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U.S. Department of Energy ORDER
Washington, D.C. DOE 5660.1B
5-26-94
SUBJECT: MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
1. PURPOSE. To establish requirements and procedures for the management of
nuclear materials within the Department of Energy (DOE).
2. CANCELLATION. DOE 5660.1A, MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, of 7-8-92.
3. SCOPE. This Order applies to all Departmental Elements involved with
DOE-owned nuclear materials (Figure VIII-2) and contractors performing
work for DOE, as provided by law and/or contract and as implemented by
the appropriate contracting officers.
4. EXCLUSIONS. This Order does not apply to spent nuclear fuel from the
civil sector under the cognizance of the Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management and subject to Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing,
or to DOE waste nuclear materials.
5. REFERENCES.
a. DOE 5633.2A, CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS:
RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES, of 9-23-92, which establishes the
responsibilities and authorities for nuclear materials control and
accountability.
b. DOE 5633.3A, CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, of
2-12-93, which contains the basic principles and requirements for
the control and accountability of nuclear materials.
c. DOE 5633.4, NUCLEAR MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS: DOCUMENTATION AND
REPORTING, of 2-9-88, which provides for maintaining the Nuclear
Materials Management and Safeguards System data base.
d. DOE 5633.5, NUCLEAR MATERIALS REPORTING AND DATA SUBMISSIONS, of
5-22-87, which establishes procedures for reporting nuclear
materials information and submitting data to Nuclear Materials
Management and Safeguards System.
e. DOE 5635.1A, CONTROL OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION, of
2-12-88, which provides guidance on protection of classified
information.
f. DOE 5820.2A, RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, of 9-26-88, which
establishes policies and guidelines for the management of
radioactive waste and waste byproducts.
g. American National Standards Institute Reports ANSI N15.1-1970
Classification of Unirradiated Uranium Scrap and ANSI N15.10-1987
Unirradiated Plutonium Scrap - Classification.
h. Executive Order 12344, 1982, entitled "Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program", which establishes the structure, policies, and practices
of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
6. DEFINITIONS. See Attachment 1.
7. OBJECTIVE. The objective of this Order is to implement a comprehensive
nuclear materials management program to:
a. Conserve valuable nuclear material resources;
b. Distribute nuclear materials needed for DOE and other programs for
research, development, and other purposes;
c. Optimize nuclear materials production, processing, and inventory
management operations; and
d. Conduct studies and prepare plans for the future use and
disposition of nuclear materials including operation of DOE nuclear
materials production, processing, and storage facilities.
8. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES.
a. Director of the Office of Nuclear Weapons Management, Office of
Defense Programs.
(1) Develops policies, procedures, and standards for the
management of nuclear materials.
(2) Conducts DOE-wide planning and analyses of nuclear materials
production, processing, storage, use, or disposition, in
coordination with the applicable Headquarters program
organizations, other Headquarters offices, and the field
offices.
(3) Reviews and analyzes the nuclear material resources requested
by the programs and determines if the requests are consistent
with program needs, budgets, and schedules.
(4) Prepares the annual DOE Materials Management Plan.
(5) Maintains management control of nuclear materials held by
operating programs that are excess to the resources required
for currently approved activities.
(6) Reviews schedules and programs for processing nuclear material
scrap.
(7) Administers the DOE-wide nuclear materials allotment system.
(8) Conducts periodic reviews of field office nuclear materials
management programs and activities.
b. Director of the Office of Facilities, Office of Defense Programs
provides nuclear materials to meet defense and other requirements
by managing the DOE's nuclear materials production and processing
facilities and assuring that their operation and maintenance are
being conducted in a safe manner to achieve production
requirements. The Office of Facilities also administers and funds
the operations of the Central Scrap Management Offices, including
their scrap/residues processing activities.
c. Assistant Secretary for Environmental Restoration and Waste
Management is responsible for managing "I" project nuclear
materials and other nuclear materials designated for their program
management.
d. Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Office of Nuclear
Energy shall, in accordance with the responsibilities and
authorities assigned by Executive Order 12344 (statutorily
prescribed by 42 U.S.C. 7158) and to ensure consistency throughout
the joint Navy/DOE organization of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program, implement and oversee all policy and practices pertaining
to this DOE Order for activities under the Director's cognizance.
e. Director of Isotope Production and Distribution Program, Office of
Nuclear Energy is responsible for managing the inventories and
distribution of certain special isotopes (Americium-241,
Americium-243, Berkelium-249, Californium-252 and Curium) which
also are subject to some provisions of this Order.
f. Director of the Office of Security Affairs, Office of Intelligence
and National Security
(1) Develops policies, procedures, and standards for the control
and accountability of nuclear materials.
(2) Manages the development and maintenance of the Nuclear
Materials Management and Safeguards System for the purposes
of:
(a) Collecting and processing data on nuclear materials in
which the United States has safeguards or management
interests.
(b) Maintaining records of nuclear materials transactions and
inventories in support of safeguards and management
programs and issuing reports thereof.
g. Chief Financial Officer is responsible for Departmental policies
applicable to the financial accounting for nuclear materials.
h. Directors of Headquarters Program Organizations.
(1) Provide program guidance to field offices for the preparation
of realistic nuclear material forecasts.
(2) Participate, as necessary, with the Office of Nuclear Weapons
Management in developing DOE-wide nuclear materials planning
and analyses.
(3) Budget sufficient funds to properly manage nuclear materials
for their programs, including costs for sorting, stabilizing,
packaging, storing, shipping, and processing nuclear
materials, if appropriate.
(4) Analyze nuclear material inventories associated with their
programs to ensure that such inventories are justified and
optimized and recommend the disposition of materials found
excess to program needs.
(5) Ensure that nuclear material forecasts are compatible with
program budgets and plans.
(6) Implement a nuclear materials management program for all
activities under their jurisdiction that conforms to the
policies, procedures, and standards set forth in this Order
and as otherwise agreed to. (The Director of the Naval
Nuclear Propulsion Program has cognizance over all materials
management activities at the Pittsburgh and Schenectady Naval
Reactors Offices.)
i. Heads of Field Organizations.
(1) Implement nuclear materials management programs for all
activities under their jurisdiction that conform with the
policies, procedures, and standards in this Order and
supplementary instructions and guidance including that related
to minimizing of environment, safety and health impacts.
(2) Provide the Headquarters programs and the Office of Nuclear
Weapons Management with an accurate and complete assessment of
the nuclear materials for which the field office has
programmatic responsibility.
(3) Ensure that contracts and subcontracts issued for their
programs contain adequate materials management provisions, if
appropriate.
(4) Ensure that contractors know the objectives of the materials
management program and are provided with the criteria,
guidance, and instructions needed to achieve the objectives.
(5) Verify that contractor-prepared nuclear materials inventory
assessment reports are accurate and valid.
(6) Provide the Headquarters program organizations and the Office
of Nuclear Weapons Management with responsive, realistic
nuclear material forecasts and related assumptions for
programs for which they have responsibility.
(7) Develop and implement a formal program to manage nuclear
materials at contractor operations for which the field office
has responsibility, to include providing appropriate guidance
and budget support for nuclear materials management.
(8) Develop, implement, and provide the Office of Nuclear Weapons
Management with an annual materials management plan for field
office programs, as applicable.
(9) Periodically review materials management activities at
contractor operations for which the field office has
responsibility.
(10) Maintain an allotment control system to ensure that nuclear
materials transactions are consistent with quantities allotted
to their programs.
(11) If necessary, perform specific analytical studies to ensure
optimum materials planning and utilization.
(12) Ensure that inactive nuclear materials are identified properly
and handled promptly according to the requirements of this
Order and supplementary instructions and guidance.
(13) Ensure that scrap nuclear materials are stored, processed or
disposed consistent with DOE policy and procedures.
(14) Approve contractor discard limits for disposal of nuclear
materials based on the Office of Nuclear Weapons Management
guidance. (For DOE licensee contractors, the approval of
discard limits is the responsibility of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.)
(15) Ensure that nuclear materials are acquired for their programs
only in the amounts needed to meet Headquarters program
objectives consistent with funding availability.
(16) Operate the Central Scrap Management Office, when assigned, to
develop, integrate, and coordinate disposition of designated
nuclear materials scrap from facilities that do not have the
capability for processing such materials.
(17) Operate nuclear materials loan and lease programs, when
assigned.
(18) Ensure that nuclear materials management requirements and
financial management requirements are appropriately interfaced
so that nuclear materials management transactions are
accurately reflected in financial management information at
all appropriate levels.
9. ASSISTANCE. Questions concerning this Order should be directed to John
W. Newton, Office of Nuclear Weapons Management, Office of Defense
Programs, 301-903-2975.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
ARCHER L. DURHAM
Assistant Secretary for Human
Resources and Administration