What are S/RIDs?
The concept of Standards/Requirements Identification Documents (S/RIDs) was developed by DOE’s Offices of Defense Programs (DP) and Environmental Management (EM) in response to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s (DNFSB) Recommendation 90-2. This recommendation, which was accepted by DOE, was that DOE should develop mechanisms for identifying which standards are applicable to the work, determining whether those standards are fully implemented, and determining whether the standards are appropriate and adequate to ensure protection to workers, the public, and the environment. The original concept of S/RIDs as espoused by DP was a document that included all applicable Order requirements for which an exemption had not been granted, plus additional laws, regulations, and other standards necessary to ensure adequacy. EM’s original concept was somewhat different — they believed from the beginning that many applicable Order requirements added little safety value for the types of wor
