The guidance provided in DOE/EH-0545, Seismic Evaluation Procedure for Equipment in U.S. Department of Energy Facilities, must be used with the appropriate training and judgment as discussed throughout the Procedure. Before applying the methodology in this Procedure, the reference material for the Seismic Qualification Utility Group (SQUG) Generic Implementation Procedure (GIP) should be carefully studied. The methodology is not a "cookbook" approach because it requires an extensive use of judgment and a thorough understanding of the basis for the methodology. If differences are not marked appropriately in the sections of the DOE Seismic Evaluation Procedure which are taken directly or modified from the SQUG GIP, then the corresponding information in the SQUG GIP should be followed.

Engineers who use the DOE Seismic Evaluation Procedure are responsible for its appropriate application, their level of training, and their use of judgment. The developers of the Procedure assume no responsibility for specific applications of the methodology.

Peer review is a vitally important component of seismic evaluations of equipment and distribution systems at DOE facilities. The evaluation procedures described in DOE/EH-0545 involve an extensive use of engineering judgment. This type of judgment must be independently reviewed to ensure that significant details are not overlooked or improperly evaluated.

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• DOE/EH-0545, Seismic Evaluation Procedure for Equipment in U.S. Department of Energy Facilities, March 1997 69MB (1 complete pdf file)