---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 830.202"
title: "10"
number: "830.202"
heading: "Safety basis."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/830.202"
---

# §830.202. Safety basis.

- (a) The contractor responsible for a Hazard Category 1, 2, or 3 DOE nuclear facility must establish and maintain the safety basis for the facility.
- (b) In establishing the safety basis for a Hazard Category 1, 2, or 3 DOE nuclear facility, the contractor responsible for the facility must:
  - (1) Define the scope of the work to be performed;
  - (2) Identify and analyze the hazards associated with the work;
  - (3) Categorize the facility consistent with DOE-STD-1027-92 (“Hazard Categorization and Accident Analysis Techniques for compliance with DOE Order 5480.23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports,” Change Notice 1, September 1997);
  - (4) Prepare a documented safety analysis for the facility; and
  - (5) Establish the hazard controls upon which the contractor will rely to ensure adequate protection of workers, the public, and the environment.
- (c) In maintaining the safety basis for a Hazard Category 1, 2, or 3 DOE nuclear facility, the contractor responsible for the facility must:
  - (1) Update the safety basis to keep it current and to reflect changes in the facility, the work and the hazards as they are analyzed in the documented safety analysis;
  - (2) Annually provide DOE the current documented safety analysis or a letter stating that there have been no changes in the documented safety analysis since the prior submittal; and
  - (3) **Incorporate in the safety basis any changes, conditions, or hazard controls directed by DOE.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 66205, Oct. 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted.