Crosswalk between Tech 35 & ISM Manual Attributes

Legend:  ew = exact Words; aew = almost exact words; ~ = close

   
 Tech 35 Attribute ISM Manual Attribute
Safety Standards  
• Clear, concise technical safety directives that are centrally developed and controlled, and are based on sound engineering judgment and data 5.3 ew
• Technical specifications clearly control the safe operating envelope 5.6 ew
• Stringent quality assurance, safety management, and radiological protection requirements 5.4 ew
• Clear roles, responsibilities, and authorities; clear organizational structure and lines of authority 2.3, 2.5
• Deviations from technical standards are rare, compelling, and approved centrally 5.7 aew
• Formal facility authorization agreements between owner and operator 7.1 ew
• Continuously improve safety standards and practices through lessons learned and safety research 5.10 aew, 3.5,, 3.7, 3.9
     
Safety Attitude  
• Prove that there is no safety problem before starting work 7.2, 7.4
• Senior leaders are committed to the mission and are drivers of safety, especially nuclear safety 1,3, 1,5, 1,6, 2.8,
sp-4.9
• Rigorous adherence to safety standards and regulations 2.7 aew, 2.9, 5.9
• Equal value of safety and productivity 4.4, 4.2
• Workers at any level can stop unsafe work sp-2.1, sp-4.3
• Question deviances, and avoid institutional complacency or arrogance based on past successes 3.7, 5,10, sp-1.2,
sp-2.8
• Senior managers continuously stress safety of operations and individual accountability for safety 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 2.9
sp-4.9
• Encourage a questioning attitude and constructive skepticism; challenge conclusions sp-1.4, sp-1.5 aew, sp-2.1, sp-4.3, sp-4.8
• Safety and its ownership are apparent in everyone's actions and deeds 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 3.9,
sp-1.3
• Respect for radioactive materials, criticality  and other hazards associated with nuclear activities 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9
• Timely and unfiltered alerts of problems and credible operational information through multiple paths of communication 3.5, 3.6, 5.10, sp-3.7, sp-4.1, sp-4.5
• Self-reporting encouraged, and identification of safety errors/failures rewarded sp-1.4,  sp-2.2, sp-4.3, , sp-4.8
• Strong sense of mission with balanced production and defined safety goals 4.1, 4.3 aew, 4.9
     
Technical Excellence  
• Robust facility designs using established codes and standards 5.1 aew
• Safety analysis based on sound engineering judgment and data 5.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
• Defense in depth designed into nuclear facilities, including independent, redundant, and diverse safety systems that are not overly complex 6.4 aew
• Solid foundation of science and engineering, including physics, chemistry, and nuclear technologies 3.2, 3.3
• Technical support personnel have expert-level technical understanding 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6
• Senior managers have strong technical backgrounds 3.3 aew
• Recurrent and relevant training 3.5, 3.6
• Continuing focus on nuclear safety research and testing ~4.10
• Embedded technical and safety expertise 3.2, 3.3
• High priority on recruiting, selection, and retention of technical staff 3.1 aew
• Complete system knowledge allows prompt anticipation or investigation of system problems 3.6
• Personnel have in-depth understanding of safety and technical aspects of job 3.3 ew
• Strong safety development and testing capability 3.5, 3.6,
• Risk management tools integrated into decisions ~ sp-1.3
• Seek to identify safety problems that are not known or expected 6.1
     
Operational Excellence  
• Hazards are controlled to prevent or mitigate accidents 6.1 ew
• Adherence to technical procedures (or stopping and correcting procedure) is a fundamental expectation 2.7, 5.8
• Nuclear facility construction follows rigorous quality assurance, configuration management, and safety practices 5.1
• Systems and equipment maintained in accordance with the facility design basis 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
• Managers maintain awareness of operational conditions/issues 1.2, 1.4
• Operations are prepared and ready to operate safely prior to independent readiness reviews ~7.2
• Readiness verified before starting hazardous work 7.2
• Flexible response to off-normal and emergency events through relentless preparation and training 3.6, sp1-7 ew
• Safety embedded in processes and procedures through a functioning formal ISM system ~ 5.5
• Aggressive reporting and evaluation of occurrences, deviations, etc. sp-1.2, sp-2.4, sp-4.5
• Decentralized operational authority during off-normal events sp-1.6 aew
• Operations personnel held to a high standard of technical understanding, not just task-oriented training sp-1.7 aew
• Safety margins are carefully maintained 5.6
     

Safety Resources

  
• Safety issues and productivity carry equal weight for funding allocations and schedule flexibility 4.4 aew
• Resources available for safety upgrades and repairs to aging infrastructure 4.10 aew
• Continuity/constancy of key technical officials 4.8
• Safety positions have adequate organizational influence 4.10 aew
• Sufficient redundancy in organizational safety functions 4.6 aew
• Modern infrastructure and new facility construction are funded 4-11 aew
• System of priority checks and balances from top to bottom 4-9 aew
• Independently funded safety research ~4.10
     
Performance Assurance  
• Robust, frequent, and independent oversight sp-3.1 aew, sp-4.1
• DOE/NNSA managers actively involved in safety issues and performance assurance sp-3.8 aew
• Rapid response to problems and closeout of issues ~sp-3.7
• High-quality root-cause analysis sp-4.7
• Performance is tracked based on valid indicators and robust trend analysis sp-1.1 aew
• Performance oversight at all levels sp-1.1 aew
• Learn using a feedback and improvement program designed to capture industry-wide lessons 3-6, sp-4.1
• Readiness for high-risk activities verified by DOE/NNSA-partially 7.1
• Decentralized assessment and corrective action programs sp-3.1, sp-3.4, sp-3.7
• Linkages among problems and organizational issues are examined sp-4.2 ew
• Centralized verification of compliance with safety and technical requirements ~7.3
• Robust assessment and corrective action programs, including effective tracking of issues sp-3.1, sp-3.7, sp-4.1