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| NOEMS Configuration Management |
The safe and productive operation of nuclear or other facilities relies upon a clear understanding of the facility’s physical characteristics and design requirements. This is necessary to establish and maintain operational management processes and controls that will assure safe operation. It is the consistency of integration among these elements, particularly at times of physical or administrative changes in operation, that is important. The management of these elements within a facility is commonly referred to as operational configuration management (CM).
When the relationship between the design requirements, physical characteristics, and documentation used to control the operation is not maintained, off normal, and other undesirable conditions are more likely to occur. Although fundamental in concept, CM is a complex integration of the following functions: requirements, change control, work control, document control, and assessments
An effective CM program, designed and implemented to meet the tenets of DOE Standard, DOE-STD-1073-2003, Configuration Management, will also support other DOE program requirements. Examples include Safety basis development, implementation, and maintenance; quality assurance; conduct of operations; maintenance, and design programs.
Epsilon is experienced in development and implementation of configuration management programs and the basic elements of those programs. Several Epsilon staff members were involved with the inception of configuration management into the DOE complex, including the development and presentation of CM training. Members of Epsilon are highly versed in the basis for CM, the relevance of the various CM elements, and the required relationships and management of those program elements.
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