M7D1

M7D1
Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
Technical specifications are a set of documented standards and requirements which a product and the production process must meet. The documented details form the basis for performance and product evaluation. In a nuclear generating station the facility operating license document provides a set of guidelines and rules that the plant must adhere to (Fanning, 2011). The paper aims to the show the personnel responsible for ensuring compliance with limiting conditions for operation and surveillance requirements at the nuclear generating plant and highlights the relationship between technical specifications and the physical defense in depth barriers.
Limiting conditions for operation and surveillance requirements are two categories in the technical specifications document. Limiting conditions for operation are basically the conditions that oversee equipment operability at a nuclear generating plant. The operating conditions are known as modes. These conditions when at the lowest the operations of the plant will not run safely and the licensee will be required to ensure shut down of the plant and engage remedial actuals until all the conditions are met. The operation plant manager is responsible that all limiting requirements are met.
Surveillance requirements, on the other hand, refer to the periodic tests done on the plant aimed at ensuring operability by checking the quality of systems and that the plant is within the limiting conditions (Fanning, 2011).

These tests are usually done in line with the specifications set out which can have them done daily, weekly, monthly, etc. It is the responsibility of the senior corporate nuclear officer to ensure that these periodic tests are done.
Defense in depth relates to a safety philosophy aimed at protecting the safety of plant workers by providing guidelines in the design, inspection, and regulation of nuclear-generating plants. It is achieved by putting up strong physical barriers to prevent leakage of radioactive material and having measures to cater for emergencies (Fanning, 2011). In this regard, defense in depth relates to the technical specifications. Both aspects are concerned with ensuring safety at the generating plant. For instance, the setting up of robust barriers that would help prevent massive fuel leakage will, in turn, ensure that the plant operates within the required limited conditions hence avoid plant shutdown for repairs. Both these aspects are essential to the success of a nuclear generating plant.
Reference
Fanning, T. (2011).  Ne.anl.gov. Retrieved 16 February 2018, from http://www.ne.anl.gov/pdfs/nuclear/defense_in_depth_fanning.pdf