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Best Practices Master Listing

(Last Update 01/10/12)

  • Best Practice #1 - Roles, Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Authorities (R2A2's) (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #2 - Self-Assessment Program (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #3 - Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) Software (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #4 - Application of a Senior Management Executive Steering Committee for ISM Leadership (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #5 - Hazardous Materials Tracking System (HAZTRAK) (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #6 - Automated Job Hazard Analysis (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #7 - A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Safety Performance (08/08/02)

  • Best Practice #8 - Continual Improvement of ISMS Through Statistical Trending (11/20/02)

  • Best Practice #9 - Key Performance Indicator Program (12/02/02)

  • Best Practice #10 - Engineering Standards Program Best Practices

  • Best Practice #11 - Regulatory Agency Action and Inspection Tracking Systems (12/16/03)

  • Best Practice #12 - Defining and Implementing an Environmental Management System at a Large Complex Facility using Activity Based Compliance (12/16/03)

  • Best Practice #13 - Practical Criticality Controls Training Facility

  • Best Practice #14 - Standard Work Week Critiques

  • Best Practice #15 - Work Management Reporting System

  • Best Practice #16 - Worker Feedback

  • Best Practice #17 - Work Window Manager

  • Best Practice #18 - Quick Fix Work

  • Best Practice #19 - Problem Evaluation Request (PER) -- A Comprehensive, Low Threshold, Electronic Work Initiation / Problem Identification System

  • Best Practice #20 - Joint Review Group (JRG) -- A Senior Review Committee for Complex/High Risk Work Packages

  • Best Practice #21 - Work Management Centers

  • Best Practice #22 - Expedited / Fix It Now (FIN) Work Processes

  • Best Practice #23 - Use of Delay Codes

  • Best Practice #24 - Electronic Routing and Approval

  • Best Practice #25 - Work Package Contents -- Only Contain What's Needed By The Mechanic In The Field

  • Best Practice #26 - Winter Enclosure Improves Safety and Schedule (06/24/04)

  • Best Practice #27 - Template for Sustainable Design Standards

  • Best Practice #28 - Ultra Safe Rigging and Lifting (9/21/04)

  • Best Practice #29 - Mortar-lining Aged Water Distribution Lines Protects Groundwater and Minimizes Waste (12/08/04)

  • Best Practice #30 - 360 Degree Photography Implements ALARA Principle (12/08/04)

  • Best Practice #31 - Consolidated Audits of Analytical Laboratories and TSDFs Leverage Resources and Improve Quality

  • Best Practice #32 - Reducing Time and Cost through use of a General Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan for Construction Activities  (3/02/05)

  • Best Practice #33 - Effective Use of Time Outs - A Best Practice Summary (SRS)  (3/21/05)

  • Best Practice #34 - Enhanced Worker Classification Awareness as an Activity Risk Control (3/23/05)

  • Best Practice #35 - Building Commissioning for Non-Nuclear Facilities (7/24/05)

  • Best Practice #36 - Worker Led Multi Faceted Approach Improves Safety (8/13/05)

  • Best Practice #37 - Improved Electrical Controls (8/13/05)

  • Best Practice #38 - Worker Protection from Carbon Monoxide (CO) Production from Plasma Arc Torch Cutting of Stainless Steel in Confined Space (8/13/05)

  • Best Practice #39 - Security Requirements Integration Team (10/08/05)

  • Best Practice #40 - Enhance Security Through Human Error Reduction (ESTHER) (10/31/05)

  • Best Practice #41 - Use of Reliability Centered Maintenance Concepts for Fire Protection Components (4/21/06)

  • Best Practice #42 - Guidance for Retro-Commissioning (4/21/06)

  • Best Practice #43 - Avoiding Procedure and Database References in Regulator Approved/Enforced Documents Simplifies Work Transition Between Contractors and Saves Money (11/14/06)

  • Best Practice #44 - Web-based EMS Awareness Training Improves EMS Knowledge While Saving Time and Money (11/14/06)

  • Best Practice #45 - Energy Management Program (01/19/07)

  • Best Practice #46 - Electrical Functional Area Qualifications (02/15/07)

  • Best Practice #47 - Controlling Energized Electrical Work Hazards (02/22/07

  • Best Practice #48 - Electrical Severity Measurement Tool (02/02/11)

  • Best Practice #49 - Evaluation and Control of Airborne Fungal Populations for Worker Protection during the Deactivation of an Abandoned Process Facility (U) (09/01/07)

  • Best Practice #50 - Post-Deactivation Surveillance and Maintenance of Excess Facilities (09/01/07)

  • Best Practice #51 - Use of Commercial Rigid Polyurethane Foam for Decontamination and Decommissioning (09/01/07)

  • Best Practice #52 - Implementation of NFPA Arc Flash Requirements in D&D (12/18/07)

  • Best Practice #53 - Assets for Value Contracts (12/18/07)

  • Best Practice #54 - Open Air Demolition of Radiological Contaminated Structures (02/19/08)

  • Best Practice #55 - Achieving the First Record of Decision on a Canyon in the Complex (03/21/08)

  • Best Practice #56 - Managing Migratory Birds and In-Use Nest - 10/26/08

  • Best Practice #57 - Pollution Prevention/Waste Minimization Awards Program - 10/26/08

  • Best Practice #58 - EMS 'Green Lights' - 10/26/08

  • Best Practice #59 - Qualification of (ALL) Inspection and Test Personnel (Not Just QA Organizations) - 12/17/08

  • Best Practice #60 - Construction Specifications - 12/17/08

  • Best Practice #61 - Engineered Equivalency Applied to Construction Changes - 12/17/08

  • Best Practice #62 - Items or Equipment/Material Storage - 12/17/08

  • Best Practice #63 - Qualification of Suppliers/Distributors for Safety Related SSCs - 12/17/08

  • Best Practice #64 - Rebar and Dowel Placement - 12/17/08

  • Best Practice #65 - Engineering Calculations - 01/10/09

  • Best Practice #66 - Performance of Arc Flash Calculations and Labeling - 06/17/09

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  • Best Practice #67 - Providing Operations-Focused Environmental Regulatory Guidance to Enhance Operational Ownership and Regulatory Compliance - 07/09/09

  • Best Practice #68 - Deployed Staff Model - 11/08/09

  • Best Practice #69 - Performance Communications Center - 11/08/09

  • Best Practice #70 - Human Performance Factors Considered in Causal Analyses - 11/08/09

  • Best Practice #71 - Adoption of NFPA 70E 2009 in place of NFPA 70E 2004 - 03/10/10

  • Best Practice #72 - Post-doctoral Professional Development Program (PD2P) - 04/14/10

  • Best Practice #73 - Energy Systems Technology and Education Center - 04/14/10

  • Best Practice #74 - Developing a pipeline of potential critical skills candidates at the local level:  the High School Technology Academy - 04/14/10

  • Best Practice #75 - Jobsite Qualification Program for Subsurface Investigation Equipment Operators - 06/01/10

  • Best Practice #76 - EMS as a Compliance Vehicle - An Example: NPDES Compliance - 05/26/10

  • Best Practice #77 - Improved EMS/OSH Assessment Strategy - 05/26/10

  • Best Practice #78 - Requesting Excavation/Penetration Permits, Data Management and Client Relations - 05/28/10

  • Best Practice #79 - Safeguards and Security Tracking, Analysis and Reporting System (SSTARS) - 06/13/10

  • Best Practice #80 - Naming Conventions for Drawings, Specifications, Manuals and Procedures - 08/23/10

  • Best Practice #81 - Elements of a Best-Practice Safety Equipment List - 08/23/10

  • Best Practice #82 - Safety Basis Supplement - 08/23/10

  • Best Practice #83 - Fire Protection Program Applicability to DOE Contractor-Leased Facilities - 09/01/10

  • Best Practice #84 - Subsurface Investigations - 09/01/10

  • Best Practice #85 - ISMS and Safety Culture  - 10/26/10

  • Best Practice #86 - Space Management Practices - 11/04/10

  • Best Practice #87 - Safety Performance Index - 11/10/10

  • Best Practice #88 - Radiation Protection Technology Training Fast-Track - 02/26/11

  • Best Practice #89 - Emergency Preparedness Contributes to Correct Radiological and Medical Response Actions  - 02/26/11

  • Best Practice #90 - Addressing Short-Term Increased Training Demand - Recovery Act Training Challenges and Success at the Hanford Site - 02/26/11

  • Best Practice #91 - Successful Strategies for Integrating ISMS into the On-Boarding Process - 02/26/11

  • Best Practice #92 - Using Human Performance to raise staff awareness about potential security situations - 04/04/11

  • Best Practice #93 - Student Sustainability Challenge - 05/12/11

  • Best Practice #94 - Contractor Participation in Enforcement Conferences - 05/12/11

  • Best Practice #95 - Radioactive Waste Management Basis (RWMB) - 06/05/11

  • Best Practice #96 - Performance Assessment Scoping Process - 06/05/11

  • Best Practice #97 - Waste With No Identified Path for Disposal (WWNP) - 06/05/11

  • Best Practice #98 - Unreviewed Disposal Question Evaluation (UDQE) - 06/05/11

  • Best Practice #99 - Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) Citation Determination - 06/05/11

  • Best Practice #100 - Open Air Demolition of Asbestos Gunite by Using Track Mounted Wet Cutting Saw - 06/13/11

  • Best Practice #101 - Explosive Demolition of Buildings 337, 337B and the 309 Stack at the Hanford's 300 Area - 06/13/11

  • Best Practice #102 - Waste Characterization/Classification - 06/13/11

  • Best Practice #103 - Working with Offsite High-Level Waste (HLW) Samples 07/07/11

  • Best Practice #104 - Fire Protection Program Assessments - 07/22/11

  • Best Practice #105 - Improving Access to and Control of Database Information - 07/22/11

  • Best Practice #106 - U-Learn - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Multi-Faceted, Multi-Modal On-Line Learning Program (http://ulearn.llnl.gov) - 09/08/11

  • Best Practice #107 - Recommended Structure for System Health Monitoring and Reporting  - 09/21/11

  • Best Practice #108 - Developing Every Leader at Every Level - 08/16/11

  • Best Practice #109 - Application of Expert USQDs to Expedite the USQ Process - 09/14/11

  • Best Practice #110 - Power Line Safety for Cranes/Derricks and High Profile Vehicular and Mechanical Equipment - 11/07/11

  • Best Practice #111 - Adoption of NFPA 70E 2012 in place of NFPA 70E 2009 - 10/20/11

  • Best Practice #112 - Electrical Safety Position Paper “Use of Automated External Defibrillators” - 11/09/11

  • Best Practice #113 - Understanding, Assessing and Measuring a Culture of Operational Excellence - 11/29/11

  • Best Practice #114 - Best Practices in Support of Implementing the revised DOE USQ Guide, DOE G 424.1-1B - 12/03/11

  • Best Practice #115 - US DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program’s Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer “Hands-On” Subcritical and Critical Experiments Training and Education Course - 12/03/11

  • Best Practice #116 - Environmental Scorecards - 01/10/12

 For more information on Best Practices contact:

Tom Helms, SRS SWPF Project

Best Practices Team Lead

(803) 643-1655

tom.helms@parsons.com