DOE Releases HEPA Specification for Contractors

This standard provides guidance to DOE contractors for procurement and required testing of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters used in DOE nuclear facilities. The filter manufacturer and DOE perform required testing at a designated Filter Test Facility (FTF). This standard was designed to achieve technical coordination among manufacturers, purchasers, users and technical experts.

Recommendations, additions, deletions and any pertinent data that may improve this document should be sent to: Subir K. Sen, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Quality Assurance Programs EH-31/270 CC, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585

DOE technical standards, such as this standard, do not establish requirements. However, all or part of the provisions in a DOE standard can become requirements under the following circumstances:

1. They are explicitly stated to be requirements in a DOE requirements document.
2. The organization makes a commitment to meet a standard in a contract or in an implementation plan or program plan required by a DOE requirements document.

This standard in part incorporates the HEPA testing requirements described in the Secretary of Energy's June 4, 2001 letter to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy(DOE).