radiological protection checks in
procedures, as needed;
- Incorporating human performance factors into procedures to promote error-free
performance;
- Documenting post-maintenance/modification testing requirements and acceptance
criteria, follow-on steps, and restoration instructions, where appropriate; and
- Checking new, changed, or revised procedures to ensure usability before or during
initial use.
• Control of the review, approval, and revision of procedures and other work-related
documents;
• How documents used in lieu of or in support of procedures (such as excerpts from vendor
manuals) receive the same review and approval as procedures, and are maintained
technically accurate and up-to-date;
• How effective procedures are clearly identified and maintained readily available for
workers;
• Management’s expectations for procedure use;
• Identifying actions to be taken when procedures conflict, are inadequate for the intended
tasks, or when unexpected results occur; and
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• Periodic procedure reviews for technical accuracy, human performance factors, and the
inclusion of in-house and industry operating experience.
F.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
As addressed in DOE O 433.1B, the term ‘maintenance procedures’ is a generic term for
documents providing maintenance directions (e.g., work packages, procedures, work
instructions, and drawings). Maintenance procedures should be prepared and used to provide
appropriate work direction and to ensure that maintenance is performed in a safe, efficient, and
consistent manner. Maintenance procedures should be technically accurate, complete, up to date,
and presented in a clear, concise, and consistent manner to minimize human error. DOE-STD
1029-92, Chg 1, provide information on maintenance procedures.
Guidance should be provided for the development, writing, verification, validation, approval, and
use of maintenance procedures as required. The guidance should also include such factors as
procedure: issuance, periodic review, revision, reference material control, identification, and
storage
A balanced combination of written direction, skilled workers, and work-site supervision is
required to achieve the quality work essential to safe and reliable facility operation.
F.2.1 Guidelines - Maintenance Procedure Development and Writing
Maintenance procedures should be written for and used in all maintenance of SSCs that are part
of the safety basis in Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities. Maintenance procedures
should be developed following ISM and the five core functions: define the scope of work,
analyze the hazards, establish the controls, perform the work safely, and obtain feedback.
Maintenance procedures should extend the five core functions into the planning and performance
of work. Using the graded approach, the procedures may include information such as special
skill levels required; materials and special tools needed; facility or system conditions and permits
needed; and other safety requirements and precautions needed to perform the maintenance.
Workers should be involved in procedure development and verification whenever possible. In
addition, the procedures should identify system interactions and interconnectivities that could
result in equipment/systems undergoing maintenance adversely affecting other SSCs.
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The maintenance procedures should be clear and concise with the user in mind, to ensure
accurate understanding. Experienced workers and engineers can be trained to write maintenance
procedures, or procedure writers can be used, with experienced workers or engineers providing
technical input. Maintenance procedures should include the following:
• Procedure identification and approval status;
• Procedure purpose and scope;
• Consistent organization, presentation and format;
• Clearly understandable text, using correct grammar and punctuation; appropriate level of
detail; concise instruction steps in logical sequence; flags to identify instructions steps
that need to be performed in a prescribed sequence; specific nomenclature; quantitative
and compatible values; referencing methods; coordination of multiple actions; effective
formatting; and clear table, graph, and data sheet layout;
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• Clear indication of hold points, warnings, caution statements, independent verification
requirements, or data to be recorded;
• Nuclear facility and system prerequisites, precautions and limitations, required special
tools and materials, and required personnel;
• Clear indication of post-maintenance/post-modification testing and acceptance criteria,
follow-on steps, and restoration instructions where appropriate;
• Applicable operating experience information;
• Direction to workers to stop work and notify management of maintenance that cannot be
completed as originally planned; and/or
• Reference to source information.
F.2.2 Guidelines - Procedure Verification
Verification is review of a new or revised procedure to determine whether it is technically
accurate and in the proper format. The review should ensure the work activity is adequately
described, all hazards are analyzed and controls are established, and that human factors
principles and appropriate administrative policies are incorporated. The technical accuracy
review should review the procedure against the design requirement for the system or component
it concerns. This may be accomplished by comparing the vendor manual and design
specifications to the procedure.
Verification should be conducted by one or more reviewers who were not involved in writing the
procedure but are representative of the intended users. Reviewers from other disciplines, such as
health physics, engineering, and operations, should be considered for involvement in the process.
F.2.3 Guidelines - Procedure Validation
Validation is review of a procedure to determine its usability and correctness. This review
evaluates whether the procedure provides sufficient and understandable direction to the worker
and is compatible with the equipment or system being maintained. Validation may be conducted
in a shop, in a training environment, on a mockup or simulator, or by the worker and supervisor
walking through the procedure prior to its approval. In general the walk through of the
procedure should be done at the location where the work will be performed to identify any issues
with equipment, the procedure, access, unanticipated hazards, controls, etc. In certain hazardous
circumstances, such as a high radiation area, it may be necessary to identify any issues without
performing the walk through at the work location.
F.2.4 Guidelines - Procedure Approval
Proposed procedures and changes to procedures, which could affect the performance of safety
SSCs, should be reviewed as part of the USQ process. In accordance with administrative
procedures, management should approve maintenance procedures.
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F.2.5 Guidelines - Procedure Use
A process should be in place to ensure the worker has the most current procedure prior to
performing work.
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Management should establish and reinforce clear expectations and requirements for the use of
procedures to perform maintenance activities. Management should ensure procedure use
requirements are understood and met by the workers. Normally, three levels of procedure use
are defined:
• Continuous use of procedures for activities having direct impact on nuclear safety and
reliability or difficult, complex tasks independent of the frequency performed (generally
the worker will have the procedure in-hand or immediately available for use in executing
tasks);
• Reference use for tasks easily accomplished from memory or for tasks for which
improper actions pose no immediate consequences to workers or equipment (generally
the worker will have the procedure available in the work area for referral as needed); and
• Information use for tasks that can be performed without referring to the procedure
(generally the worker will cover these procedures in training or preparing to perform
work, separate from the work area).
Procedures should clearly identify and distinguish between steps or groups of steps that may be
performed out of sequence and those that need to be performed in a prescribed sequence.
Procedure users should understand the need to use procedures with forethought and good
judgment, even when step-by-step compliance is not required. Workers should not proceed with
work and should seek supervisory assistance with any situation that is unclear or unexpected.
(See definition of stop work and time out/safety pause.) Supervisors or managers should
resolve such inquiries promptly
F.2.6 Guidelines - Procedure Change Control, Periodic Review, and Revision
Responsibilities for procedure program administration should be clearly defined. Procedure
changes (i.e., redlines) and revisions should be controlled in accordance with facility
administrative requirements. All procedures should be periodically reviewed to ensure their
continued applicability and accuracy. Redline changes and revisions of procedures should
receive the same review, approval, and distribution as new procedures with the extent of these
reviews varying depending on the extent of the revision. The implementation impacts need to be
evaluated and communicated to affected parties (e.g., training and other
procedures/forms/processes).
Vendor manuals or the portions of a vendor manual and other reference materials used in support
of maintenance should be technically accurate, up to date, and controlled. Reference material
(e.g., an instruction section of a vendor manual and vendor or contractor drawings) used in lieu
of facility-prepared maintenance procedures should receive the same review and approval as
facility maintenance procedures.
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G. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION
G.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B and using a graded approach as applicable, the NMMP must
include a training and qualification program for maintenance positions specified in DOE O
426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, Qualification, and Certification Requirements for DOE
Nuclear Facilities (formerly DOE O 5480.20A).
The NMMP should address the following:
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• That a maintenance training and qualification program should establish and maintain the
knowledge and skills needed by maintenance personnel to perform maintenance on all
SSCs that are part of the safety basis for Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities;
• Maintenance is performed by or under the direct supervision of personnel who are
qualified on the tasks to be performed;
• Maintenance personnel, including temporary and non-facility personnel, are
knowledgeable of the following (as applicable to their activities) or escorted by an
individual who is:
- General plant layout;
- Purpose and importance of facility/systems and equipment;
- Maintenance policies, processes, and procedures;
- Effect of work on facility systems;
- Industrial safety, including hazards associated with work on specific;
equipment/systems;
- Radiological protection and ALARA principles;
- Job-specific work practices;
- Principles to be used in the identification of potential suspect/counterfeit items;
and
- Cleanliness and housekeeping practices.
• On-The-Job Training activities being evaluated for qualification sign-off are evaluated by
personnel qualified as OJT instructors/evaluators;
• Maintenance personnel are knowledgeable of appropriate lessons learned from industry
and in-house operating experiences (including actual events) applicable to their craft;
• Maintenance personnel are capable of troubleshooting equipment problems in a safe and
efficient manner;
• Continuing Training is performed to maintain and enhance worker proficiencies and
qualifications;
• Maintenance training is reviewed as part of the facility’s Self-Assessment Program; and
• Periodic systematic evaluations of maintenance training and qualification (not to exceed
three years) in accordance with DOE-STD-1070-94 "Guidelines for Evaluation of
Nuclear Facility Training Programs” are performed (This may be done as a portion of the
periodic evaluation of the overall facility/organization training program).
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G.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
A balanced combination of written guidance, worker skills, and work-site supervision is required
to achieve the quality workmanship essential to safe and reliable facility operation. This section
discusses maintenance training program guidance (i.e., worker skills). Many organizations find
that applying the same principles from DOE O 426.2 to all levels of maintenance promotes safe
and efficient worker performance.
Many facilities rely heavily on what is known as “skill-of-the-craft”, but have not assessed the
actual skill levels of their personnel. For example, it is commonly accepted that an electrician
possesses the necessary skills to install wiring and terminal lugs; however, certain electrical
products require specialized training and skills to install electrical wires, cables, and conduits
(e.g., termination and sealing of various types of medium voltage (5–15 kV) cables;
environmental sealing of connections of cables to bus bars rated up to 15 kV in accordance with
ANSI C37.20; and sealing connections to medium voltage motors). While work instructions
should take credit for the skill-of-the-craft, to reduce the potential for inadequate instructions to
personnel, maintenance managers should establish minimum levels of craft proficiency and
implement training programs to ensure that the expected craft skill levels are developed and
maintained. This baseline skill-of-the-craft training may be coordinated with or conducted by
bargaining unit organizations that provide maintenance workers. Specialized and facility-
specific training is normally provided by the facility training organization.
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Some examples of maintenance skills-of-the-craft may include:
• Lubricating equipment;
• Cutting fasteners to length;
• Installing tubing;
• Tightening or replacing fittings;
• Replacing gaskets, bolting, valve packing, and stationary seals;
• Taking electrical readings, such as insulation resistance and voltage;
• Replacing fuses and lamps;
• Insulating cables (except on printed circuit boards);
• Soldering (except on printed circuit boards); and/or
• Crimping lugs and splices (non-EQ).
Maintenance management should be directly involved in this training program, which should
establish and maintain the knowledge and skills needed by personnel to perform maintenance.
This involvement should include coordination with the training organization to establish and
maintain individualized training and qualification programs, course objectives and content,
required reading, On-The-Job Training (OJT) exercises, and schedules. Additionally,
maintenance management should routinely provide feedback to improve training program
content and emphasis based upon observation of maintenance activities.
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G.2.1 Responsibilities
Responsibilities for establishing, implementing, and maintaining the Maintenance Training
Program should be clearly defined and understood. The key element for success is coordination
between the management of the maintenance and training organizations. Maintenance Managers
should ensure:
• Nuclear maintenance is only performed by qualified individuals, or trainees under direct
supervision of a qualified worker;
• Training Programs are defined and developed for jobs associated with the maintenance of
SSCs related to the safety basis of nuclear facilities with emphasis on successful
performance in the field;
• Individual training plans are assigned to individuals based upon their prospective job
assignments and their previous education, training, experience, and skill level;
• Required training, including OJT, is appropriately scheduled and attended by
maintenance personnel; and
• Training-effectiveness feedback is provided to enhance and adjust course teaching
methods, content, and emphasis.
G.2.2 Training Program Development
DOE O 426.2 states:
“All technicians and maintenance personnel must be qualified to perform the tasks associated
with their specialty, or work under the direct supervision of personnel qualified to perform the
activity or task.”
“Personnel who perform work on engineered safety features as identified in the facility
Documented Safety Analysis must be trained on those systems/components. Included in this
category are systems having a direct impact on the safe operation of the facility. System training
must, at a minimum, include the following elements:
1 Purpose of the system;
2 General description of the system including major components, relationship to other
systems, and all safety implications associated with working on the system; and
3 Related industry and facility-specific experience.”
The training program should be established utilizing the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT)
Process. The basic SAT elements include: job analysis; performance objectives; training design,
development, and implementation; trainee evaluation; and improvement of the training based on
the performance of trained personnel in the job setting.
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DOE-HDBK-1078-94, Training Program Handbook: A Systematic Approach to Training, and
DOE-HDBK-1074-95, Alternative Systematic Approaches to Training, should be used to
implement a graded SAT approach. Additional implementation guidance (e.g., analysis, learning
objective development, developing examinations) can be found on the DOE Technical Standards
web site http://www.standards.doe.gov/.
Each trainee’s previous education, experience, and skill level should be reviewed to determine if
they can be credited with satisfying any portions of the training program. One method to
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accomplish this is to administer a written examination to prospective employees. Based on the
exam results, a training program and milestones for the individual could be established.
Training should be defined and developed or obtained to include managerial, supervisory,
planning, craft, and other positions, as deemed necessary.
G.2.3 On-the-Job Training
OJT is practical, hands-on training by which employees learn skills through training conducted
within the job environment. OJT is a formal part of maintenance training. This aspect of an
individual’s training is normally conducted in the facility as part of their day-to-day work
activities. Accordingly, maintenance department supervisors and selected experienced workers
should be directly involved in OJT. Key elements of OJT include the following.
• Program Adherence. OJT should be conducted in accordance with formally defined
training programs that specifically identify items the trainee needs to accomplish.
Knowledge requirements for each item, as well as the action a trainee is required to do
(perform, simulate, observe, or discuss), should be defined. Both the trainer and the
trainee should understand what is required for each training item.
• Trainer Qualification. OJT evaluations should be performed by personnel who are
qualified as OJT instructors/evaluators. Personnel in the training department who have
maintenance experience, as well as personnel in the maintenance department itself, may
be used as OJT instructors/evaluators. They should have good verbal communication
skills and technical knowledge, and should have the ability to provide trainees with
effective hands-on experience.
• Trainee Supervision and Control. Non-qualified personnel should work under the direct
supervision of personnel qualified to perform the activity or task. The trainee should
understand how to avoid errors that could affect personnel safety or adversely impact the
station. Before performing maintenance on equipment, trainees should discuss the
procedure with the qualified worker and talk through required actions by pointing to the
control switch, valve breaker, or other component that will be manipulated. Incorrect
actions should be discussed, particularly if they could result in a plant transient such as an
equipment trip. The trainee should also demonstrate industrial safety and radiological
protection aspects of the job (e.g., the equipment to be maintained is properly tagged and
isolated, and an RWP is used). When trainees perform maintenance for qualification
purposes, a qualified OJT instructor should observe the work so that the trainee properly
accomplishes the activity in accordance with OJT evaluation guidance.
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• Logs and Reports. The qualified worker should review any information recorded by the
trainee on official work and data sheets, and should stress to the trainee the importance of
maintaining accurate training and nuclear facility records. In addition, they should
discuss with the trainee out-of-specification values and their consequences, and the
required reporting of such issues.
• Number of Trainees. Consideration should be given to the training effectiveness and the
effect on the equipment being maintained when a number of trainees are involved in an
activity. Limiting the number will help each trainee receive the most effective instruction
and will help ensure that the qualified worker is not overwhelmed by having too many
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trainees at once. An individual may be able to handle several trainees for disassembly
and assembly of a pump. However, it may be prudent to have only one trainee at a time
for work involving a live, high voltage circuit or for conducting safety system
surveillances.
• Qualified to Conduct Maintenance. The Maintenance Manager should establish a process
that only allows individuals to perform independent maintenance on equipment for which
they are qualified. This process should specify how supervisors determine that an
individual is qualified before they are independently assigned to perform a task.
G.2.4 Qualification
Maintenance management should review an individual’s training accomplishments before
qualifying them for a given task. Similarly, qualifications of contractor personnel should be
reviewed. This review should include the following:
• Verifying completion of all required prerequisite training;
• Conducting or evaluating the results of a final written, oral, or practical examination, if
required;
• Evaluating the recommendations of the individual’s supervisors; and
• Formally approving and documenting qualification.
G.2.5 Management and Supervisory Training
There should be a formalized training program that provides the necessary training to develop
and maintain managerial and supervisory skills. The program’s training should include, but not
be limited to accountability; assessment and observation of routine activities; communication
skills; teamwork; and company management styles and philosophies. It should also include
position-specific technical areas that enable these individuals to communicate properly with their
workers and to carry out their responsibilities. This is especially important to aid first-line
supervisors in managing maintenance activities. Career progression planning should be used to
help customize the training program for personnel being considered for specific supervisory and
managerial positions.
G.2.6 Continuing Training
Continuing training programs should be established to maintain and enhance the knowledge and
skills of personnel who perform functions associated with engineered safety features as identified
in the facility safety basis. Process and administrative changes that affect the workers should be
included. The guidance in DOE-HDBK-1118-99, Guide to Good Practices for Continuing
Training, should be used to develop continuing training programs. Satisfactory participation in
this program and work performance, and completion of any periodic prerequisite training (e.g.
GET) should maintain worker qualifications following initial qualification.
G.2.7 Training Program Approval, Effectiveness, and Feedback
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The Maintenance Manager should be directly involved in approving and periodically reviewing
the Maintenance Training Program. The performance of maintenance personnel should be
monitored to identify enhancements and emphases for the initial and continuing training
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elements as part of the facility’s self-assessment process.
Any performance trends indicating maintenance knowledge or skills that need improvement
should be considered during review of the maintenance training. Trainee feedback on their
perceptions and suggestions for improving the training program should be obtained. The training
organization should address recommendations from the Maintenance Manager for changes to
training programs.
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H. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
H.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include incorporation of the configuration
management program to control approved modifications and to prevent unauthorized
modifications to Safety SSCs. Implementation of Configuration Management (CM) programs
shall be in accordance with requirements of DOE O 420.1C.
The NMMP should address the following:
• The process to document and maintain plant configuration and handle desired changes,
while maintaining the facility safety basis and without increasing risk to personnel,
facility equipment, or the environment;
• The process to authorize the use of equivalent repair parts, and a method for workers to
verify this approval;
• The role of the CSE in CM according to DOE O 420.1C; and
• A method to ensure that planners and workers are familiar with the need for engineering
review and approval if maintenance will not result in returning SSCs to their design
configuration;
H.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Proper CM is integral to the ongoing integrity of the safety basis. Baseline configurations of
SSCs that are part of the safety basis should be maintained or changes controlled to ensure they
continue to support their safety function with no increase in risk to personnel, facility equipment,
or the environment.
Nuclear facility maintenance is integral to configuration management in the following ways:
• Proper maintenance helps maintain consistency among design requirements,
documentation, and the physical equipment;
• Proactive maintenance (PM/PdM) staves off degradation and keeps equipment operating
within design requirements;
• Corrective maintenance returns SSCs to their designed/documented configuration and
function;
• Work controls ensure intended changes are made and unintended changes are not
introduced;
• Post-Maintenance Tests ensure SSCs conform to design requirements after maintenance
or planned modification; and
• Surveillance & Testing verify continuing SSC functionality to design/safety basis
requirements.
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H.2.1 Maintenance Program Interface with Modifications
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A modification is a planned and controlled change to a facility SSC that is accomplished in
accordance with the requirements and limitations of applicable procedures, codes, standards,
specifications, licenses, and predetermined safety restrictions identical to or commensurate with
those of the item being modified. DOE-STD-1073-2003, Configuration Management, provides
detailed guidance for the overall CM Program and will not be repeated here. Generally, the
engineering group has cognizance of the CM Program. The maintenance process should address
installation and verification of facility modifications based on the complexity of the task, the
extent of the modification, and the importance of the equipment, just as is done for normal
maintenance activities. Typically, maintenance packages, which implement a design change,
have additional commissioning and/or post-installation testing requirements specified by the
design change package to validate the operability of the installation.
Normal maintenance practices are intended to closeout work with the affected equipment in its
original baseline configuration. Replacement parts should be identical to the installed parts
unless item equivalency has been reviewed and approved by engineering. The modification
process addresses control of activities, which can change SSC configuration.
H.2.2 Temporary Modifications
Temporary modifications allow equipment to remain in or be returned to service in a condition
that is not the same as the currently approved design. They may also result in short-term
alterations to facility SSCs such that they do not conform to permanent drawings or other design
documents. Temporary modifications should be reviewed (including reviewing for Unreviewed
Safety Questions), approved, documented, and periodically reassessed. This ensures that
temporary alterations made to facility SSCs do not unacceptably alter or degrade the original
design, facility safety (including the safety basis), or reliability. The number and duration of
temporary modifications should be minimized. Temporary and non-standard repairs should be
approved and tracked as temporary modifications. Temporary modification control is discussed
further in DOE-STD-1039-93, “Guide to Good Practices for Control of Equipment and System
Status”.
The following are examples of conditions that may be temporary modifications to in-service
equipment:
• Lifted electrical leads or jumpers;
• Mechanical bypasses, jumpers, or blank flanges;
• Temporary set point changes or disabled annunciators/alarms;
• Disabled relief or safety valves;
• Temporary equipment or pipe supports; and
• Disabled floor drains.
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I. PROCUREMENT
I.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include appropriate integration of the
procurement process with the NMMP to ensure the availability of parts, materials and services
for maintenance activities. Overall, procurement normally falls under the responsibility of the
Materials Management/Supply/Procurement organization. However, as a customer of the
procurement process, maintenance should be involved in the aspects of procurement, which
impact the parts, materials, and services received; and how they effectively integrate into those
processes. Additionally, 10 CFR Part 830.120, DOE O 414.1D, Quality Assurance, and its
associated Guide provide the requirements and implementing guidance for the quality aspects of
materials management.
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The NMMP should address the following:
• The process to identify, order, receive, store, and install proper parts and materials for
work activities while meeting all quality requirements;
• Mechanisms to provide for the expeditious procurement of parts and material on a high
priority basis when needed;
• How materials are stored and identified in ways that result in timely retrieval;
• How safety-related parts and components are properly controlled, segregated, and
identified in all material storage areas;
• Identifying, segregating, and properly controlling flammable, contaminated, radioactive,
and other hazardous materials;
• How parts and materials issued for installation are properly controlled, and appropriate
unused parts and materials are promptly returned to inventory;
• Providing input to stock level adjustments, as necessary, to meet facility needs; and
• How lessons learned from experience, such as lead times, parts usage, and supplier
reliability, are factored into materials management.
I.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
The procurement process should support maintenance by providing the correct parts, materials,
and services in a timely and cost effective manner. Achieving this goal requires efficient
coordination from the equipment designers, through processes, which compile a master parts
listing, establish and maintain an appropriate supply of these parts, and make them available to
the workers in the field. Additional controls are used to ensure the characteristics and quality of
materials and services used in all SSCs that are part of the safety basis.
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I.2.1 Procurement Policy and Procedures
Policies should be established for the procurement of parts, material, and services. These
policies should be understood by procurement personnel and other personnel who interface with
them, such as engineers, maintenance supervisors, and work planners.
Identification of the need for specialized services from vendors should be made in time to
provide for solicitation of bidders, and for bidding on and awarding contracts. Provisions should
be made when possible for general service agreements so that services can be supplied at short
notice.
Procedures should be available to describe specific procurement actions and the specific
responsibilities of personnel involved in the procurement of special items, such as:
• Safety-class SSCs;
• Safety-significant SSCs;
• Critical spare parts;
• Major project purchases;
• Routine procurement purchases;
• Contracted work and services; and/or
• Hazardous materials.
I.2.2 Spare Parts
Establishing the master catalog of spare parts and appropriate stocking levels requires a
significant effort initially and ongoing effort over the life of the facility. The starting point
should be the Master Equipment List (MEL), which at a minimum contains a list of all SSCs that
are part of the safety basis. This equipment is expanded into its respective subassemblies,
components, and piece parts to identify potential spare parts using drawings, manuals, and
vendor information. With this list, vendor recommendations, operations and maintenance
experience, and engineering judgment, as well as duplicate equipment and common parts used in
multiple units, should be balanced to determine the items and amount to stock on hand.
Consideration is also required of the lead-time, cost, shelf life, size, and storage requirements for
selecting stock levels, as warehouse facilities, their contents, and maintenance compete with
other funding priorities.
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A catalog (electronic or hard copy) of parts, materials, and equipment normally used at the
facility should exist with an up-to-date indication of what is available for issue. This catalog
should provide a cross-reference listing that contains such information as manufacturer part
number, local part number, name, and component or system for which a part is used. This
catalog assists in more efficient planning and execution of maintenance activities.
Spare parts and stocking levels should be reviewed over the life of the facility to ensure they are
effectively supporting maintenance and operations. Usage data should be kept and reviewed to
identify unnecessary materials kept in stock. Updates should occur when facility modifications
add, remove, or change equipment; or periodic maintenance activities are changed. Maintenance
should provide input to this process and recommendations when stocking levels are considered
inappropriate for maintenance support.
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I.2.3 Procurement Control
To maintain the validity of the safety basis, replacement parts and materials should meet the
equipment design criteria. A graded approach is used to verify the critical attributes of these
items based upon the importance of each item. Not every piece part of a safety system is integral
to the system’s safety function and may not require the degree of rigor to verify its capabilities as
those items that are critical to the safety function. The QA Program should specify the processes
used to approve suppliers; upgrade commercially obtained materials; perform receipt
inspections; and document, track, and disposition identified deficiencies. Additionally, the terms
"like-for-like" or "like-in-kind" should be applied to assure the correct component or part is used.
A process for providing the data that forms the basis for procurement of items, which support all
SSCs that are part of the safety basis, and other major purchases (i.e., equipment and
construction projects) should exist, typically within the engineering organization. This data
should include:
• Critical parameters and their acceptance criteria;
• Unique or special testing requirements/methods;
• Reorder instructions; and
• Suspect/counterfeit parts information.
Procurement controls should be developed and maintained to help maintenance obtain parts,
materials, and services promptly. Consideration should be given to the following:
• The ability to track procurement status from receiving through delivery to issue-for-use;
• Ability of the procurement organization to track procurement progress and take necessary
measures to meet maintenance and outage schedules;
• Emergency procurement policies and an expediting process to obtain parts, materials, and
services that are needed immediately to support safe and reliable facility operation;
• Control and maintenance of QA records to provide documentation for qualified parts and
materials, and to ensure traceability of parts and materials;
• Assurance that procurement documents and controls prevent the delivery or use of
suspect/counterfeit parts;
• Segregation and status resolution of damaged, nonconforming, or otherwise deficient
items. Technical reviews should be initiated promptly to aid in the resolution of these
items;
• Retaining special receipt inspection documentation to support future procurement;
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• Provisions for qualifying nonqualified material (i.e., commercial grade dedication). An
effective upgrade process will result in improved availability of quality parts and
materials; and
• Verification of the reliability of supplier performance. This can be accomplished by
audits, inspections, or surveillances of supplier facilities.
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I.2.4 Receipt and Inspection
When parts, materials, and equipment are received, stores personnel should inspect them before
they are accepted. This inspection is conducted to verify that the items delivered agree with the
approved purchase documentation, are packaged in accordance with purchase order
specifications, have necessary product control requirements furnished by the vendor (such as
special storage or shelf life information), and appear to be in good condition. In the case of
safety items stores personnel and QA should inspect them to ensure that the vendor has supplied
what was ordered, that the necessary formal documentation has accompanied the shipment or is
otherwise on hand, and that items have been received in an acceptable condition. An acceptance
tag or label placed on the received material may be used to signify that the receiving inspection
was performed and that the applicable requirements have been met. Maintenance should have
access to this documentation.
Engineering and maintenance personnel may be needed to assist in the receipt inspection of more
complicated parts, materials, and equipment. Recurring or special test/inspection packages may
be required for maintenance personnel to conduct and document these checks on received
material prior to being released for issue. In some situations, outside facilities/organizations may
be used to conduct specialized testing beyond the facility’s capability.
Special inspections and/or tests should be considered for products that have histories of being
counterfeited, such as high strength fasteners, molded case breakers, valves, UL listed items and
semi-conductors. Refer to Section K for additional guidance on Suspect and Counterfeit Items
(S/CI).
Engineering personnel should approve any deviation from design specifications of material or
equipment received before the item is considered for issue. They should also approve any
upgrade of material or equipment from a non-safety to a safety category. Nonconforming items
should be clearly identified; segregated from normal items to prevent inadvertent use;
documented on a nonconformance report and/or a defective or substandard material report; and
tracked and resolved as soon as practical by the applicable authority.
I.2.5 Storage
While this guidance has general applicability, it is specifically intended for use by maintenance
to ensure that storage of materials under their cognizance is addressed. This stored material may
be staged for construction, future maintenance outage, or simply standard spares/materials used
by maintenance during their ongoing work.
Material and equipment should be stored in a manner that provides adequate protection and
accessibility with due consideration for environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity,
and particulates. Items requiring periodic maintenance or checks, such as checking energized
heaters, changing desiccant, meggering motors, rotating shafts, or changing cover gas, should be
located to simplify this work. A method of tracking the requirements and documenting
completion should be used. Consideration should be given to use of the Preventive Maintenance
(PM) process for this purpose vice using another stand-alone method.
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The receipt and issue of items from stores should be documented promptly so that the inventory
record accurately reflects the current inventory. The record system should also indicate the
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location of items in the warehouse or other designated storage areas. A method should be used
to control access to storage areas.
Shelf life control should be provided for items that degrade over time. Various items with finite
storage lifetimes (such as paints, recorder paper, adhesives, sealants, valve diaphragms, and
gasket material) should be tracked so that stock that has exceeded its shelf life is not issued. Any
material reaching the end of its shelf life should receive proper engineering analysis with
appropriate vendor input to extend its storage life, or the material should be disposed and new
material ordered. Reordering/restocking programs should incorporate appropriate lead times to
ensure sufficient material with good shelf life is available for issue.
Material and equipment subject to restricted use and distribution such as Safety Class Items,
critical spare parts, certain sealants and compounds, precious metals, etc., should have clearly
defined instructions that provide for:
• Unique identification;
• Segregation from normal stock;
• Access control;
• Issue only to those on authorized signature lists; and
• Purchase order tracking and ready traceability from design drawing through purchasing,
receipt, storage, handling, and installation.
Safety material and equipment should be segregated from non-safety related material and
equipment to prevent inadvertent use of the wrong category of item. If segregation is not
practical, marking and tagging techniques should be developed to preclude use of the wrong
material or equipment.
A system should be established to ensure the proper storage, segregation, and control of
hazardous materials such as chemicals, radioactive/reactive organics, reagents, explosives,
flammables/combustibles, corrosives, and pesticides/herbicides; specialty equipment and tools;
and general materials, equipment, and tools. Controls should be established for field storage of
such consumables to ensure that they are properly stored, identified, and used.
A process for periodic general inspections of storage areas should exist. Typical storage control
observations should document the following:
• Reactive chemicals are segregated and secured, as required;
• Flammables are marked and stored in proper containers;
• Radioactive substances are properly shielded and marked;
• Carcinogens are segregated from other materials and equipment;
• Stainless steel and other “pedigree” metals are segregated from other metals (particularly
carbon steel);
• Motors, pumps, relief valves, and other items are stored on their bases;
• Stacking of items, crates, boxes, barrels, etc. does not exceed stacking recommendations;
• Packaging and seals have not been violated leaving contents exposed to degradation
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caused by the intrusion of foreign materials or environmental conditions;
• Machined and threaded surfaces are left adequately protected;
• Applicable insect and rodent controls are in effect;
• Applicable shelf life conditions are in effect;
• The building structure and support systems (e.g. HVAC, lighting) are adequate and in
working order; and
• Environmental controls that control moisture, dust, sun exposure, etc. are in effect.
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J. MAINTENANCE TOOL AND EQUIPMENT CONTROL
J.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must clearly address the process for control of
maintenance tools including calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment.
The NMMP should address the following:
• The availability of proper tools, equipment, and consumable supplies to support work
requirements;
• Providing suitable storage for tools and equipment;
• The identification and storage of special tools, jigs, and fixtures to permit retrieval when
needed;
• Maintaining equipment and tools in good repair;
• Actions expected when worn or defective items are identified (a method should be
established to remove them from service, and to tag and/or segregate them from normal
items to prevent unsafe use);
• A process for segregation and disposition of tools and equipment contaminated by
radioactive or other hazardous material;
• Provisions for scheduled equipment and tool inspection (including some portable hand
tools such as electrical drill motors) on the basis of risk to safety and importance to
reliable use;
• Identification, testing, and proper storage of welding, lifting, scaffolding, and rigging
equipment, as well as for safety devices and personnel safety equipment;
• How the M&TE Program complies with ANSI/NSCL Z540.3-2006, “American National
Standard for Calibration – Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test
Equipment”;
• Calibration and control of M&TE to provide accuracy and traceability;
• Maintaining auditable documentation for M&TE items exempted from calibration;
• Removing from service defective and out-of-tolerance test equipment;
• Action required for equipment calibrated/inspected/maintained with out-of-tolerance test
equipment; and
• Designating and controlling storage, laydown, and staging areas.
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J.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Adequate tool and equipment control contributes to facility safety and efficiency, reduces
maintenance delays, and limits the number of tools potentially contaminated. Methods should be
provided for the storage, issue, and maintenance of an adequate and readily available supply of
tools and equipment, and for the development of any special tools and equipment needed. A
policy should be established for the storage, issuance, decontamination, and reuse of
contaminated tools and equipment.
A program for control and calibration of M&TE should be established, consistent with the QA
requirements of 10 CFR Part 830, Subpart A, and as implemented by the selected QA standard,
and should ensure the accurate performance of facility instrumentation and equipment for
testing, calibration, and repair. M&TE devices include tools, gauges, instruments, devices, or
systems used to inspect, test, calibrate, or measure parameters. M&TE devices also include
permanently installed facility process or control instrumentation. Those items or systems not
influencing product quality or verifying conformity to specified requirements may be exempted
from calibration. M&TE equipment exempt from periodic calibration should be clearly labeled
or addressed through other means to denote its status and preclude its use where calibrated
equipment is required. The basis for such exemptions should be documented.
The adequacy of tool and equipment control, including M&TE, to support maintenance and
operations should be evaluated as part of the facility’s self-assessment program.
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J.2.1 Storage and Issuance
The maintenance organization should assign responsibility for the proper storage and issuance of
both stationary and portable tools and equipment. Permanent issuance of tools to individuals or
groups of facility personnel who use them daily and who are responsible for maintaining them
contributes to worker efficiency. Controls, such as sign-out sheets or tool crib attendants, should
be used in tool storage areas to provide accountability for and availability of tools.
The storage area(s) should address environmental controls; considering such issues as:
• Isolation/segregation of chemicals;
• Flammability of lubricants and paint;
• Qualification of parts/components;
• Damage to elastomers and polypropylene parts because of exposure to light; and
• Control of radioactive materials.
Worn, defective, or otherwise unusable tools should be segregated so that only safe, usable tools
are available. Non-repairable tools should be disposed of in a timely manner.
A method should exist to identify the availability and sources for special tools and equipment
obtained from vendors or contractors. When these special tools and equipment are at the facility,
they should be controlled in the same manner as other tools and equipment.
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J.2.2 Tool and Equipment Maintenance
Maintenance tools and other support equipment should be evaluated for inclusion in the Periodic
Maintenance program (see Section E. Types of Maintenance).
J.2.3 M&TE
A comprehensive M&TE Program should comply with 10 CFR Part 830, Subpart A. MT&E
calibration should comply with ANSI/NSCL Z540.3-2006, “American National Standard for
Calibration – Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment.
When post calibration validation (closeout) of test equipment is required, M&TE subject to
contamination should be packaged and used in a manner that minimizes the possibility of
external and internal contamination (e.g., wrapped in clear plastic, taped, and isolated).
J.2.4 Use of Special Tools and Equipment
Special tools, test rigs, special equipment, lifting and rigging equipment, and mockups should be
suitable for their intended use, approved by engineering, reviewed under the USQ process, and
properly identified.
To improve the use of special tools and equipment use, and enhance job performance and
efficiency, instructions should be provided for their use.
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K. SUSPECT AND COUNTERFEIT ITEMS (S/CIs)
K.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include incorporation of the process to
prevent the use of suspect and counterfeit items into maintenance procedures and work
instructions. The controls to prevent entry, detect, control, report, and disposition S/CIs should
interface with a facility’s maintenance program.
The NMMP should address:
• The controls established to assure that items and services meet specified requirements as
set forth in DOE O 414.1D and Title 10 CFR Part 830, Subpart A; and
• The processes to prevent entry, detect, control, report, and disposition of S/CIs per DOE
O 414.1D and DOE G 414.1-2B.
K.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
K.2.1 Procurement
DOE O 414.1D establishes requirements to prevent the introduction of S/CIs into the DOE
complex during the procurement process. In accordance with DOE O 414.1D, the underlying
principles in procurement include:
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• Purchasers are required assure that suppliers have demonstrated they are capable of
delivering acceptable items in a timely manner;
• Both the extent of procurement controls and verification activities are commensurate with
the importance of the item to safe and reliable operation; and
• Persons involved in the procurement process should receive training in S/CI awareness
and prevention methods.
K.2.2 Inspection and Acceptance
Item/part number verification and review of certification documentation (e.g., CMTRs,
Certificates of Compliance) alone are not sufficient to verify the quality of purchased items.
Engineering attributes and QA criteria should also be specified and verified. Consideration
should be given to the following:
• History of S/CI concerns with the item;
• Intended safety function of the item;
• Attributes required to perform the function;
• Supplier past performance information;
• Source inspection, surveillance, assessments, or QA audit results;
• Receipt inspection and acceptance testing results;
• Special test and examination methods (e.g., chemical analysis, hardness and tensile
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testing); and
• Post-installation testing.
K.2.3 Engineering Involvement
Experience gained through the NRC has demonstrated that effective S/CI processes have these
common characteristics:
• Engineering staff involvement in procurement and product acceptance;
• Effective supplier evaluation, source inspection, receipt inspection, and testing programs;
• Thorough, engineering-based processes for review, testing, and dedication of
commercial-grade items for suitability in safety systems and mission critical facilities;
and
• Engineering staff should receive training in S/CI awareness and design, prevention, and
detection methods.
K.2.4 Installed items
DOE O 414.1D requires DOE and its contractors to implement QA programs with procedures for
inspecting, identifying, evaluating, testing, removing, replacing, and dispositioning S/CIs
installed in safety systems, non-safety systems, and critical load paths of lifting equipment and
mission critical facilities. DOE O 232.2 further requires that all installed S/CIs, regardless of
their application, be reported by means of ORPS.
K.2.5 Removal and Disposition
Consistent with the guidance provided above, all known S/CIs should be removed as soon as
practicable from any location within the DOE complex when an engineering evaluation has
determined that the S/CI could create a safety hazard. S/CI may be destroyed, provided:
• The item cannot be traced to a supplier, manufacturer, or distributor;
• The item is not required as material evidence by the local Office of Inspector General
(OIG) for litigation;
• The local OIG has authorized destruction of the item; and
• The item is clearly marked or tagged as: S/CI; Rejected; or Not Approved for Use.
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L. MAINTENANCE HISTORY
L.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, Maintenance Management Program for DOE Nuclear
Facilities, the NMMP must include the process for developing and maintaining documented and
retrievable maintenance history (i.e., preventive maintenance, repairs, cost data, system
availability data, and failure data) to support work planning, performance trending, analysis of
problems to determine root causes of unplanned occurrences related to maintenance, and
continuous program improvement.
The NMMP should address the following:
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• Maintaining maintenance history records for SSCs that are part of the safety basis;
• Considering maintenance history records in planning for corrective maintenance, periodic
maintenance, and modifications;
• The availability of maintenance history records for use by appropriate personnel and
departments;
• Effectively documenting maintenance work and inspection/test results; and
• Periodic reviews of maintenance history to identify equipment trends and persistent
maintenance problems to determine root causes and to assess the impact on facility safety
and reliability. Maintenance program adjustments are made or other corrective actions
are taken as needed.
L.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
A maintenance history and trending program should be implemented to document maintenance
performed, to provide historical information for maintenance planning, to support maintenance
and performance trending of facility systems and components, and to improve facility reliability.
The documentation of complete, detailed, and usable history will be increasingly important as
plant-life extension becomes an issue. Maintenance history enables trending to identify
improvements for the maintenance program and needed equipment replacements or
modifications. This history should assist in ensuring that root causes of failures are determined,
corrected, and used in future work planning.
The maintenance history program should clearly identify the SSCs for which a history is to be
maintained, the data to be collected, methods for recording data, and uses for the data.
Typically, maintenance history is maintained for all SSCs for which Periodic Maintenance is
performed. The program should include the type of equipment, model, serial and identification
numbers, location information, and other information listed below.
As a minimum, each SSC included in the safety basis should have a separate maintenance history
file. An essential element of the history files is a chronological record (beginning with the date
of installation) of the completion data of each work order (for all types of work orders and
service calls) including the date of completion, worker notes on completed work orders, labor
hours expended, etc. The history file should include data on each review of the history including
results of the review, date of review, and names of personnel who performed the review.
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NOTE: Examples of component identification/descriptions forms and maintenance history
records are shown in Figures III.L-1 and III.L-2, respectively.
Currently, most maintenance history systems are contained in Computerized Maintenance
Management Software (CMMS). Some CMMS systems are linked to electronic maintenance
manuals created by scanning the paper manuals. The elements of maintenance history are the
same for both paper-based and software-based systems. For both types of systems, engineering
review and analysis should be performed to ensure the overall maintenance history program
contains all the necessary elements. Whether electronically or manually maintained, easy access
to the historical data should be provided to all groups needing the information.
L.2.1 Program Development
Equipment Identification The MEL normally identifies many elements of the maintenance
history program needed for the maintenance history file described below.
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Data Identification The maintenance history program data should be collected and recorded to
support the uses discussed below effectively. Some examples of data that should be included or
cross-referenced in the program are corrective maintenance records; PM records; modification
packages; vendor repair information start-up tests and other baseline data; appropriate
surveillance test data; calibration data; and applicable industry experience information. The
specific data to be collected should include details of the work performed, special equipment and
tools used, procedures or drawings needed, spare parts installed, personnel safety and radiation
protection requirements, post maintenance testing results, and any other information that may be
useful later.
L.2.2 Data Collection
Data on each completed work order or service call should be reviewed and entered in the
maintenance history system. Any apparent errors, inconsistencies, or lack of detail should be
noted and corrected by the maintenance supervisor. Data problems identified during history
reviews should be referred to the appropriate supervisor for resolution.
L.2.3 Maintenance History File Development
Components may be grouped by system or by component type. The maintenance history file for
each component should include the following four sections.
Component Identification and Description Each component should be identified by its name
and number as listed in the MEL. In the case of components grouped by type, this may be an
index of all individual components and their associated systems. The description should include
the manufacturer’s name, model, and serial number (see Figure III.L-1 as an example).
Additional reference may be made to purchase order number; vendor manuals; drawings; system
logic and/or flow diagrams; owner/operator cost center; acquisition data; location; applicable
engineering documents; operating requirements/characteristics/history; spare parts list;
owner/operator documents; and applicable maintenance procedures. When a component is
replaced or modified, the original record should be annotated and retained in the file, and a new
record, referencing the original record, should be prepared and placed in the file.
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Maintenance Record The maintenance record is a chronological record of all work performed.
After the work is completed, the maintenance supervisor should ensure work package
information (including the as-found and as-left conditions) is added to the maintenance record.
An example of a maintenance record is included in Figure III.L-2. Periodic engineering review
of the history file is recorded.
Diagnostic Monitoring Data This section of the Maintenance History file should contain all
performance-related information derived from baseline tests and checkout data, predictive
maintenance, surveillance tests, and post maintenance tests. Engineering support personnel
should review completed test documents to ensure data have been properly analyzed and
recorded.
Vendor Correspondence This section of the Maintenance History file should contain any
correspondence, inspections, and test results received from the vendor that relate to routine or
PM servicing, parts, changes to as-built drawings, etc. Engineering support personnel should
review this information and ensure it is filed and properly applied.
L.2.4 Program Use
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Equipment failures and abnormal trends should be analyzed and corrective action recommended
in a timely manner. In addition, periodic engineering reviews of the maintenance history file
should be conducted in accordance with a schedule recommended by the engineering support
supervisor and approved by the responsible manager. The purpose of the reviews is to determine
whether recurring maintenance problems or other performance trends indicate a need for
corrective maintenance, replacements or modifications. The assigned engineer should determine
the probable cause and recommend a course of action. This may result in corrective
maintenance, component modification or replacement, a change in the preventive or predictive
maintenance schedule, or a change in a procedure. The assigned engineer should track
performance after corrective action has been performed to ensure deficiencies have been
corrected.
Regular users should be trained to access and search the history databases and files.
Maintenance coordinators, supervisors, experienced workers, and work planners should review
the maintenance history file on defective and similar components. Their review should consider
information on similar deficiencies and performance trends when preparing WRs/WOs and/or
work package repair instructions. They should also consider the performance of similar
components at other DOE and non-DOE facilities (e.g., INPO reports).
The following uses of maintenance history data should be considered:
• Failure analysis (providing some of the data needed to support analyzing and trending
failures);
• Maintenance assessments (providing input to identify maintenance program
improvements);
• Preventive Maintenance (providing some of the data useful for identifying and justifying
Preventive Maintenance program changes);
• Outage planning (providing some of the data useful for post-outage evaluation and as a
basis for planning the next outage);
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• ALARA program (providing work-time data useful for radiological exposure evaluation
and planning); and
• Plant life extension (providing some of the data needed to support extension of plant
design life).
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L.3 EXAMPLE DOCUMENTS
SAFETY INJECTION PUMP 1
PEI SI 19724 Bingham Pump
Class I Model 4 X 6 X 9-CP
Purchase Order AC-4286316 Serial Number 14 SA 479
Vendor Man. Vol. II - Bingham Pumps Eng. Drawing E6-390162
Flow Diagram AL 480526, Safety Injection
Applicable Procedures:
MA-4.1924, Safety Injection Pump Disassembly
MA-4.1925, Safety Injection Pump Assembly
MA-4.1926, Safety Injection Pump Seal Replacement
SP-6.2163, Safety Injection Pump Performance Test - Monthly
PM-5.1372, Safety Injection Pump Inspection - Quarterly
PM-5.3916, Safety Injection Pump Inspection - Annual
NOTE: 8 ½-in. x 11"-in. cards are recommended when manual recording is used.
Figure III.L-1. Example Component Identification and Description.
SAFETY INJECTION PUMP 1
6-12-78 M.J.R. 49731 Inboard seal excessive leakage. Removed and inspected seal; excessive
wear. Cleaned and inspected shaft. Installed new seal, part no. 187421. Conducted
SP-6.2163; perform SAT. Total craft-resource-hours expended 80.
11-15-79 M.J.R. 51874 Modified first stage impeller retaining nut staking as per Bingham
instructions 6-15-79. Internals cleaned and inspected-SAT. Assembled and
realigned. Conducted SP-6.2163; perform, SAT. Total craft-resource-hours
expended 50.
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1-12-80 Reviewed maintenance history file—no problems noted.
Figure III.L-2. Example Maintenance Record
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M. AGING DEGRADATION AND TECHNICAL OBSOLESCENCE
M.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include processes for conducting
inspections to ensure design features within the safety basis can continue to perform their
intended safety functions, and to evaluate aging-related degradation and technical obsolescence.
The NMMP should address the following:
• The specific SSCs subject to aging management degradation inspections;
• Parameters monitored or inspected for the particular structure and component intended
function(s);
• Acceptance criteria, against which the need for corrective action will be evaluated, to
ensure that the SSCs intended function continues to meet all safety basis requirements;
• Monitoring and trending to provide predictability of the extent of degradation before
there is a loss of the SSC’s intended function(s) and timely corrective or mitigative
actions;
• The monitoring, inspection, and testing frequency and sample size appropriate for timely
detection of aging effects;
• The review process for information received during aging degradation inspections;
• Ensuring that preventive maintenance is adequate and that appropriate corrective actions,
when required, have been completed and are effective;
• How operating experience of the aging management program, including past corrective
actions resulting in program enhancements or additional programs, provides objective
evidence to support that the effects of aging will be adequately managed so that the
structure and component intended function(s) will be maintained; and
• High value components that are approaching end of life are included in a recapitalization
requirements program as defined in DOE O 430.1B.
M.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Aging inspections have an important role in ensuring SSCs within the TSR can continue to meet
design requirements and perform their intended safety functions over the life of the facility.
Generally, the current performance of credited SSC is ensured through the performance of
surveillance requirements specified in the TSR. Consideration should be made to include aging
inspections in the surveillance requirements.
Similarly, defense-in-depth features identified in the safety basis should be evaluated to
determine if aging degradation inspections are appropriate to ensure there is not a potential
reduction in the overall defense-in-depth occurring over prolonged years of service.
Aging inspections should evaluate degradation of safety function that may have occurred from
environmental exposure, exposure to working fluids, corrosion, stress cracking, pitting, and other
degradation mechanisms relevant to the credited safety function. The periodicity of these
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inspections should be based on an engineering evaluation of these likely degradation
mechanisms.
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, AP-913, Equipment Reliability Process Description,
should be considered when establishing the aging degradation process within the Nuclear
Maintenance Management Plan.
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N. SEASONAL FACILITY PRESERVATION
N.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include the process for ensuring the
prevention of damage to safety SSCs from adverse weather conditions.
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The NMMP should address the following:
• How buildings and equipment with the potential for damage from seasonal weather and
environmental conditions are identified, and a risk assessment conducted based on a
graded approach;
• The development and implementation of protection plans to ensure that the facility is
maintained in a safe condition during severe weather and environmental conditions; and
• Verifying the effectiveness of controls to assure seasonal facility preservation measures
effectively prevent equipment and building damage at DOE facilities.
N.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Seasonal facility preservation includes developing and implementing a plan to address severe
weather, environmental, and wildfire conditions for the safe operation and preservation of DOE
nuclear facilities, and the prevention of damage to safety SSCs. This section describes example,
proactive measures that should be taken by maintenance organizations to adapt the facilities to
changing external conditions. This requires that a plan be established for assessments and
preventive actions for facilities to ensure protection from adverse local conditions. To give this
work appropriate priority, a task team should be established to develop and implement this plan.
The plan should clearly define responsibilities, accountabilities, and interfaces for each
functional organization supporting each step in the plan. A severe conditions facility
preservation plan, as a minimum, should include steps to address the following:
• Cold weather, including freezing conditions, hail, snow, and ice;
• Flash floods and mud slides;
• Hurricane watches and warnings;
• Tornado watches and warnings (high winds);
• Extreme hot/dry weather; and
• Wildfires.
N.2.1 Facility Preservation during Severe Conditions Plan
Buildings and equipment with the potential for damage from seasonal weather conditions should
be identified and a risk assessment based on a graded approach should be conducted. Damage
prevention or mitigation plans should be developed that include contingencies for the critical
facilities or equipment that are likely to sustain damage. The plan should ensure that, in all
cases, the preparatory actions and requirements imposed to provide severe conditions protection,
particularly those taken to restrict safety system functions, are reviewed by facility operations
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and safety personnel before implementation to ensure that the facility is maintained in a safe
condition to protect the health and safety of the public.
The Severe Conditions Protection Plans should be in the form of a checklist or a group of
procedures that include the following actions:
• Ensuring that facility plans are validated, verified, and approved;
• Ensuring that manufacturer temperature limitations are considered for exposed
equipment;
• Ensuring adequate foul weather and fire protection gear, tools, and equipment are
available for use;
• Ensuring periodic maintenance is current for emergency diesel generators,
uninterruptable power supplies, and plant battery banks;
• Identifying and performing corrective actions on deficiencies to systems/equipment that
prevent/mitigate seasonal hazard problems to ensure that proper operation of equipment
is maintained;
• Inspecting on-going job sites for loose materials and debris, which may become missiles
in strong winds, and securing them to the maximum extent possible;
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• Examining all facilities and equipment assigned to their area of responsibility on a
seasonal basis to ensure their readiness (e.g. vehicles are in good repair and have fuel);
• Maintaining a crew call-in list for maintenance crews to respond to specific seasonal
hazard related problems;
• Ensuring removal of seasonal weather protection features after the weather season is
over; and
• Evaluating plan activities involving maintenance organizations to determine and
implement enhancement/improvement opportunities in a timely manner.
Facility managers should consider severe conditions related problems as a priority and take
immediate corrective action to minimize damage for anticipated or current weather conditions
(N.2.7 may be used as an example checklist for cold weather conditions.). Examples include the
following:
• Ensuring predetermined operational changes are executed to protect equipment and
facilities assigned, such as modification to set-ups or shut down/start-up of equipment as
required to ensure protection from potential damage and to minimize loads on power
distribution lines;
• Realigning primary heating, ventilating, and air- conditioning (HVAC) equipment that
may affect ambient temperatures;
• Monitoring their assigned facilities for protection and assuring any necessary on-site
actions are taken and/or correct personnel are notified to protect equipment and facilities
assigned to their area of responsibility;
• Curtailing operations (safe shutdown) of a facility identified as having a high probability
for sustaining damage when subjected to unusually severe conditions; and
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• Identifying personnel to be evacuated during severe conditions and ensuring any such
evacuation is carried out in accordance with approved emergency procedures.
N.2.2 Cold Weather Preparation
A freeze protection plan should be prepared for each DOE nuclear facility. The plan will detail
the actions and requirements imposed on the facility to assure protection of the safety
equipment/facility. The plan will ensure that, in all cases, the actions and requirements imposed
to provide cold weather/freeze protection, particularly before those taken to restrict or cut off
nuclear systems coolant, will be reviewed by facility operations and safety personnel to ensure
the facility will be maintained in a safe condition to protect the health and safety of the public.
In addition to the list of items in N.2.1, the following should be included to minimize equipment
and building damage from cold weather conditions, temperatures less than or equal to 35º F,
including hail, snow, and ice:
• Identifying areas where portable heating may be required and obtaining portable heating
equipment; portable heaters should be inspected, tested, and staged by facility personnel
who are trained in their safe use;
• Monitoring the conditions surrounding wet-pipe sprinkler systems to ensure a
temperature of above 40º F is maintained and taking appropriate actions such as making
provisions for auxiliary heat, draining, and/or posting a fire watch;
• Ensuring air intakes, windows, doors and any other access points that may result in
abnormal flow of cold air into an area susceptible to freeze damage are secured;
• Ensuring heating systems are cleaned, serviced, and functionally tested;
• Ensuring antifreeze used in cooling systems is checked and replaced as necessary;
• Ensuring heating system power and temperature controls are protected against
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inadvertent deactivation;
• Ensuring systems requiring or deserving special protection due to hazards or costs
associated with freeze damage have temperature alarms and/or automatic backup heat
sources;
• Ensuring the main water supply cutoffs for each critical facility are identified, tested, and
readily accessible to emergency personnel responding to a freeze/thaw incident;
• Inspecting outside storage pads and unheated storage areas to ensure that there are no
materials susceptible to freeze damage;
• Implementing snow and ice removal activities;
• Ensuring employees are aware of the need to identify and report any suspected problem
with heating or other cold weather protection equipment (e.g., non-insulated water or
process pipes, steam trace heaters isolated, broken windows);
• Evaluating the removal of freeze protection equipment from service during the seasonal
freeze period;
• Ensuring availability and use of salt, sand, and “ice-chaser” as needed;
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• Inspecting outside areas to ensure that gutters and downspouts are provided where there
is a potential for ice buildup that may restrict egress;
• Ensuring operations or facility personnel have specific responsibility for monitoring the
temperatures in facilities’ on and off shifts, including weekends and holidays;
• Alerting personnel and providing increased surveillance in periods of extreme, unusual,
or extended cold; and
• Ensuring contingency plans are prepared and available for temporarily curtailing
operations in those nuclear facilities, which are likely to sustain freeze damage when
unusually severe weather is expected.
N.2.3 Flash Floods and Mud Slides
In addition to the list of items in N.2.1, the following should be included to minimize equipment
and building damage due to flash flooding and mudslides:
• Doors and windows closed;
• Vulnerable items covered with tarps;
• Storm drains kept clear of debris;
• Sandbags and dikes used where necessary;
• Water-vulnerable items raised above the expected water line; and
• All vehicles parked/moved to high ground as necessary.
N.2.4 Hurricane Watches and Warnings
In addition to the lists of items in N.2.1 and N.2.3, the items listed below should be included to
minimize equipment and building damage from a hurricane:
• Windows boarded up or taped as necessary during a hurricane watch;
• Safe shutdown of vulnerable equipment; and
• Emergency evacuation policies and routes posted.
N.2.5 Tornado Watches and Warnings (High Winds)
In addition to the lists of items in N.2.1, and N.2.3, the following should be included to minimize
equipment and building damage from tornadoes:
• Plan for the safe shutdown of vulnerable equipment; and
• Emergency evacuation policies and routes posted.
N.2.6 Extreme Hot/Dry Weather
In addition to the guidelines listed in N.2.1, the following should be included to minimize
equipment and building damage from extreme hot/dry weather:
• Plan for the safe shutdown of vulnerable equipment;
• Restrict operations, which involve heat (welding, burning, sparks, etc.);
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• Restrict fire hazards (smoking, etc.);
• Ensure an ample supply of portable fire extinguishers is available;
• Ensure fire protection personnel are alerted; and
• Ensure all exits are kept clear.
N.2.7 Example Cold Weather Checklist
SEPTEMBER
Building
Managers
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Increase surveillance of assigned facilities to identify areas having a high
probability for sustaining freeze damage. Generate Standing WOs or
WRs/WOs for corrective action.
Maintenance
Department
Increase surveillance of facilities to identify areas having a high probability
for sustaining weather related damage. Generate WRs/WOs for corrective
action.
Check status of winter and foul weather gear, tools, and equipment for
personnel required to work outdoors.
Plan and schedule final outages on steam system(s).
Coordinate semiannual boiler inspections.
Plan and schedule seasonal facility preservation WRs/WOs and Periodic
Maintenance job request.
OCTOBER
Facility
Manager
Annual reminder to the plant of seasonal facility preservation precautions.
Building
Managers
Coordinate with maintenance managers to assure timely scheduling and
completion of seasonal facility preservation related WRs/WOs.
Maintenance
Department
Complete semiannual boiler inspections.
Complete maintenance activities requiring outages of steam system.
Request extended workweek for the shops involved in seasonal facility
preservation maintenance activities, if required.
Ensure a crew call-in list is available for maintenance crews to respond to
cold weather related problems.
Complete execution of cold weather related WRs/WOs and Periodic
Maintenance job request.
MARCH
Building
Managers
Increase surveillance of assigned facilities in anticipation of the spring
season. Generate standing WOs and/or WRs/WOs for corrective action.
Maintenance
Department
Plan, schedule, and begin execution of standing WOs and/or WRs/WOs
relating to the spring season.
Schedule Periodic Maintenance job request related to the spring season.
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APRIL
Building
Managers
Coordinate with the Maintenance Department to schedule and execute freeze
protection/prevention standing WOs and/or WRs/WOs that require close
down or turn around work during the warm weather season.
Maintenance
Department
Plan, schedule, and execute freeze protection/prevention standing WOs and/or
WRs/WOs which require close down or turn around work during the warm
weather season.
Continue execution of WRs/WOs and Periodic Maintenance relating to
spring/summer operations.
N.2.8 Example Wildfire Condition Checklists
In addition to the guidelines listed in Section N.2.1, the following should be included to
minimize personnel safety concerns as well as equipment and building damage due to wildfire
conditions:
• Activate the Emergency Operations Center;
• Evacuate Laboratory and local areas as appropriate;
• Where appropriate secure HVAC and other vulnerable equipment systems to isolate
SSCs from soot and smoke damage;
• Ensure safe shutdown of vulnerable equipment; and
• Verify all exits are kept clear.
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O. PERFORMANCE MEASURES
O.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include the process for developing,
maintaining, and communicating performance measures to identify maintenance issues requiring
corrective action and lessons learned.
The NMMP should address the following:
• How performance indicators are established, measured, trended, and analyzed to identify
organizational conditions that are impacting mission goals, including safety and the
reliability of SSCs that are part of the safety basis;
• That goals should be established for these performance indicators/metrics;
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• Metrics which do not achieve their goal or have undesirable trends should be analyzed to
determine the causal factors for this performance;
• Corrective actions should be defined and implemented for unsatisfactory performance or
trends in performance;
• The process for validating the effectiveness of corrective action plans;
• Routine management review of the status of performance indicators; and
• How Performance Measures are included in the organizations self-assessment program.
O.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
A program should be in place to regularly provide management with accurate information
regarding key maintenance performance. Such information should be measured and used to
assess performance and identify areas requiring management attention. Overall indicators
relevant to maintenance performance, indicators to measure progress in achieving goals and
objectives, and specific indicators for monitoring current performance problems and
performance in specific functional areas should be selected. Information should be periodically
presented in a systematic way that provides rapid recognition of trends and comparison of actual
versus expected results and, where appropriate, clearly indicates corrective action and the results
of these actions.
O.2.1 Identifying Performance Indicators
Performance monitoring is a valuable management tool to track the reliability of SSC important
to safety and the conduct of maintenance. However, the identification of performance indicators,
which accurately predict future performance, is challenging. Metrics tend to count results like
lost time accidents and PM accomplishment rate. Typically, a goal is set for each metric and
possibly a grade or color associated with various performance results. Unfortunately, past
performance is not always a reliable indicator of what is to come. Future performance tends to
be more a result of behaviors, how workers follow safety rules or provide feedback on inefficient
work practices; how management personnel interact with the staff and receive bad news.
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Measuring behavior can be more subjective than objective, but standards should be as well
defined as possible.
The selection of core performance indicators should reflect the most important elements of
mission and safety performance. The selection of these metrics is itself a message to the
organization of what management considers important.
For maintenance, typical indicators include:
• Safety
- Safety System Availability;
- LCOs due to equipment failure;
- Total Recordable Case (TRC) and Days Away/Restricted Time (DART); and
- Contamination Events.
• Quality
- Equipment Availability; and
- Maintenance Rework.
• Production
- Corrective Maintenance Backlog; and
- Overdue PMs.
Other examples worthy of consideration include:
• Close-Calls – may identify weak work practices, equipment, or procedures;
• First Aid Cases – may be an indication of safe work practices;
• Overtime Hours – are resources adequate for the work, will backlogs rise;
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Infractions – an indication of safety awareness;
• Sick Days – may indicate the commitment of the workforce (this should not be associated
with specific individuals);
• Self-Assessment Compliance – are supervisors/managers getting into the field, are their
observations meaningful (reinforces good practices, discourages bad practices); and
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• Training Attendance – is training the right priority, are supervisors managing their work
to permit attendance.
The initial selection of performance indicators should be a thoughtful process involving all the
levels of the organization. The selected metrics should be reviewed periodically and modified as
necessary to ensure they provide useful data. The metrics and their purpose need to be
understood by all.
EFCOG published a Performance Metric Manual in 2002, which explains a performance
measurement process piloted at the Savannah River Site. This manual provides a process for
metrics, which flow from top to bottom in an organization. Even if not used exactly as
described, the manual provides numerous ideas to consider in your own program.
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O.2.2 Measuring Performance Indicators
Performance Indicators should be sufficiently defined so that their measurement is a simple
matter of counting or transcribing from an organization record or log. Even assessment results
that may be somewhat subjective can be given a grade useful for comparison. The periodicity of
the data should be thoughtful – typically monthly or quarterly is sufficient. The data should be
recorded, retained, and trended over multiple data periods – typically a year or more.
The data should be true and accurate to be of real value in assessing organizational conditions.
Established goals should be challenging, but realistic. It would be laudable if an organization
never had an occurrence or even a close call, but significant management pressure to achieve that
goal may discourage reporting. A close call, properly handled, could fix an organizational
deficiency that if left unreported could lead to a significant event. That is clearly not the desired
result.
O.2.3 Analyzing Performance Indicators
What is done with performance indicator data is the most important aspect of performance
measures. How are changes in data evaluated to be significant or a trend? Some organizations
have employed Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques to establish data normal and
standard deviations – this may be a reasonable approach if you have access to the specialized
expertise required to make this meaningful. However, most organizations simply look for
changes and the apparent causes, and if other related indicators are consistent. If this condition is
considered important by the responsible manager or their boss, they are further analyzed.
The purpose of analyzing changes in performance indicators is to identify the factors causing the
indicator to change. There will be obvious factors, however, these are typically superficial –
fixing them is not a long-term solution and may hide an error producing condition. There will
likely be human performance factors, but the vast majority of these factors are influenced by
organizational conditions that affect more than a single individual. Data gathering and analysis,
using the event analysis techniques described in the references above, should go beyond
faultfinding and determine the underlying organizational conditions or processes that should be
addressed.
The following factors should be considered in these analyses:
• Availability of Physical Resources
- Tools, equipment;
- Spare parts, materials;
- Workers, support personnel;
- Workspace, light, ventilation;
- Sufficient labels, gauges, annunciators, and control devices;
- Availability of tools, materials, technology, equipment, improved lighting,
adequate budget, spare parts, etc; and
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- Adequate Predictive/Preventive Maintenance.
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• Organization/Facility Structure
- Clear responsibilities, policies, goals;
- Logical reporting structure;
- Effective CM – drawings, procedures, training up-to-date;
- Available support personnel (QC, RadCon, IH, etc.);
- Consistent scheduling and adequate work planning; and
- Effective oversight, self-assessment, and supervision.
• Information
- Adequate Pre-Job Brief, turnover;
- Clear and accurate maintenance, operating, or special test procedures/instructions;
- Accurate and available drawings, equipment manuals, technical specifications;
- Adequate time to review work procedure and prepare for task;
- Lessons Learned appropriately applied/shared; and
- Post-maintenance testing verifies equipment operability.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Effective qualification program;
- Appropriate worker and supervisor training programs and materials;
- Effective OJT and skills training;
- Proper use of self-check and peer-check; and
- Adequate QA/QC.
• Motivation
- Work schedule reasonable, overtime not excessive;
- Appropriate recognition, bonuses; and
- Fair pay, benefits, job security, advancement opportunity, etc.
O.2.4 Performance Improvement
When the analysis has identified causal factors for undesirable trends in performance, a plan of
action should be developed, implemented, and validated to have actually improved performance
without undesirable unintended consequences. Too often worker deficiencies are deemed the
problem and training the solution, but rarely does discipline, making procedures more complex,
and retraining solve broad performance issues. Management should look deeper at the
underlying organizational issues that lead to undesired behavior and work to improve those
processes and approaches. It may include additional data gathering to refine the problem
definition before finalizing the action plan.
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P. FACILITY CONDITION INSPECTION
P.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include the process for conducting and
implementing routine assessment of facilities to identify issues related to operability, reliability,
housekeeping, and general condition.
The NMMP should address the following:
• Planning, conducting, and trending periodic inspections of the material condition of
facilities to support safe and reliable plant operation;
• How material deficiencies are identified and logged in the work-control system;
• The expectations and attributes of facility systems and equipment; such as:
- SSCs are properly preserved and insulated;
- Instruments, controls, and associated indicators are calibrated, as required;
- Good lubrication practices are evident;
- Fasteners, supports, and safety systems are properly installed;
- No fluid system leaks;
- Equipment is appropriately protected from adverse environmental conditions;
- Temporary repairs are minimized; and/or
- Temporary environmental protection (e.g., dust, humidity, freeze, shock) is
provided for facility equipment when needed to support construction, outage, or
maintenance activities.
P.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
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Management should conduct periodic inspections of safety equipment and facilities to ensure
excellent facility condition and housekeeping 10 CFR Part 830.122(h). The condition of a
facility depends on many factors, including design, fabrication, modifications, ongoing
maintenance, facility work-control programs, and day-to-day operation. After initial facility
construction, ongoing maintenance and the control of modifications are prime contributors to
keeping systems and equipment in optimum condition to support safe and reliable operation.
DOE O430.1B provides requirements for establishing a Condition Assessment Program of real
property assets on a five-year cycle. The Facility Condition Inspection should be integrated with
the Condition Assessment Program so that identified repairs can be included as part of Deferred
Maintenance reporting as applicable (see DOE O430.1B, Real Property Asset Management for
more details on Condition Assessment reporting).
Establishing a program for identification and correction of condition deficiencies and
housekeeping discrepancies is an important step in maintaining facilities and equipment in a
condition of maximum safety, reliability, and availability.
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The appearance and proper functioning of facility systems and equipment are key indicators of a
well-maintained and -operated facility. Cleanliness and good housekeeping are the
responsibilities of all facility employees. Additionally, there should be a periodic, focused
inspection effort, by thoroughly trained personnel, to assist in effective identification and
correction of facility condition deficiencies. Identification of technical obsolescence in a facility
condition inspection is also important to determine whether the performance of SSCs is
threatened. The maintenance of systems and equipment within design conditions produces such
benefits as minimizing fluid leakage, minimizing alarms caused by malfunctioning equipment,
and maintaining environmental integrity of equipment. Providing easier access for operations
and maintenance activities by reducing the sources and spread of radioactive contamination
constitutes another benefit of good facility condition and housekeeping.
Additionally, facility condition inspections should include items such as asbestos, PCBs, and
lead based paint locations and material to assure that they are not damaged or contaminating the
area and that they are included in the required identification surveys required by codes, laws, or
policies. A good facility condition inspection program, often called Condition Assessment
Survey (CAS), should include these building materials as a way to account for them. By
combining the surveying and accountability of these hazardous building materials as part of a
Site's CAS program it will make it more efficient and effective.
Properly used, a facility condition and housekeeping inspection program is an effective means
for identifying and correcting deficiencies. The inspection programs should include such
elements as the following:
• Facility managers should set high facility condition and housekeeping standards and
communicate them to all personnel to promote a clear understanding;
• Personnel should receive training in inspection techniques;
• Facility managers and supervisors should personally participate in inspections;
• Inspection areas should be assigned to ensure that the entire facility is periodically
inspected, including areas with difficult access (e.g., high-radiation areas and locked
areas);
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• An inspection coordinator should be assigned to implement, schedule, and monitor the
effectiveness of the inspection program;
• Deficiencies identified should be reported and corrected promptly;
• A CAS with assigned risk assessment code should be used to prioritize schedules for
repair;
• Instructions should be prepared to establish the program and define responsibilities for
conducting inspections, correcting deficiencies, and accomplishing other tasks associated
with the program, such as on-the-spot correction of minor deficiencies. What are
considered minor deficiencies, who is allowed to correct them, and the limitations and
documentation associated with this type of work should be clearly defined; and/or
• Inspection guidelines and criteria should be prepared to assist the assigned inspectors in
performing their inspections.
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This section describes the attributes of an effective inspection program for maintaining excellent
facility condition and housekeeping.
P.2.1 Standards
Management should establish an atmosphere of proper work ethics; positive attitudes; and
specific expectations that are realistic, within the capabilities of the staff, consistent with sound
engineering judgment, and cost effective. Management expectations should be communicated to
all personnel. Facility managers and supervisors should conduct routine inspections to assess
adherence to these expectations. Indicators of good facility condition and housekeeping
standards include the following:
• Verifying rotating equipment operates in accordance with design specifications
(e.g., bearing temperatures normal, vibration levels normal, etc.);
• Ensuring equipment is properly serviced (e.g., lubrication, fluid system integrity, drive-
belts, and filters);
• Temporary repairs are recorded and controlled by the facility temporary modification
program. Permanent repairs are scheduled when facility conditions permit;
• Instruments and gauges are operational, calibrated, on scale, and indicate values
representative of the existing system and equipment conditions;
• Energized electrical and electronic equipment is operative, supplied from normal power
sources, and protected from adverse environmental effects;
• Protective cabinet doors and electrical enclosure covers are installed to maintain design
integrity (e.g., all fasteners installed and tightened, filters clean);
• Equipment and systems are insulated to control heat transfer, to control ambient noise
levels, and to promote personnel safety;
• Facility equipment and systems subject to corrosion are protected with a preservative;
• Temporary environmental protection is provided, where appropriate;
• Industrial and radiological hazards are minimized (e.g., chemicals, oils, and solvents
properly stored; fire barriers maintained; trip hazards nonexistent; radiological postings
current and in place; radiological barriers and step-off pads properly established; and
sources of contamination identified);
• Walkway and equipment access is maintained;
• Equipment is clean (i.e., dirt, debris, tools, parts, and miscellaneous materials are not
allowed to accumulate);
• Station areas, rooms, and grounds, including the storage areas for needed tools and
materials, are maintained in a clean and orderly condition;
• Coatings or coverings used to seal walls and floors in potentially contaminated areas are
in good condition and assist in controlling contamination;
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• No unauthorized modifications or changes exist; and
• Illumination of areas, rooms, and grounds is maintained in a manner that provides
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sufficient light to perform inspections and minor maintenance.
P.2.2 Scheduling
A schedule process should be established that ensures each inspection is performed periodically.
Inspection schedules should specify when they will occur, the area, the inspector, and the general
inspection category. The day and time of inspection should be left to the department manager’s
discretion.
P.2.3 Types of Inspections
Inspections should be separated into focus categories to allow an in-depth look at facility
conditions such as the following:
• Material condition: mechanical (M), electrical (E), roof/building (A), or grounds (G);
• Cleanliness/housekeeping (H);
• Nuclear safety (N) or industrial safety (S); and
• Fire protection(F) or radiological protection/control (R)
All applicable categories should be completed for each inspection area periodically.
P.2.4 Conducting Inspections
Each department manager should conduct an inspection of the assigned inspection area
according to the schedule. The inspection may be conducted as one evolution or as a series of
smaller inspections.
Each inspection should include detailed walk downs of the inspection area, including out-of-the
way and limited-access areas. The inspection should identify deficiencies and corrective actions
being taken to improve facility conditions. In this manner, the program serves as a positive
feedback mechanism.
The manager should include department personnel on inspections to teach inspection techniques
and convey high standards.
P.2.5 Inspection Techniques
While inspections are performed, observe the following:
• Safety practices;
• Work habits;
• Radiological control practices; and
• Work-site orderliness and protection of open systems/components.
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Table III.P-1 is an example of an inspection checklist that may be used. Typically, in-depth
inspections include the following techniques:
• Touching bearing housings, motors, and pumps to check for excessive heating or
vibration;
• Being alert for abnormal sounds or unusual odors;
• Using a flashlight throughout the inspection to enhance visibility;
• Tagging (if used) and documenting deficiencies found during the inspection to provide
accurate description and location information for each problem; and
• Referencing deficiencies to specific maintenance procedures or requirements.
P.2.6 Reporting and Follow-up
The inspection coordinator should provide blank inspection report forms to inspectors.
Inspectors should submit an inspection report to the inspection coordinator.
For some housekeeping deficiencies, on-the-spot corrections may be possible. In those cases,
corrective action should be initiated at the time of the inspection and noted on the report.
Significant deficiencies in facility condition and safety should be reported immediately to the
shift supervisor for appropriate prompt attention and so noted on the report.
The inspection coordinator should forward copies of each inspection report to the appropriate
department managers for corrective actions, and maintain the original inspection reports on file
for tracking and evaluating program effectiveness. The coordinator should periodically review
these files to identify repetitive problems and trend progress.
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Department managers should note on the inspection report the corrective actions planned and
conducted for each deficiency under their responsibility and return the inspection report to the
inspection coordinator to clear deficiencies on file.
The inspection coordinator should keep the equipment owner/operator informed of program
progress. This may be done by written report or by verbal update and should include discussions
of generic or specific performance deficiencies, as well as particularly good areas.
P.2.7 Material Deficiency Identification
Material deficiencies should be tracked. Inspectors should enter a description of the deficiency
in the tracking system. Deficiency tracking system may include use of deficiency tags, status
logs, and/or computer tracking systems, or other equivalent means. Multiple deficiencies of a
similar nature, in close proximity to each other, or that are to be included on the same WR/WO
(e.g., 10 fasteners missing from a motor control center) may be grouped. The fact that there are
multiple deficiencies should be indicated in the tracking system. The date should be used in
conjunction with the tracking system identifier to obtain the WR/WO number.
In locations where utilized, the inspector will attach a deficiency tag to the equipment or
component, as close as possible to the deficiency. Deficiency tags should be applied in a manner
that does not obscure system controls, status indicators, or operating parameter displays. The
duplicate copy, which contains the information necessary for completing a WR/WO, should be
retained until a WR/WO is initiated.
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If the deficiency is inaccessible because of radiation or physical constraints, the hard copy of the
deficiency tag should be hung in a clearly visible area as close as possible to the deficiency. For
those situations where a deficiency tag may restrict the visibility of facility instrumentation or
controls, a smaller deficiency identification sticker should be used.
P.2.8 Work Request/Work Order Initiation
The individual identifying a deficiency should initiate a WR/WO (see Section III.D, Planning,
Scheduling, and Coordination of Maintenance) according to the following steps:
• Enter the deficiency identification tag or sticker number in the WR/WO index, if
applicable. Because the date on the deficiency tag is the date of the WR/WO, the index
provides a cross-reference;
• Use the duplicate portion of the deficiency identification tag to enter key information on
the WR/WO;
• Record the tag or sticker serial number, date, and description of deficiency on the
WR/WO; and
• Note whether it was possible to place the deficiency identification tag in close proximity
to the deficiency.
The duplicate may be affixed to the WR/WO or discarded. The system now provides complete
traceability from a deficiency, using the tag number and date, to the WR/WO index and then to
the WR/WO. The age of a deficiency may be determined in the field from the date on the tag
and the status of its repair determined from the work-control system.
P.2.9 Removing Deficiency Tag Stickers
Responsible personnel should ensure that deficiency tags and stickers are removed following the
completion of corrective maintenance and after verification that the deficiency has been
satisfactorily corrected.
If the tag is lost, or cannot be located, the circumstances should be noted on the original
WR/WO. As a part of their review of the completed WR/WO, the maintenance supervisor
should verify that the tag or sticker has been removed.
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P.2.10 Confirmation of Deficiency Identification Tag and Sticker Use
At least semiannually, the maintenance-planning manager should initiate the following review to
check the use of deficiency identification tags and stickers. This review should be a management
tool only and should not be considered a permanent record. Alternative methods of status
tracking, such as computer databases, status logs, shift turnovers, etc. may be used instead of tags
or stickers.
A representative sample of pending WR/WOs and associated tags or stickers should be verified.
P.2.11 Training
Personnel involved in inspections should be knowledgeable of the standards expected by
laboratory requirements and the techniques required to perform facility condition inspections. In
addition, all personnel should be aware of the importance of good housekeeping and maintaining
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the facility in good condition. The facility manager should conduct some inspections with
selected individuals.
P.2.12 Procedures
Administrative procedures that describe the inspection program should define expectations.
Inspections could be incorporated into the PM or surveillance program similar to other visual
inspections, such as housekeeping inspections. Deficiencies identified during the inspection
should be documented by the inspector (e.g., by initiation of a maintenance request or by use of
an area inspection report). Checklists of equipment to be inspected and types of problems to
look for could be useful as guides for inspectors.
P.2.13 Scope of Inspections
The inspection should include detailed walk-downs of assigned areas. Remote and limited-
access areas should be included.
Key individuals should accompany the managers and supervisors during their inspections. Once
a deficiency is identified, the inspector should attempt to determine the source or cause, how
long it has existed, and whether it has been previously identified.
P.2.14 Inspection Program Elements
Routine inspection programs should include the following elements:
• Inspection areas small enough to be thoroughly inspected within the time allotted;
• Each facility area scheduled for periodic inspection; and
• Periodical rotation of inspectors to avoid familiarity with an inspection area, which can
hinder deficiency identification.
P.2.15 Deficiency Follow-up
A list should be prepared of all deficiencies not included in the work-control system or some
other corrective action system, with responsibility for correction or disposition of each.
Personnel assigned corrective action should periodically report to the inspection coordinator the
results of the actions planned or conducted and deficiencies should be tracked to resolution by
personnel assigned corrective actions and the inspection coordinator, as a fail-safe mechanism.
Reported deficiencies should be monitored to identify recurring, generic, and long-term
problems. Action taken to resolve these problems should include a failure or root-cause analysis
Follow-up of selected corrective actions from previous inspections is necessary for evaluating
the timeliness and effectiveness of corrective actions and for obtaining the maximum benefit
from the inspection program.
The inspection coordinator or an assigned individual should periodically review inspection
reports and facility conditions to evaluate the effectiveness of the inspection program.
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Q. POST MAINTENANCE TESTING
Section 77
Q.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
In accordance with DOE O 433.1B, the NMMP must include processes for post maintenance
testing activities; and verify that SSCs are capable of performing their intended function when
returned to service following maintenance and to ensure that the original deficiency is corrected.
This Guide does not specifically address the post modification testing process; however, most of
the methods described may be used for post modification testing as well.
The NMMP should address the following:
• When and how Post-Maintenance Testing (PMT) should be specified;
• How PMTs are documented and reviewed;
• The role of the CSE in PMT according to DOE O 420.1C; and
• Actions required if a PMT cannot be accomplished immediately after maintenance is
completed.
Q.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION
AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Post maintenance testing integrates with the work-control system, and the health and safety
permit system. The PMT should be commensurate with the maintenance work performed and
the importance of the equipment to facility safety and reliability. In some cases, testing
additional equipment may be required to verify system performance. The status of equipment
that has undergone maintenance should be tracked to ensure that all testing is completed before
work closeout. Planners should coordinate with System Engineers, as applicable, regarding
PMTs.
A PMT should include the following elements:
• The scope, initial conditions and prerequisites, hold points, test requirements, acceptance
criteria and post-test restoration; and
• Methods for documenting the results, and verifying that the resulting data meets
acceptance criteria.
PMTs may be part of the facility work-control system, which uses the facility Work Request
(WR), or work package to specify testing, assign responsibility, and document acceptance of all
PMTs. The WR should provide specific instructions or cross-reference a test procedure and
should provide traceability to PMT data by recording the PMT data directly on the WR or by
referencing data recorded on PMT data sheets or documents.
During the initial processing of a WR/WO, the maintenance planner should include predefined
PMTs in job instructions based on consultation with the owner/operator. Tests of any equipment
affected by code or TSR should be reviewed by cognizant personnel. The WR should be
reviewed by the operations organization to verify that the PMT requirements listed will provide
adequate verification that the equipment will be capable of performing its design functions.
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intent of the maintenance was accomplished (i.e., the intended repair or service was
accomplished), the required configuration was restored, and SSC operability was verified.
In addition, post maintenance testing should be done following preventive maintenance and
troubleshooting activities that might have affected normal functioning of the SSC. Tests should
be conducted under conditions that represent normal operating parameters, such as flow,
differential pressure, temperature, input signal values, and fluid type.
Q.2.1 PMT Scope
Post maintenance testing should be accomplished for safety and non-safety equipment, systems,
or activities such as the following:
• Maintenance that affects integrity or operation of a liquid or gas system;
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• Maintenance that affects mechanical strength of components or fittings;
• Equipment that is included in special programs, such as environmental qualification
programs;
• Maintenance that affects or removes design-approved radiation shielding;
• Electric distribution equipment, such as breakers, bus work, or high-voltage connections;
• Electric control circuitry, such as protection relays, limit switches, or permissive relays;
• Electronic components, such as controllers, circuit cards, and transmitters;
• Instrumentation and instrument loops;
• Health physics and chemistry instrumentation;
• M&TE; and
• Temporary systems that have been installed as substitutes for systems or portions of
systems that are normally operational.
The following activities are representative of common PMTs:
• Operational exercise of the component (including vibration, pressure, flow, temperature,
distance of travel, and other measurements where applicable);
• Calibration or alignment of a component or instrument loop;
• Leak rate testing;
• Stroke, closure, and response times;
• Visual or dimensional inspections and nondestructive tests specified by code;
• Voltage, current, integrity or continuity checks;
• Hydrostatic test, if a pressure boundary was affected; and
• System or component inspections for cleanliness.
A PMT control form like that shown in Figure III.Q-1 may be filled out by the planner and
attached to the WR/WO, as appropriate. PMT control instructions may also be provided via
procedures/work instructions that are approved as part of the WR/WO during the planning and
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authorization process. When a maintenance activity involves several different tests, a separate
PMT control form may be used to document each test.
If the scope of work expands beyond the original WR/WO, work should be stopped and the
WR/WO should be returned to planning along with any PMT Control Forms for further
direction.
At the completion of post maintenance testing, the owner/operator should review the test results
and sign the PMT control form/procedure/instructions, indicating acceptability of the equipment
based on satisfactory completion of all PMTs. The owner/operator should make the final
determination of operability.
The owner/operator is responsible for restoring SSCs to a correct set point for operating or
standby mode following testing. This may be accomplished by instructions in the test procedure,
by conducting specific system lineups, or by other formal methods.
For troubleshooting WR/WOs, the test requirements normally cannot be determined until the
troubleshooting is complete. A record should be kept of work performed during troubleshooting
to ensure that post maintenance testing covers the troubleshooting scope. The supervisor
responsible for the troubleshooting should generate a new WR/WO for necessary work. Testing
requirements should then be identified through the normal planning and review process.
If facility conditions dictate that the PMT cannot be completed immediately after maintenance is
performed, the WR/WO should be held as an open WR/WO until testing may be completed.
Danger or caution tags may be required for the equipment until proper post maintenance testing
can be completed. Safety equipment should not be declared operative until the PMT is complete.
WR/WOs waiting testing should be tracked to closure. Examples of delayed testing would
include steam system valves or flanges repaired during unit outage periods that cannot be tested
until normal operating facility conditions exist.
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When the stop work conditions are corrected, retest requirements should be evaluated to
determine whether prior testing should be repeated.
If the PMT is unsatisfactory, deficiencies identified during testing should be documented and
corrected by generating a WR/WO.
If a PMT is unsatisfactory, the SSC should be tagged to indicate that a deficiency still exists.
The owner/operator may tag the component out of service; declare it inoperable; or, depending
on the test results and significance of the existing deficiency, return it to service with the
documented deficiency.
Various classifications of equipment will require different levels of procedure support for PMT.
Where applicable, existing surveillance test procedures can be used to evaluate the operational
acceptability of the equipment. If an existing surveillance test is used for the PMT, it should also
verify operability of all components and features either directly or potentially affected by the
maintenance activity, verify that maintenance was performed properly, and ensure that the initial
deficiency was corrected. If only part of the procedure is to be performed, the applicable
sections, including necessary prerequisites and precautions, should be identified and caution
should be used to ensure that previous sections are reviewed for system status, lineups, or
prerequisites. An engineering or system acceptance test procedure, alignment check procedure,
generic test procedure, special test procedure, or Craft/Maintenance Work Instructions may also
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be used to provide PMT instructions. PMT procedures/instructions used for a range of generic
equipment, such as manual valves or flow controllers, should include data sheets for specific
equipment when acceptance specifications or performance data are required.
Test equipment should be specified and provision made for recording the equipment
identification and calibration due date.
A single test or a combination of tests such as those listed above should be specified to provide a
complete PMT.
Q.2.2 PMT Performance, Documentation, and Acceptance
Operational acceptability of the equipment, based on satisfactory completion of PMTs, should be
verified by the operations organization obtaining an appropriate signature on the WR or other
reference document. This verification should be made from objective evidence, such as
conducting or witnessing the PMT and reviewing completed procedures and documented test
results. PMT data and acceptability should be entered or cross-referenced to maintenance history
on the WR.
Deficiencies identified during post maintenance testing should be documented and corrected on
the original WR, on a new WR, or on another reporting system before the original WR is
accepted as complete by operations. The original WR should reference any new WRs or other
documents written to resolve these deficiencies.
If a PMT fails and the equipment or system cannot be repaired and tested satisfactorily in a short
time (normally, before the next shift change), the degraded or inoperative status of the equipment
should be documented such that operators understand its limitations. TSR should be consulted
for safety equipment, and appropriate actions should be taken until the equipment is properly
tested and returned to service.
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Equipment ID No. POST
MAINTENANCE
TEST CONTROL
FORM
Description of Test:
WR/WO No.
Test Instructions:
Attachments:
Pages
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Test Form Prepared By:
Name
Test Start Approval:
Badge Date
Equipment
Owner
Test Results (Comments):
Badge Date
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory I
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Corrective Actions Taken:
Test Performed By:
Test Accepted By:
Name Badge Date
Test Accepted By:
Equipment
Owner
Badge Date
Maintenance
Supervisor
Badge Date
Figure III.Q-1. Example Post Maintenance Test Control Form
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APPENDIX A: NMMP-DD OPTIONS AND EXAMPLES
Approximately 20 years ago, a very long and prescriptive Order established the Maintenance
Implementation Plan (MIP) requirement. The Original MIP’s were supposed to be (1) a
comprehensive description of the level of compliance with each Order requirement, (2) the
identification of Improvements that were needed to achieve full compliance with the Order’s
requirements, and (3) a schedule for implementing the needed improvements. Subsequent Order
revisions were much less prescriptive. In recent years, an acceptable approach at some sites was
to fulfill the MIP requirement by describing the current maintenance program using an
applicability matrix showing the list of procedures and other documents that implement each of
the Orders elements of maintenance.
The current Order no longer requires a MIP but requires a similar document, a Nuclear
Maintenance Management Program Description Document (NMMP-DD).
A.1 OPTIONS FOR THE NMMP-DD FORMAT, EXAMPLES OF NMMP
SUMMARIES
The following summary of the above NMMP-DD guidance identifies five options for the
NMMP-DD format (based on the definition of an applicability matrix provided in the last two
paragraphs of "Current NMMP-DD Requirements" above):
1. An applicability matrix plus a separate graded approach document (listed in the matrix)
that addresses each of the 17 maintenance elements where the graded approach is applied.
2. An applicability matrix plus a separate graded approach document plus a separate
NMMP-DD Summary.
3. An applicability matrix plus a separate NMMP-DD Summary document that includes
documentation of the graded approach for each of the 17 maintenance elements where the
graded approach is applied.
4. An NMMP-DD Summary that comprehensively describes the big picture and identifies
NMMP procedures and the graded approach (if applicable) for each of the 17
maintenance elements. (If the NMMP-DD Summary identifies the NMMP procedures,
then there is no need for an applicability matrix.)
5. A NMMP Manual that describes the implementation of the 17 maintenance elements
including references to and summaries of applicable procedures plus a separate graded
approach document, which could be an Appendix of the Manual.
At the end of this Section, an example NMMP-DD format is provided for an applicability matrix.
This matrix has columns to support option 2 above. This example matrix would also support
options 1 and 3 by eliminating one column.
The five options above specifically identify two separate documents that are not procedures: (1)
a separate graded approach document and (2) an optional separate NMMP Summary document.
The applicability matrix should list other separate documents including, but not limited to:
• The “Training Implementation Matrix”;
• The Master Equipment List, or portion thereof, showing all SSCs that are part of the
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safety basis, and their categorization; and
• A listing of the TSRs for which maintenance personnel are primarily responsible to
perform or have a supporting role.
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The level of detail appropriate or desired for the recommended NMMP Summary is difficult to
describe. Therefore, an example NMMP Summary is provided in Appendix 2. Undoubtedly,
there will be differing, credible opinions regarding what is a good example of the desirable level
of detail.
An applicability matrix plus a brief graded approach document that is primarily the formal
definition contained in 10 CFR Part 830 should not considered to be compliant with the Order's
requirements for the NMMP-DD, even though the procedures reflect the results of applying the
graded approach. Documenting the basis for the graded approach should include the
justifications for concluding that the alternate methods are sufficient to ensure an adequate level
of safety commensurate with the identified hazards. (DOE O 251.1C) (See the above analysis of
the essential elements that should be part of the graded approach documentation.)
A.2 RECOMMENDED FORMAT FOR A NMMP-DD UTILIZING AN
APPLICABILITY MATRIX
The applicability matrix shown below has been designed to cover the three NMMP-DD
requirements: (1) Correlation of Requirements to Applicable Facilities, (2) Correlation of
implementing documents to Specific CRD Requirements, and (3) Documentation of the basis for
applying the graded approach. (The last two paragraphs of "Current NMMP-DD Requirements"
above define an applicability matrix.)
The tabular NMMP-DD format provides:
• A column to identify the facilities where the procedures, and graded approach are
applicable;
• One NMMP-DD can cover multiple nuclear facilities;
- Sites with multiple categories of nuclear facilities might choose to create a
separate NMMP-DD for each category. If so, the "applicable facilities" column
can be deleted; and
- A column to refer to the paragraph of the graded approach document (or section
of the document) that identifies the where, why, and what elements of the graded
approach.
• An optional column to show a corresponding paragraph or section of the recommended
“NMMP Summary”; and
• An optional section at the bottom of the table that can be used to identify the
documentation for implementation of the maintenance requirements contained in DOE O
430.1B, Real Property Asset Management.
For sites choosing the NMMP-DD Manual Option, the table below can be modified to show the
paragraphs or sections of the Manual that are applicable to each requirement.
During NMMP-DD, planning and development the table below can be used to document changes
needed for procedures or other documents or actions needed for continuous improvement goals.
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Par. # Title Requirements
NMMP
Summary
Par
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Document Title
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Approach Par.
Applicable
Facilities
General Requirements
1.a Overall
NMMP
Federal and contractor organizations responsible for hazard category 1, 2, or
3 nuclear facilities, as defined by DOE Standard 1027-92 must develop and
implement a nuclear maintenance management program (NMMP) through
tailored application (e.g., graded approach) of the Specific Requirements in
this attachment. The definition of graded approach is provided in Title 10
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 830.3. The NMMP must describe
the safety management program for maintenance and the reliable
performance of structures, systems and components (SSCs) that are part of
the safety basis at hazard category 1, 2 and 3 DOE nuclear facilities.
Guidance on applying the Specific Requirements, including a graded
approach, is provided in DOE G 433.1-1A, Nuclear Facility Maintenance
Management Program Guide for Use with DOE O 433.1B. The referenced
Guide is available on the DOE Directives web site, www.directives.doe.gov.
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1.b Nuclear SSC
Maintenance
Federal and contractor organizations must conduct all maintenance of SSCs
that are part of the safety basis in compliance with an approved NMMP.
1.c Equivalencies
& Exemptions
Federal and contractor organizations must ensure that equivalencies and
exemptions from the maintenance management program elements of this
attachment are identified, formally documented with supporting justification,
and approved in accordance with DOE O 251.1C. Central Technical Authority
(CTA) or designee concurrence is required for both exemptions and
equivalencies to this Order for nuclear facilities.
1.d NMMP
Implementatio
n Documents
Federal and contractor organizations must implement the NMMP through
federal or contractor-approved documents, respectively. This is normally
accomplished with a manual or a set of implementing procedures.
1.e NMMP
Description
Document
Federal and contractor organizations must submit NMMP description
documentation to DOE for review and approval prior to the startup of new
hazard category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities and at least every three years
for all nuclear facilities. NMMP description documentation must be, at a
minimum, an applicability matrix or a combination of multiple documents. The
following elements must be covered:
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NMMP
Summary
Par
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Document Title
Graded
Approach Par.
Applicable
Facilities
1.e.(1) Correlation of the requirements in this attachment to the applicable facilities;
1.e.(2) Correlation of the implementing documents (i.e., procedures, work
instructions, etc.) to the specific requirements in this attachment; and
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1.e.(3) Documentation of the basis for applying a graded approach, if applicable.
1.f Submission of
NMMP
Description
Document(s)
Federal and contractor organizations with previously approved maintenance
management program documentation must submit either an addendum or
page changes to the program documentation to reflect the changes made as
a result of the implementation of requirements in this attachment. If no
changes are needed, a memorandum to that effect may be submitted as the
addendum. Changes must be submitted to DOE for approval within 90 days
from the date of inclusion of the requirements in this attachment in the
contract.
1.g Periodic
NMMP
Assessments
Federal and contractor organizations must conduct assessments of NMMP
implementation, at least every three years or less frequent if directed by the
DOE SO in accordance with DOE O 226.1B and 10 CFR Part 830 subpart A.
DOE G 433.1-1A provides acceptable approaches for conducting NMMP
assessments.
1.h NMMP DSA
Reference
Federal and contractor organizations must ensure that NMMPs are identified
in the applicable documented safety analysis (DSA) in accordance with 10
CFR Part 830.204.
1.i USQ Process
Applicability
Federal and contractor organizations must review proposed changes to the
NMMP, which could affect the performance of safety SSCs, as part of the
ongoing Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process. This review is intended
to evaluate whether safety SSCs are maintained and operated within the
approved safety basis, as required by 10 CFR Part 830.203. Changes, which
would result in a positive USQ, must be submitted to DOE for approval prior
to the change taking effect.
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1.j NMMP
Implementatio
n Timeframe
These requirements will be fully implemented within 1 year of its issuance,
unless a different implementation schedule is approved by the SO with
concurrence of the CTA.
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Specific Requirements
2.a.(1) DOE Orders The NMMP must be integrated with applicable programs (e.g., Safety
Management Programs) and requirements identified by Federal regulations
and other DOE Orders and Manuals (and their CRDs) to include.
2.a.(1)(a) DOE O 226.1B, Implementation of Department of Energy Oversight Policy
2.a.(1)(b) DOE O 414.1D, Quality Assurance
2.a.(1)(c) DOE O 420.1C, Facility Safety
2.a.(1)(d) DOE O 430.1B, Real Property Asset Management
2.a.(1)(e) DOE O 440.1B, Worker Protection Program for DOE (Including the National
Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees;
(Note: DOE O 440.1B is only applicable to DOE)
2.a.(1)(f) DOE O 422.1, Conduct of Operations (formerly DOE O 5480.19)
2.a.(1)(g) DOE O 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, Qualification, and Certification
Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities (formerly DOE O 5480.20A)
2.a.(1)(h) DOE O 458.1, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment
(formerly DOE O 5400.5)
2.a.(1)(i) DOE O 450.2, Integrated Safety Management
2.a.(2) Federal
Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations
2.a.(2)(a) 10 CFR Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management; Subpart A, Quality
Assurance Requirements
2.a.(2)(b) 10 CFR Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management; Subpart B, Safety Basis
Requirements
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Facilities
2.a.(2)(c) Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) provisions contained in 48
CFR Part 970.5223-1, Integration of Environment, Safety, and Health into
Work Planning and Execution
2.a.(2)(d) 10 CFR Part 835, Occupational Radiation Protection
2.a.(2)(e) 10 CFR Part 850, Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program
2.a.(2)(f) 10 CFR Part 851, Worker Safety and Health Program
2.b Maintenance
Organization
&
Administration
The management structure that applies sufficient resources (e.g., oversight
and independent assessment, management involvement, funding,
assignment of personnel roles and responsibilities, facilities, tools, and
equipment) necessary to support the requirements described in this
attachment and ensures integration with other programs. Attachment 2 DOE
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2.c Master
Equipment
List
The process for developing, implementing, managing, and maintaining the
master equipment list (MEL) at a level that clearly identifies the structures,
systems, and components (SSCs) that are part of the safety basis.
2.d Planning,
Scheduling &
Coordination
of
Maintenance
The process for planning, scheduling, coordination, and control of
maintenance activities, and properly emphasizing equipment availability. The
process must describe the application of a System Engineer Program in
accordance with DOE O 420.1C in the planning and execution of
maintenance activities.
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2.e Types of
Maintenance
The process for utilization of appropriate types of maintenance (i.e.,
preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, reliability-centered
maintenance, surveillance and testing, and corrective maintenance) to
provide for safe, efficient, and reliable operation of safety SSCs.
2.f Maintenance
Procedures
The process for developing and implementing documented and approved
work instructions for work on safety SSCs (i.e., work packages, procedures,
work instructions, and drawings).
2.g Training &
Qualification
The training and qualification program for maintenance positions specified in
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All General and Specific Requirements are Quotations from the DOE O 433.1B CRD
Par. # Title Requirements
NMMP
Summary
Par
Procedure # /
Document Title
Graded
Approach Par.
Applicable
Facilities
2.h Configuration
Management
The incorporation of the configuration management program to control
approved modifications and to prevent unauthorized modifications to safety
SSCs.
2.i Procurement The appropriate integration of the procurement process with the NMMP to
ensure the availability of parts, materials and services for maintenance
activities.
2.j Maintenance
Tool &
Equipment
Control
The process for control of maintenance tools including calibration of
Measuring and Test Equipment.
2.k Suspect &
Counterfeit
Items
The incorporation of the process to prevent the use of suspect and
counterfeit items into maintenance procedures and work instructions.
2.l Maintenance
History
The process for developing and maintaining documented and retrievable
maintenance history (i.e., cost data, system availability data, and failure data)
to support work planning, performance trending, analysis of problems to
determine root causes of unplanned occurrences related to maintenance,
and continuous program improvement.
2.m Aging
Degradation &
Technical
Obsolescence
The process for conducting inspections to evaluate aging-related degradation
and technical obsolescence to determine whether the performance of SSCs
is threatened. DOE O 433.1B Attachment 1 4-21-2010 Page 5 (and Page 6)
2.n Seasonal
Facility
Preservation
The process for ensuring the prevention of damage to safety SSCs from
adverse weather conditions.
2.o Performance
Measures
The process for developing, maintaining, and communicating performance
measures to identify maintenance issues requiring corrective action and
lessons learned.
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Par. # Title Requirements
NMMP
Summary
Par
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Document Title
Graded
Approach Par.
Applicable
Facilities
2.p Facility
Condition
Inspection
The process for conducting and implementing routine assessment of facilities
to identify issues related to operability, reliability, housekeeping, and general
condition.
2.q Post
Maintenance
Testing
The process for conducting post maintenance testing to verify that safety
SSCs can perform their intended function when returned to service.
Maintenance Requirements in CRD of DOE 430.1B, RPAM
Section 85
5 Maintenance The contractor must maintain real property assets in a manner that promotes
operational safety, worker health, environmental compliance, property
preservation and cost-effectiveness while meeting the program missions.
This requires a balanced approach that not only sustains the assets, but also
provides for their recapitalization and includes the following as a minimum.
5.a Maintenance
Management
Program
A maintenance management program that includes a condition
assessment of the real property assets, a work control system, management
of deferred maintenance, a method to prioritize, and systems to budget
and track maintenance expenditures.
5.b Five year
Sustainment
Funding
Identification of 5-year maintenance and repair requirements
(sustainment) and funding for deferred maintenance reduction.
5.c Five Year
Recapitalizati
on Funding
Identification of 5-year recapitalization requirements to replace or
modernize existing facilities.
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Par. # Title Requirements
NMMP
Summary
Par
Procedure # /
Document Title
Graded
Approach Par.
Applicable
Facilities
5.d Condition
Assessment
Surveys and
Deferred
Maintenance
Estimates
Condition assessments must be performed on real property assets at
least once within a five-year period, and may be required more
frequently for mission essential facilities and infrastructure. The
condition assessment program shall utilize a tailored approach based on
facility status, mission and importance and the magnitude of the hazards
associated with facilities and infrastructure. Inspection methodology shall be
consistent with industry practice, and shall include identification of safety and
health hazards. Deferred maintenance estimates will be based on
nationally recognized cost estimating systems or the DOE Condition
Assessment Information System (CAIS). The condition assessment
program will support the reporting requirements of FIMS. Note: The HQ
Guidance Tab of the FIMS website http://www.fimsinfo.doe.gov includes the
current year’s guidance for condition assessment surveys and for identifying,
reporting, and managing deferred maintenance.
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APPENDIX B: NMMP ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE
B.1 SUMMARY OF NMMP ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN DOE
ORDERS
The organization's NMMP shall be included within the scope of the site assurance/assessment
program, as required by DOE O 226.1B, Implementation of DOE Oversight Policy and other
DOE directives.
DOE O 433.1B (par. 4.d.) states that “Assessments of NMMP implementation must be
conducted, at least every three years or less frequent if directed by the SO in accordance with
DOE O 226.1B, to evaluate whether all CRD requirements are appropriately implemented.” The
phrase “every three years or less frequent” is properly interpreted to mean “at least every three
years.” The SO may decide to require full or partial assessments annually or every two years.
DOE O 433.1B contains the following assessment requirements:
1. Par. 5.d.(7) requires Field Office Managers (including NNSA) to “Conduct comprehensive
self-assessments and assessments of contractor maintenance management programs as
specified in paragraph 4 above and in accordance with DOE O 226.1B.”
a. Field Office self-assessments focus on oversight responsibilities and may include
Section 86
assessment of the field office’s process and performance for review and approval of the
NMMP.
b. Field Office assessments of the contractor’s nuclear maintenance management should be
based on regulatory and contractual requirements and the approved NMMP-DD.
2. Attachment II, par. 1.f states that federal and contractor organizations (GOGO & GOCO)
“must conduct assessments of NMMP implementation, at least every three years or less
frequent… DOE G 433.1-1 provides acceptable approaches for conducting NMMP
assessments.”
B.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING
IMPLEMENTATION, PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT, AND/ OR EXAMPLES
Analysis of the Potential Scopes of Various Types of Assessments
Five potential scopes for assessments are listed below for the purpose of understanding
differences in the various types of assessments. Assessment scopes may include:
1. The adequacy of the field office oversight of the contractor’s NMMP;
2. The adequacy of the NMMP-DD in capturing regulatory and contractual requirements;
3. The implementation of the NMMP into work processes; or
4. The contractor’s performance against the regulatory and contractual requirements, and/or
the NMMP-DD.
Utilization of This Guide for Various Types of Assessments
This Guide is intended to be an aid for all the potential scopes of assessments, but it is especially
intended to provide guidance for scopes 3 and 4.
Each of the Guide’s Section III sub-sections identifies items applicable to a generic NMMP
under DOE O 433.1B. They provide a broad based starting point for developing an assessment
plan and lines of inquiry for the various types of assessments and their potential scopes.
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The approved NMMP-DD provides a description of the locally implemented program and should
be the basis for assessing program execution. (Scope 5)
Utilizing an independent Subject Matter Expert as a team member is a recommended practice for
contractor self-assessments, for field office self-assessments, and for field office assessments of
the contractor’s performance.
Preparing Documentation Useful for Assessments
Approval of the NMMP is based on review and approval of the NMMP-DD.
This Guide provides an acceptable, but not mandatory, means of complying with the
requirements of the Order. Alternative methods that satisfy the Order’s requirements are also
acceptable. However, any implementation selected must be justified to ensure an adequate level
of safety (commensurate with the hazards) is achieved. (DOE O 251.1C par. 5.d(1))
The NMMP-DD documents all alternate methods selected along with the associated justification.
The justification should be part of the documentation of the basis for applying the graded
approach. This documentation is especially useful during field office review and approval of the
NMMP-DD and during assessments that focus on scopes #3 and #4. (See five potential scopes
above.)
As stated in the Forward and Introduction, this Guide is also useful for DOE employees during
the review and approval of NMMP’s and NMMP-DD’s by providing example means of
achieving Order compliance and criteria for evaluating alternative proposals. The field office
should document their analysis performed during review of the NMMP-DD for NMMP
approval. This documentation is especially useful during assessments focused on scopes #2 and
#3. (See five potential scopes above.)
A Suggested Best Practice for Field Office Assessments of the Contractor’s NMMP
Performance
Section 87
Assessment of the contractor’s NMMP implementation, required at least every three years, is
most effectively satisfied by performing multiple, limited-scope assessments over the course of
three years addressing the individual elements and activities of the NMMP with summary
analysis of these assessments to provide for overall NMMP condition. Additionally, assessments
of related programs (e.g., Quality Assurance, Training) should touch on maintenance practices.
Applicable assessment results should at least be included in the summary analyses of the
NMMP.
The 17 sub-sections or elements discussed in Section II of this Guide provide a reasonable listing
of unique assessment areas, however some elements may be quite large (e.g. Section II.D:
Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination of Maintenance) and can be further divided (e.g. work
planning, work control, work authorization, hazard identification).
An example NMMP Assessment Master Plan to implement the multiple, limited-scope
assessment practice is provided in Table A-1.1. This approach can be used by DOE Field
Offices and contractors.
Use of this example template is suggested when developing plans for NMMP self-assessments
and assessments.
Three-Year NMMP Assessment Plan
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FY11 FY12 FY13
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
A G C J E H F N/P I O K
B L D1 D2 D3 M Q
R R R/S
Table V-1: Example NMMP Assessment Plan
Topics:
A. Integration with Regulations and DOE Orders and Manuals (and their CRDs);
B. Maintenance Organization and Administration;
C. Master Equipment List;
D. Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination of Maintenance;
1. Hazard Identification & Control;
2. Work Planning;
3. Work Authorization;
E. Types of Maintenance;
F. Maintenance Procedures;
G. Training and Qualification;
H. Configuration Management;
I. Procurement;
J. Maintenance Tool and Equipment Control;
K. Suspect and Counterfeit Items;
L. Maintenance History;
M. Aging Degradation and Technical Obsolescence;
N. Seasonal Facility Preservation;
O. Performance Measures;
P. Facility Condition Inspection;
Q. Post Maintenance Testing;
R. Annual NMMP Summary (analysis of all NMMP assessments during the year);
S. Triennial NMMP Assessment (analysis of all NMMP assessments during the previous
three years).
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APPENDIX C: DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS, AND REFERENCES
A. DEFINITIONS
A.1 KEY TERMS
Term or Phrase Description
Hazard Categories
The consequences of unmitigated releases of radioactive and/or hazardous
material are evaluated as required by DOE-STD-1027-92 and classified by
the following hazard categories.
CATEGORY 1. The hazard analysis shows the potential for significant
offsite consequences.
CATEGORY 2. The hazard analysis shows the potential for significant
onsite consequences.
CATEGORY 3. The hazard analysis shows the potential for only significant
localized consequences.
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. It 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.
Section 88
Nuclear Facility
A reactor or a nonreactor nuclear facility (see definition above) where an
activity is conducted for or on behalf of DOE and includes any related area,
structure, facility, or activity.
Nuclear Maintenance
Management Program
(NMMP)
The operating organization’s program, defined by a set of DOE or contractor
approved documents, which establish the processes and requirements for
conducting maintenance on Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs)
that are part of the safety basis for DOE Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear
facilities. The operating organization may elect to apply the same processes
to SSCs outside the scope of the subject order.
Nuclear Maintenance
Management Program-
Description
Documentation
(NMMP-DD)
The document or set of documents, which describe how an organization
responsible for one or more Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities
will manage their nuclear maintenance program to be compliant with the
requirements of DOE O433.1B. This documentation is submitted to DOE
for review and approval prior to startup and at least every three years
thereafter. The documentation covers: Correlation of the Order
requirements to the applicable facilities; Correlation of the implementing
documents to the specific Order requirements; and Documentation of the
basis for applying a graded approach, if applicable.
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Term or Phrase Description
Structures, Systems, and
Components (SSCs)
Physical items designed, built, or installed to support the operation of the
facility. A structure is an element or a collection of elements to provide
support or enclosure such as a building, freestanding tank, basin, dike, or
stack. A system is a collection of components assembled to perform a
function such as piping; cable trays; conduits; or heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning. A component is an item of equipment such as a pump, valve,
or relay or an element of a larger array such as a length of pipe, elbow, or
reducer.
Safety-Class Structures,
Systems, & Components
(Safety-Class SSCs)
SSCs whose preventive or mitigative function is necessary to keep
hazardous material exposure to the public below the offsite Evaluation
Guidelines. The definition would typically exclude items such as primary
environmental monitors and most process equipment. (10 CFR Part 830)
Safety-Significant SSCs which are not designated as Safety Class SSCs, but whose preventive
Structures, Systems, & or mitigative function is a major contributor to defense in depth and/or
Components (Safety worker safety as determined from safety analyses. (10 CFR Part 830)
Significant SSCs)
Safety Structures,
Systems, & Components
(Safety SSCs)
Safety Class SSCs and Safety Significant SSCs (10 CFR Part 830)
Structures, Systems, and
Components (SSCs) that
are part of the safety basis
Safety-Class and Safety-Significant SSCs; other systems that perform
important defense-in-depth functions; and equipment relied on for the safe
operation and safe shutdown of the nuclear facility, and for maintaining the
facility in a safe shutdown condition as documented in the safety basis (e.g.,
DSA). Support systems to Safety SSCs that are required for the safety
functions are also included.
A.2 OTHER TERMS
Term or Phrase Description
Acceptance Tag
A final receipt inspection identifier affixed to an item before declaring an
item acceptable for issue. It indicates all purchase requirements have been
met.
Applications Parts
List (APL)
Section 89
A list of parts required to perform a specific maintenance activity. Typically
set up as a standard list attached to a standard job for routine tasks.
Apprentice A trade or crafts person in training
Asset Equipment or an item of the physical plant
Asset Management
The systematic planning and control of a physical resource throughout its
life. This may include the specification, design, and construction of the
asset, its operation, maintenance and modification while in use, and its
disposal when no longer required.
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Term or Phrase Description
As Low As Reasonably
Achievable (ALARA)
The term is most often used in reference to chemical or radiation exposure
levels. The objective is to ensure that hazardous chemical and radiation
exposures to workers and releases of hazardous chemical and radioactivity
to the environment are maintained below regulatory limits and deliberate
efforts are taken to further reduce exposures and releases. In this document,
ALARA focuses on radiological hazards as defined in 10 CFR Part 835.
Availability
The proportion of total time that equipment is capable of performing its
specified functions, normally expressed as a percentage. It can be calculated
by dividing the equipment available hours by the total number of hours in
any given period.
Average Life
The average of how long a component typically operates before it fails.
Commonly referred to as ‘Mean Time Between Failures’ (MTBF)
Backlog
Commonly used as a Performance Indicator, backlog is work that is
requested, but not complete (including periodic maintenance past its due
date).
Baseline
1. A quantitative expression of projected costs, schedule, and technical
requirements; the established plan against which the status of resources
and the progress of a project can be measured.
2. A set of operating readings and/or parameters taken when a system or
equipment is operating under known conditions (usually new or rebuilt)
used for comparing future readings to troubleshoot or assess the
system/equipment health.
Benchmarking
The process of comparing performance with other organizations; identifying
comparatively high performance organizations and learning what it is they
do that allows them to achieve that high level of performance.
Bill of Materials (BOM) List of all the parts and components that make up a particular asset
Calibration
The set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the
relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument, or
measuring systems, and the corresponding standard, or known values
derived from the standard.
Certification
An indication by the appropriate authority that the deviations determined in
the calibration do not exceed specified limits.
Component
A subassembly of an Asset, usually removable in one piece and
interchangeable with other standard components, such as a pump, valve,
motor, or instrument.
Computerized
Maintenance Management
System (CMMS)
A computerized system to assist with the effective and efficient management
of maintenance activities through the application of computer technology. A
CMMS generally includes a computerized Work Order system, facilities for
scheduling Routine Maintenance Tasks, recording and storing Standard
Jobs, Bills of Materials and Applications Parts Lists, as well as numerous
other features.
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Term or Phrase Description
Condition Assessment
Survey (CAS)
Section 90
A periodic inspection of capital assets using universally accepted methods
and standards for planning purposes. CAS results in a determination of the
current condition of capital assets, their estimated time of failure, and the
estimated cost to correct the identified deficiencies.
Condition Based
Maintenance (CBM)
An equipment maintenance strategy based on measuring the condition of
equipment to assess how and when it may fail, and then taking appropriate
action to avoid that failure. Equipment may be monitored using Condition
Monitoring, Statistical Process Control techniques, by monitoring equipment
performance (System Engineer), or through the use of the human senses.
(Also known as Predictive Maintenance)
Condition Monitoring
The use of specialist equipment to measure the condition of equipment (e.g.
Vibration Analysis, Oil/Grease Analysis, Thermography).
Corrective Maintenance
The repair, restoration, or replacement of failed or malfunctioning
equipment, system, or facilities to restore the intended function or design
condition.
Craft Person (Trades
Person)
A maintenance/construction worker who has attained a defined set of
knowledge, skills, and abilities through formal training in an apprenticeship
program.
Deactivation
The process of placing a facility in a safe and stable condition, including the
removal of hazardous and radioactive materials and energy sources, to
minimize the long-term cost of a surveillance and maintenance program that
is protective of workers, the public and the environment.
Decommissioning
The decontamination and/or dismantlement of a facility to retire it from
service with adequate regard for the health and safety of workers, the public,
and the environment.
Decontamination
The removal of radioactive and hazardous materials by mechanical,
chemical, or other techniques to achieve a stated objective or end condition.
Defect
Impairment or other condition that will require maintenance attention at
some time, but which is not currently preventing the equipment from
fulfilling its intended function.
Deficiency
A condition that deviates from the as-designed configuration of an SSC,
which degrades its ability to accomplish its intended function.
Deficiency Tag
A small tag or sticker that is used to identify a facility material deficiency.
The tag may be marked with a serialized number for administrative control,
Work Order identification, and deficiency location by maintenance
personnel.
Facility
Land, buildings, and other structures, their functional systems and
equipment, and other fixed systems and equipment installed therein,
including site development features outside the plant, such as landscaping,
roads, walks, parking areas, outside lighting and communication systems,
central utility plants, utilities supply and distribution systems, and other
physical plant features. These include any of the DOE owned, leased, or
controlled facilities, and they may or may not be furnished to a contractor
under a contract with DOE.
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Term or Phrase Description
Failure Mode
The particular type or manner of failure. For example, a motor-driven pump
may fail to run due to different failure modes such as a seized shaft or faulty
circuit breaker.
Field Elements
All operations offices and field offices including Site Offices, Service
Centers, and Energy Technology Centers.
Functional Test
A test to verify that a component or system meets one or more of its design
capabilities. (e.g. an Emergency Diesel Generator starts within 10 seconds
following a loss of power)
Section 91
Hazardous Materials
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous material that is toxic, explosive, flammable,
corrosive, or otherwise physically or biologically threatening to health. Oil
is excluded from this definition.
Housekeeping
The level of cleanliness, orderliness, and preservation of a facility, its
systems, and components. Also, the activities associated with improving
these conditions.
Hurricane Watch/
Warning
A Hurricane Watch is issued when there is a threat of hurricane conditions
within 24-36 hours. A Hurricane Warning is issued when hurricane
conditions (winds greater than 74 mph, or dangerously high water and rough
seas) are expected in 24 hours or less.
Independent Verification
A check of component condition or status by an individual not involved in
performing or observing the establishment of that condition or status.
Infrastructure
All real property, installed equipment, and related real property that is not
solely supporting a single program mission at a multi-program site or that is
not programmatic real property at a single program site.
In-Service
Any SSC considered operating or operable for the existing facility-operating
mode.
Lessons Learned
Any experience, example, observation, or insight based upon the same or
similar activity that imparts wisdom and/or beneficial knowledge to an
employee during the conduct of their work.
Life-Cycle
The life of an asset from planning through acquisition, maintenance,
operation, remediation, disposition, long-term stewardship, and disposal.
Maintenance
The proactive and reactive day-to-day work that is required to maintain and
preserve facilities and associated SSCs in a condition suitable for performing
their designed purpose. It includes periodic (preventive, predictive, or
seasonal) and corrective maintenance.
Maintenance Backlog See “Backlog”
Maintenance Management
The process for administering maintenance utilizing such concepts as
organization, plans, procedures, schedules, cost control, periodic evaluation,
performance indicators, and feedback with adequate provisions for interface
with other disciplines.
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Term or Phrase Description
Maintenance Procedure
Generic term for documents providing maintenance directions (e.g., work
packages, procedures, work instructions, and drawings). The level of detail
of these directions is based on the complexity of the task; the hazards
involved; and the knowledge, skill, and abilities of the workers.
Master Equipment List
(MEL)
A detailed listing of SSCs that are a part of the safety basis. Typically, the
MEL includes additional facility equipment with the safety items flagged for
identification.
Material Deficiency
A system or component with a defect that does not conform to a specified
standard.
Measuring & Test
Equipment (M&TE)
Tools, gauges, instruments, devices, or systems used to inspect, test,
calibrate, or measure parameters. M&TE devices include permanently
installed facility process or control instrumentation.
Minor Maintenance
Work of such a simple nature that a detailed Work Package is not required.
Typically, correction of deficiencies on equipment where:
• A lockout/tagout is not required
• The component is not important to safety
• The integrity of the component will not be violated
• Welding is not required
• Disassembly of the component or part will not be required
• Post-Maintenance Testing is not required
Mission Critical An SSC essential to the safety, quality, and production of a DOE facility.
Section 92
Outage
The condition that exists when normal production operations have ceased.
SSCs and processes are shut down, aligned, or in an appropriate status as a
result of planned or unplanned events.
Performance Criteria
A defined condition or set of conditions to evaluate the level of performance
in a subject area.
Performance Measures
(Indicators/Metrics)
A set of objective criteria, which may be used to evaluate historical
performance. The results of some criteria may be used as an indication of
likely future performance.
Performance Objectives
The contractual statement of wants, needs, and expectations that define the
outcome/objective of the organization.
Performance Test See “Functional Test”
Periodic Maintenance
Preventive, predictive, or seasonal maintenance activities performed on a
routine basis (typically based on calendar or operating hours).
Planned Maintenance
Maintenance scheduled as a result of periodic maintenance results indicating
a future failure.
Post-Maintenance Test
(PMT)
Testing performed following maintenance to verify that a particular SSC,
piece of equipment, or process performs its intended function based on its
design criteria; and that the original deficiency has been corrected and no
new deficiencies created.
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Term or Phrase Description
Predictive Maintenance
(PdM)
See Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)
Preventive Maintenance
(PM)
Periodic and planned actions taken to maintain design capabilities and to
extend operating life. Regulatory and code requirements; TSR
surveillances, in-service inspection and testing; vendor recommendations;
and other forms of maintenance action and frequency selection are based on
historical data, engineering judgment, or analytical methods.
Radiological Area (RA)
Any area containing radiological hazards within a controlled area (but not
including the controlled area) defined as a “radiation area,” “high radiation
area,” “very high radiation area,” “contamination area,” “high contamination
area,” or “airborne radioactive area.”
Reliability Centered
Maintenance (RCM)
A structured process commonly used to determine the equipment
maintenance strategies required for any physical asset to ensure that it
continues to fulfill its intended functions in its present operating context.
Repair See “Corrective Maintenance”
Root Cause
An action or condition that, if corrected or eliminated, would prevent the
recurrence of a failure or malfunction by identifying and correcting faults
(often hidden).
Run-to-Failure
Equipment Maintenance Strategy where no scheduled maintenance tasks are
performed on the equipment. The only maintenance performed on the
equipment is Corrective Maintenance.
Safety Review
A review performed by a technically competent engineer to determine
whether a proposed change to any SSC may have any adverse impact on
facility safety. (USQD Review)
Safety Management
Program
A program designed to ensure a facility is operated in a manner that
adequately protects workers, the public, and the environment by covering a
topic such as: quality assurance; maintenance of safety systems; personnel
training; conduct of operations; inadvertent criticality protection; emergency
preparedness; fire protection; waste management; or radiological protection
of workers, the public, and the environment. (10 CFR Part 830)
Seasonal Maintenance
The process for ensuring the prevention of damage to safety SSCs from
adverse weather conditions.
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Shelf Life
An expiration date or specific period during which an item should meet its
original design specifications
Site
A geographic entity, leased or owned by the Federal Government,
comprising land, buildings, and other structures required to perform DOE
program activities.
Staging Areas
Area designated and approved by the maintenance supervisor, for staging
parts, materials, and supplies until a maintenance job is ready to work.
Surveillance Test Functional Test of equipment and/or systems to satisfy the TSR.
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Term or Phrase Description
Surveillance and
Maintenance
(S&M)
Activities conducted in a cost effective manner throughout the facility life-
cycle phase including periodic inspections and maintenance of structures,
systems, and equipment necessary for the satisfactory containment of
contamination and protection of workers, the public, and the environment.
Technical Safety
Requirements (TSRs)
Those requirements that define the conditions, safe boundaries, and the
management or administrative controls necessary to ensure the safe
operation of a nuclear facility and to reduce the potential risk to the public
and facility workers from uncontrolled releases of radioactive materials or
from radiation exposure due to inadvertent criticality. A TSR consists of
operating limits, surveillance requirements, administrative controls, use and
application instructions, and the bases thereof.
Thermography
The process of monitoring the condition of equipment through the
measurement and analysis of heat. Typically conducted using infrared
cameras and associated software. Commonly used for monitoring the
condition of high voltage insulators and electrical connections, as well as for
monitoring the condition of refractory in furnaces and boilers.
Tornado Watch/Warning
Tornado Watch – Meteorological Conditions are conducive to the
development of tornadoes in and close to the watch area.
Tornado Warning - A tornado has actually been sighted by spotters or
indicated on radar and is occurring or imminent in the warning area.
Trending
The recording and, normally, plotting of data values over time, noting
consistency and changes. The term may also reference the analysis of this
data to evaluate if conditions are headed in an undesirable direction, and if
and when they will be out of the acceptable range without corrective action.
Troubleshooting
The process of locating and identifying malfunctions through deductive and
inductive reasoning and/or testing.
Utility Service
A service, such as the furnishing of electricity, natural gas, steam, water, or
sewer service.
Value Engineering
A systematic approach to assessing and analyzing the user's requirements of
a new asset, and ensuring that those requirements are met, but not exceeded.
Vibration Analysis
The process of monitoring the condition of equipment, and the diagnosis of
faults in equipment through the measurement and analysis of vibration
within that equipment in order to predict the need to correct problems.
Work Request (WR)
The prime document (paper or electronic) submitted by personnel to request
the initiation of a maintenance task. Issued to Maintenance Planners and
Estimators, and used to define, plan, and execute maintenance activities.
This is usually converted to a work order after the work request has been
planned.
Work Order (WO)
(Work Package)
Section 94
The prime document used by maintenance to manage tasks. It may include
such information as a description of the work required; the task priority; the
job procedure to be followed; and the parts, materials, tools, and equipment
required to complete the job. The WO may also serve as documentation for
completion of minor maintenance activities such as lubrication, light bulb
replacement, etc.
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B. ACRONYMS
The following are acronyms commonly used in maintenance handbooks.
ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
CRD Contractor Requirements Document
CSE Cognizant System Engineer
DOE Department of Energy
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
EQ Environmental Qualification
ES&H Environment, Safety, and Health
HVAC Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning
ISMS Integrated Safety Management System
LCO Limiting Condition for Operation
M&TE Measuring and Test Equipment
MEL Master Equipment List
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
OJT On-The-Job Training
ORPS Occurrence Reporting and Processing System
PM Preventive Maintenance
PMT Post Maintenance Test
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
RWP Radiation Work Permit
SAR Safety Analysis Report
SSCs Structures, Systems, and Components
TSR Technical Safety Requirements
USQ Unreviewed Safety Question
WR/WO Work Request/Work Order
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C. REFERENCES
C.1 REGULATIONS
1. 10 CFR Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management.
2. 10 CFR Part 835, Occupational Radiation Protection.
3. 29 CFR 1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals.
4. 41 CFR Part 102, Federal Management Regulations.
5. 41 CFR 102.84, Annual Real Property Inventories.
6. 41 CFR Part 109, DOE Property Management Regulations.
7. 48 CFR 45.5, Support Government Property Administration
8. DEAR 970.5223-1, Integration of Environment, Safety and Health into Work Planning
and Execution.
C.2 POLICIES
9. DOE P 420.1, DOE Nuclear Safety Policy.
10. DOE P 450.4A, Integrated Safety Management Policy.
C.3 ORDERS
11. DOE O 130.1, Budget Formulation.
12. DOE O 135.1A, Budget Execution Funds Distribution and Control.
13. DOE O 200.1A, Information Technology Management.
14. DOE O 225.1B, Accident Investigations.
15. DOE O 231.1B, Environment, Safety and Health Reporting.
16. DOE O 232.2, Occurrence Reporting and Processing of Operations Information
17. DOE O 360.1C, Federal Employee Training.
18. DOE O 412.1A, Work Authorization System.
19. DOE O 413.1B, Internal Control Program.
20. DOE O 414.1D, Quality Assurance.
21. DOE O 420.1C Chg 1, Facility Safety.
22. DOE O 425.1D, Verification of Readiness to Start Up or Restart Nuclear Facilities.
23. DOE O 430.1B Chg 2, Real Property Asset Management.
24. DOE O 436.1, Departmental Sustainability.
25. DOE O 440.1B Admin Chg 1, Worker Protection Program for DOE (Including the
National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees.
26. DOE O 450.2, Integrated Safety Management.
27. DOE O 452.1D, Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Surety Program.
28. DOE O 452.2D, Nuclear Explosive Safety.
29. DOE O 458.1, Admin Chg 3, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment.
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30. DOE O 5480.30 Chg 1, Nuclear Reactor Safety Design Criteria.
C.4 GUIDES
31. DOE-EGS-95-01, Enforcement Guidance Supplement.
Section 95
32. DOE-EGS-98-01, Enforcement Guidance Supplement.
33. DOE-EGS-98-02, Enforcement Guidance Supplement.
34. DOE-EGS-99-01, Enforcement Guidance Supplement.
35. DOE-EGS-99-02, Enforcement Guidance Supplement.
36. DOE-EGS-00-01, Enforcement Guidance Supplement.
37. DOE G 414.1-2B Admin Chg 1, Quality Assurance Program Guide.
38. DOE G 430.1-1, Cost Estimating Guide.
39. DOE G 430.1-2, Implementation Guide for Surveillance and Maintenance During
Facility Transition and Disposition.
40. DOE G 440.1B Admin Chg 1, Worker Safety and Health Program for DOE (Including
the National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal and Contractor Employees.
41. DOE G 440.1-7A, Implementation Guide for use with 10 CFR Part 850, Chronic
Beryllium Disease Prevention Program.
42. DOE G 450.4-1C, Integrated Safety Management System Guide.
43. DOE G 1324.5B, Implementation Guide for use with 36 CFR Chapter XII–Subchapter B,
Records Management. DOE Personal Property Letter 970-3 Revision 1, High Risk
Personal Property.
44. DOE Personal Property Letter 970-3 Revision 1, High Risk Personal Property.
C.5 STANDARDS
45. DOE STD-1027-92 Chg 1, Hazard Categorization and Accident Analysis Techniques for
Compliance with DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports.
46. DOE-STD-1029-92 Chg 1, Writer’s Guide for Technical Procedures.
47. DOE-STD-1030-96, Guide to Good Practices for Lockouts and Tagouts.
48. DOE-STD-1031-92 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Communications.
49. DOE-STD-1032-92 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Operations Organization and
Administration.
50. DOE-STD-1033-92 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Operations and Administration
Updates Through Required Reading.
51. DOE-STD-1034-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Timely Orders to Operators.
52. DOE-STD-1035-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Logkeeping.
53. DOE-STD-1036-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Independent Verification.
54. DOE-STD-1037-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Operations Aspects of Unique
Processes.
55. DOE-STD-1038-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Operations Turnover.
56. DOE-STD-1039-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Control of Equipment and
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System Status.
57. DOE-STD-1040-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Control of On-Shift Training.
58. DOE-STD-1041-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Shift Routines and Operating
Practices.
59. DOE-STD-1042-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Control of Area Activities.
60. DOE-STD-1043-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Operator Aid Postings.
61. DOE-STD-1044-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Equipment and Piping Labeling.
62. DOE-STD-1045-93 Chg 1, Guide to Good Practices for Notifications and Investigation
of Abnormal Events.
63. DOE-STD-1070-94, Guidelines for Evaluation of Nuclear Facility Training Programs.
64. DOE-STD-1073-2003, Configuration Management Program.
65. DOE-STD-1120-2005, Integration of Environment, Safety, and Health into Facility
Disposition Activities, Volume 1 and 2.
66. DOE-STD-7501-99, The DOE Corporate Lessons Learned Program.
C.6 HANDBOOKS
67. DOE-HDBK-1003-96, Guide to Good Practices for Training and Qualification of
Maintenance Personnel.
68. DOE-HDBK-1110-2008, ALARA Training for Technical Support Personnel.
69. DOE-HDBK-1117-99, Guide to Good Practices for Maintenance Supervisor Selection
and Development.
70. DOE-HDBK-1028-2009, Human Performance Improvement Handbook.
C.7 MEMORANDUM
Section 96
71. Activity Level Work Planning and Control Processes, Appendix B, NNSA, January 2006.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TODOE G 433.1‐1A
Nuclear Facility Maintenance ManagementProgram Guide for Use with DOE O 433.1B
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
A. PURPOSE
B. APPLICABILITY
C. OVERVIEW OF THIS GUIDE
II. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
A. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
B. NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION DOCUMENTATION
C. APPLICATION OF GRADED APPROACH
D. NMMP Changes
III.NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ELEMENTS
A. INTEGRATION WITH REGULATIONS AND DOE ORDERS AND MANUALS (AND THEIR CRDs)
A.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
A.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
A.3 EXAMPLE DOCUMENTS
B. MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
B.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
B.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
B.2.1 Guidelines - Maintenance Organization and Administration
B.2.1.1 Maintenance Organization Policies
B.2.1.2 Maintenance Strategy
B.2.1.3 Staffing Resources
B.2.1.4 Goals and Objectives
B.2.1.5 Accountability
B.2.1.6 Status Reports to Managers
B.2.1.7 Causal Analysis and Event Prevention
B.2.1.8 Management Control of Plant Configuration
B.2.1.9 Document Control Administration
B.2.1.10 Procedures
B.2.1.11 Vendor Information
B.2.2 Guidelines - Management Involvement
B.2.2.1 Management Involvement
B.2.2.2 Management Monitors Performance
B.2.2.3 Problem Analysis
B.2.2.4 Information Collection
B.2.2.5 Feedback
B. 2.2.6 Program Reviews
C. MASTER EQUIPMENT LIST
C.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
C.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Section 97
D. PLANNING, SCHEDULING, AND COORDINATION OF MAINTENANCE
D.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
D.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
D.2.1 Guideline – Control of Maintenance
D.2.2 Guideline - Planning
D.2.2.1 Planning for Maintenance Activities
D.2.2.2 Planning-Group Organization
D.2.2.3 Planning-Group Responsibilities
D.2.2.4 CSE Responsibilities
D.2.2.5 Worker Skills
D.2.2.6 Supervisor and Worker Responsibilities
D.2.2.7 Ranking Hazards in Planning Work
D.2.2.8 Planning System
D.2.2.9 Work Request/Work Order
D.2.2.10 Maintenance Work Request/Work Order Processing
D.2.2.11 Maintenance Work Request/Work Order Planning
D.2.3 Guideline – Scheduling Maintenance Activities
D.2.3.1 Control of Work Backlog
D.2.3.2 Work Priority
D.2.3.3 Schedule Requirements
D.2.3.4 Schedule Methods
D.2.3.5 Schedule Detail
D.2.3.6 Daily Schedules
D.2.3.6 Daily Schedules
D.2.3.7 Schedule Preparation
D.2.3.8 Schedule Integration
D.2.3.9 Schedule Review
D.2.3.10 Format, Progress Reporting, Updating, and Distributing
D.2.4 Guideline – Coordinating Maintenance Activities
D.2.4.1 Pre-job Coordination
D.2.4.2 Material Staging and Availability
D.2.4.3 Daily Meetings
D.2.5 Guideline – Planning, Scheduling And Coordinating Outages
D.2.5.1 Planned Outages
D.2.5.2 Unplanned Outages or Other Limitations to Facility Operations
D.2.6 Guideline - Planning, Scheduling, and Coordinating Maintenance Performance Monitoring
D.2.7 Guideline -Work Control
D.2.7.1 Work-Control Procedure
D.2.7.2 Supervision of Maintenance Activities
D.2.7.3 Review of Completed Work Requests
D.2.7.4 Temporary Repairs
D.2.7.5 Control of Non-facility Contractor and Subcontractor Personnel
D.2.7.6 Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS)
D.2.7.7 Human Performance in Maintenance
E. TYPES OF MAINTENANCE
E.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
E.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
E.2.1 Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Surveillance
E.2.1.1 Determining PM Intervals
E.2.1.2 Scheduling PMs
E.2.1.3 Performing PMs
E.2.1.4 Evaluation of the PM Program
E.2.2 Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
E.2.3 Corrective Maintenance
E.2.4 Maintenance of Facilities in Transition
Preventive Maintenance (PM) Document Validation and Feedback Form
F. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
F.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
F.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
F.2.1 Guidelines - Maintenance Procedure Development and Writing
F.2.2 Guidelines - Procedure Verification
F.2.3 Guidelines - Procedure Validation
F.2.4 Guidelines - Procedure Approval
F.2.5 Guidelines - Procedure Use
F.2.6 Guidelines - Procedure Change Control, Periodic Review, and Revision
G. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION
G.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
G.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
G.2.1 Responsibilities
G.2.2 Training Program Development
G.2.3 On-the-Job Training
G.2.4 Qualification
G.2.5 Management and Supervisory Training
G.2.6 Continuing Training
G.2.7 Training Program Approval, Effectiveness, and Feedback
H. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
H.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
H.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
H.2.1 Maintenance Program Interface with Modifications
H.2.2 Temporary Modifications
I. PROCUREMENT
I.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
I.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
I.2.1 Procurement Policy and Procedures
I.2.2 Spare Parts
I.2.3 Procurement Control
I.2.4 Receipt and Inspection
I.2.5 Storage
J. MAINTENANCE TOOL AND EQUIPMENT CONTROL
J.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
J.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
J.2.1 Storage and Issuance
J.2.2 Tool and Equipment Maintenance
J.2.3 M&TE
J.2.4 Use of Special Tools and Equipment
K. SUSPECT AND COUNTERFEIT ITEMS (S/CIs)
K.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
K.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
K.2.1 Procurement
K.2.2 Inspection and Acceptance
K.2.3 Engineering Involvement
K.2.4 Installed items
K.2.5 Removal and Disposition
Section 98
L.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
L.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
L.2.1 Program Development
L.2.2 Data Collection
L.2.3 Maintenance History File Development
L.2.4 Program Use
L.3 EXAMPLE DOCUMENTS
SAFETY INJECTION PUMP 1
M. AGING DEGRADATION AND TECHNICAL OBSOLESCENCE
M.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
M.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
N. SEASONAL FACILITY PRESERVATION
N.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
N.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
N.2.1 Facility Preservation during Severe Conditions Plan
N.2.2 Cold Weather Preparation
N.2.3 Flash Floods and Mud Slides
N.2.4 Hurricane Watches and Warnings
N.2.5 Tornado Watches and Warnings (High Winds)
N.2.6 Extreme Hot/Dry Weather
N.2.7 Example Cold Weather Checklist
N.2.8 Example Wildfire Condition Checklists
O. PERFORMANCE MEASURES
O.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
O.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
O.2.1 Identifying Performance Indicators
O.2.2 Measuring Performance Indicators
O.2.3 Analyzing Performance Indicators
O.2.4 Performance Improvement
P. FACILITY CONDITION INSPECTION
P.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
P.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
P.2.1 Standards
P.2.2 Scheduling
P.2.3 Types of Inspections
P.2.4 Conducting Inspections
P.2.5 Inspection Techniques
P.2.6 Reporting and Follow-up
P.2.7 Material Deficiency Identification
P.2.8 Work Request/Work Order Initiation
P.2.9 Removing Deficiency Tag Stickers
P.2.10 Confirmation of Deficiency Identification Tag and Sticker Use
P.2.11 Training
P.2.12 Procedures
P.2.13 Scope of Inspections
P.2.14 Inspection Program Elements
P.2.15 Deficiency Follow-up
Q. POST MAINTENANCE TESTING
Q.1 ORDER IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
Q.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT
Q.2.1 PMT Scope
Q.2.2 PMT Performance, Documentation, and Acceptance
APPENDIX A: NMMP-DD OPTIONS AND EXAMPLES
A.1 OPTIONS FOR THE NMMP-DD FORMAT, EXAMPLES OF NMMP SUMMARIES
A.2 RECOMMENDED FORMAT FOR A NMMP-DD UTILIZING AN APPLICABILITY MATRIX
NMMP-DD Applicability Matrix for DOE Nuclear Facilities at XYZ Site
APPENDIX B: NMMP ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE
B.1 SUMMARY OF NMMP ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN DOE ORDERS
B.2 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/ GUIDANCE SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION, PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT, AND/ OR EXAMPLES
B. ACRONYMS
C. REFERENCES
C.1 REGULATIONS
C.2 POLICIES
C.3 ORDERS
C.4 GUIDES
C.5 STANDARDS
C.6 HANDBOOKS
C.7 MEMORANDUM