Many industries are required to comply with regulations designed to protect the environment, public, worker, and plant safety. Knowing how and when a regulatory requirement impacts plant operations, and the appropriate course of action to take is often a complicated facet of plant operations management.

The eSOMS Action Tracking module is designed for those industries where regulatory compliance requirements may directly affect plant operations. The system provides personnel responsible for plant operation and compliance with an easy to use tool to quickly identify, schedule, and track required regulatory and/or administrative actions with respect to plant specific limiting conditions for operation.

Action Tracking provides the flexibility to integrate a diverse spectrum of compliance requirements from documents such as plant technical specifications, technical requirements manuals, fire protection guidelines, off-site dose calculation manuals, and general administrative procedures. The likelihood of missing or incorrectly scheduling required actions with Action Tracking is greatly reduced, thus maximizing plant reliability and preventing costly regulatory fines.

Features of the eSOMS Action Tracking Module

The Action Tracking module features:

Reference Document Management - Tools are provided to identify and categorize those plant design documents which require actions to be performed as a result of abnormal environmental, plant, system, or equipment conditions. Once categorized, reference documents can be broken down into discreet sections, then sections broken down into action statements or conditions, which form the basis for limiting conditions of operation (LCOs). LCOs can be related to plant equipment, linked to source documents, and individual actions with associated timings. Tools are also provided to automate the processing and linkage of Word -based reference documents to the eSOMS data structures.

Setup and Configuration Management - Each reference document type may have unique action tracking requirements. Action Tracking incorporates the tools to manage the setup and configuration of: Tracking Records - type, numbering, operational characteristics, verification requirements, attributes General - terminology, system preferences

Tracking Record Management - Action Tracking contains sophisticated tools to manage the day-to-day preparation, storage, retrieval, execution and revision of tracking records, including: Mutli-class database - master, active, and archive class tracking records Data tracking - details, action statement entry/exit, action scheduling and performance, attributes, verifications, equipment, related documents (tagouts, work orders, condition reports, PMTs) Modular integration - built-in interfaces to Equipment, Configuration Control, Clearances, Operator Rounds, Action Tracking, Narrative Logs, Personnel Quals & Scheduling