DOE Corporate Operating Experience Program

• Record Number: DOE O 210.2A
• Date: 06 April 2026

U.S. Department of Energy ORDER

Washington, D.C. DOE O 210.2A

Approved: 4-8-11

SUBJECT: DOE CORPORATE OPERATING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM

1. PURPOSE.

a. To institute a Department of Energy (DOE) wide program for the management of

operating experience complex-wide to prevent adverse operating incidents and

facilitate the sharing of good work practices among DOE sites, while enabling

tailored local operating experience programs based on the nature of work,

hazards, and organizational complexities. Operating experiences can be found in

all disciplines.

b. To provide the systematic review, identification, collection, screening, evaluation,

and dissemination of operating experience from U.S. and foreign government

agencies and industry, professional societies, trade associations, national

academies, universities, and DOE and its contractors.

c. To define the DOE Corporate Operating Experience Program so that it can be

integrated into major management programs—reinforcing the core functions and

guiding principles of DOE’s Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS)—and

enhance mission accomplishment, quality assurance, safety and reliability.

2. CANCELLATION. DOE O 210.2, DOE Corporate Operating Experience Program,

dated 6-12-06.

Cancellation of a directive does not, by itself, modify or otherwise affect any contractual

or regulatory obligation to comply with the directive. Contractor Requirements

Documents (CRDs) that have been incorporated into a contract remain in effect

throughout the term of the contract unless and until the contract or regulatory

commitment is modified to either eliminate requirements that are no longer applicable or

substitute a new set of requirements.

3. APPLICABILITY.

a. Departmental Applicability. Except for the exemptions in paragraph 3c, the

provisions of this Order apply to all Departmental elements.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator will ensure

that NNSA employees comply with their respective responsibilities under this

Order. Nothing in this directive will be construed to interfere with the NNSA

Administrator’s authority under section 3212(d) of Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to

establish Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by the Secretary.

b. DOE Contractors. Except for the equivalencies/exemptions in paragraph 3.c. the

Contractor Requirements Document (CRD), Attachment 1, sets forth

AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: INITIATED BY:

www.directives.doe.gov Office of Health, Safety and Security