Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Update on National Research Council Recommendations (1999) / Chapter Skim
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3 Risk Management
3 Risk Management
Pages 31-38
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The assessment, which was not independently reviewed, was reportedly prepared according to guidance provided by the permitting agency and demonstrated that risk for particular individuals at particular locations would be below the regulatory thresholds. 2Risk management is a decision-making process focused on balancing alternative strategies and consequences associated with risk reduction and a process for implementing those decisions.
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If the QRA methodology is changed, the methodology manual should be updated [R-31. Risk Management The Army should expand its draft Guide to encourage the establishment of a "safety culture," including industrial safety, in all groups involved in the program and develop a management program (and include it in the Guide)
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Therefore, the committee urges the PMCD to order that a formal RMP be established for QRA-identified safety issues, including a tracking mechanism for identifying and compiling new issues as they arise and for monitoring their resolution. In the Risk Assessment and Management report, the committee described the Army's draft Guide and Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Risk Management Program Requirements (U.S.
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The committee found that the QRA was performed to standards that met or exceeded the previous state of the art and appropriately modeled a wide variety of potential accidents involving the release of agent. The results and insights of the QRA were endorsed by the Expert Panel and the committee and were directly useful to PMCD and TOCDF personnel in managing the facility and developing practices to reduce risk to the surrounding population.
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to assess whether a proposed change could affect worker safety, for reviewing options for mitigating increases in worker risk, and for deciding whether a change is justified. If PLL programs identify ways to reduce worker risk, mechanisms for incorporating these recommendations into the change management process should be described.
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The Army should expand implementation of the risk management program to ensure that workers understand the results of the risk assessments and risk management decisions. The Army should also ensure that CSEPP and other emergency preparedness officials understand the QRA and how their activities might affect risk.
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[R-10] The PAS carbon bed filter technology and risk management is the subject of another NRC report that was not available at the time of this writing (NRC, 1999)
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A summary of relevant observations and recommendations follows. In an NRC letter report, Evaluation of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System Operational Verification Testing: Part I, issued in July 1993, the committee made the following recommendation: The Army should use systemization of the Tooele Chemical disposal facility to implement improvements relating to safety, environmental performance, and plant efficiency.
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