Charter

PURPOSE

The Safety Analysis Working Group (SAWG) is a working committee whose intent is to facilitate the objectives of the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) as related to the particular area of Safety Analyses. The purpose of the working group is to promote excellence in the Department of Energy safety analyses programs through information sharing and application of lessons learned to other facilities.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the SAWG are to:

• Operate within the framework of EFCOG.

• Provide planning and actions necessary to see that the overall objectives of the EFCOG come to fruition in the area of safety analyses.

• Promote, coordinate, and facilitate the active exchange of successful safety analyses programs, practices, procedures, lessons learned, and other pertinent information of common interest on safety analyses, which have been effectively utilized by M&O contractors.

• Promote training on safety analyses by sharing of management and technical information among contractors through mechanisms such as workshops, sub-working groups, and seminars.

SCOPE

• The SAWG will operate within the scope of EFCOG.

• The areas of contractor interest covered by SAWG include: safety analysis documentation (e.g., Safety Analysis Reports [SARs], Technical Safety Requirements [TSRs]), risk management and the incorporation of safety analysis requirements in related systems such as configuration management.

• Both nuclear and non-nuclear activities and facilities are included. Activities and facilities will be covered throughout their entire life cycles.

• The management and technical safety areas will be covered as they pertain to safety analyses. The environmental tie to the safety analysis process is within the scope of the working group.