DOE-HDBK-1099-96, DOE HANDBOOK ESTABLISHING NUCLEAR FACILITY DRILL PROGRAMS

DOE-HDBK-1099-96, DOE HANDBOOK ESTABLISHING NUCLEAR FACILITY DRILL PROGRAMS. The purpose of DOE Handbook, EstablishingNuclearFacilityDrill Programs, is to provide DOE contractor organizations with guidance for development or modification of drill programs that both train on and evaluate facility training and procedures dealing with a variety of abnormal and emergency operating situations likely to occur at a facility. The Handbook focuses on conducting drills as part of a training and qualification program (typically within a single facility), and is not intended to included responses of personnel beyond the site boundary, e.g. Local or State Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, etc. Each facility is expected to develop its own facility specific scenarios, and should not limit them to equipment failures but should include personnel injuries and other likely events. A well-developed and consistently administered drill program can effectively provide training and evaluation of facility operating personnel in controlling abnormal and emergency operating situations. To ensure the drills are meeting their intended purpose they should have evaluation criteria for evaluating the knowledge and skills of the facility operating personnel. Training and evaluation of staff skills and knowledge such as component and system interrelationship, reasoning and judgment, team interactions, and communications can be accomplished with drills. The appendices to this Handbook contain both models and additional guidance for establishing drill programs at the Department's nuclear facilities. Appendix A is a template that can be used to establish contents and format of a drill scenario. Appendix B provides scenarios typical of many facilities. Appendix C describes cues and props that can be used to represent various conditions. Appendix D contains information on methods and content of typical evaluation criteria.