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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Approach to Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Sustainability in Russia1
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Operations Principles |
Sustainability Indicators |
MPC&A Organization |
An independent MPC&A organization on site capable of planning, resource allocation, implementation, testing and evaluating all aspects of MPC&A operations. |
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An effective MPC&A organization has sufficient authority to carry out all aspects of their MPC&A duties and is sufficiently independent from organizations, such as those with production responsibility on site. |
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Site Operating Procedures |
Site has written operating procedures that address and vulnerabilities, cover key aspects of MPC&A operations, cover emergency situations on site, and are supported by site management. |
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Operations Principles |
Sustainability Indicators |
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Human Resource Management and Site Training |
MPC&A staff has the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform critical MPC&A |
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Sites have capability to assess MPC&A staffing needs. |
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Sites can apply local, regional, and national training resources to meet training needs. |
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Sites have the capability to retrain staff to correct operational deficiencies. |
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Sites have the capability to provide site-specific MPC&A training. |
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Sites have a process to replace MPC&A staff with qualified training personnel. |
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Operational Cost Analysis |
Operational costs are understood and data are used for design decisions and for lifecycle management. |
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System can be supported by Russian site. |
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Operations Principles |
Sustainability Indicators |
Equipment Maintenance Repair and Calibration |
MPC&A systems are properly maintained and operational. |
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Minimize downtime of critical components and maximize operational life of system components. |
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Performance Testing and Operational Monitoring |
Sites should be able to periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the system, subsystem, and components of the system; identify and correct deficiencies; and maintain continuous and effective MPC&A operations. |
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Sites should be able to monitor implementation of MPC&A procedures and correct operational deficiencies. |
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Configuration Management |
The upgraded MPC&A system is adequately documented, and a configuration consistent with threat mitigation is established in a baseline. |
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An administrative system of work review is in place to determine if work will change the configuration and if so, that changes are reviewed, compensatory actions taken, and documentation is updated. |