ML19260D249
| ML19260D249 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/23/1980 |
| From: | Dougherty D, Hentschel W NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM), PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION |
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| ML19260D248 | List: |
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| CON-FIN-B-6836, CON-FIN-B-6837, CON-NRC-03-80-102, CON-NRC-3-80-102 NUDOCS 8002080187 | |
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NRC-03-80-:02 Page 2 of 'l TABLE OF CONTENTS This Contract Consists Of:
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Cover Page 2.
Table of Contents
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Schedule Article I Description of Work Article II Period of Performance Article III Government Furnished Material Article IV Cons idera tion Article Y Provisions Applicable to Direct Costs
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Article VI Project Officer Responsibilities Article VII Technical Direction Article VIII Key Personnel Article IX Order of Precedence Article X General Provisions / Alterations Article XI Billing Instructions for Cost-Type Contracts 4.
Appendix A - General Provisions (2/15}78) 5.
Appendix B - NRC Manual Chapter 3202 0-Representations and Certifications F
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SCHE CUL E AR11CLE I - DESCRIP110N OF WORK A.
Background
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has currently undamay a staff effort to provide early assessments of technical and ifcensing issues for various advanced and alternate reactor concepts of DOE's Nonproliferation Al ternate Sys tems Assessment Program (NASAP).
These concepts present a wids variety c f *.,;rking principles, materials, fuels and fuel cycles.
The different kinds of reactors under consideration include mcdified I.ight h'ater Reactors (LUR), the Light Nater Breeder Reactor (LWSR), the licavy 14ter Reactor (HWR), the High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR) and the Liquid Matal Fast 3reeder Reactor (LMF5kl.
Each concept includes several variations of the basic design. The NRC conmitment is to evaluate these concepts with the objective of identifying potential licensing problems and possibly rank them frcm the point of view of licensability.
With the exception of the few reactors which have already been developed, the majority of the proposed reactors involve concepts which depart in one v.y or another from the existing and developed reactors.
Capartures ar9 to be found in fundamental aspects of the system such as:
the reactor control mode (example: moveable fuel rods or thorium fingers in LW3R), the fuel pellet design (example:
duplex pellet in LWER), the fuel (example:
carbide or metallic), the fuel cycle (example:
Th-U233),
It is not possible for the Department of Energy (00E), which is j
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sponsoring the NASAP study, and.its contractors, to pmvide detail design and operation information in the time frame of NASAP.
The physical phenomena which take place during the early stage of a reactor transient and/or accident' depend strongly on the particular design.
However, assuming that the transient / accident progresses to the point of loss of geometry and core melt, the possibility for me:hartical en::rgy release will, in some cases, depend on the potential for thermal interaction between the molten coriunf and the coolant.
The parameters which are of importance in such a situation are the materials of the corium, the coolant and the values of their thermal parameters.
In addition, the molten corium could flow under the influence of gravity and/or existing pressure gradients in the core; which could create a potential recriticality for an LMFBR type reactor or possibly for the LWBR.
Therefore, understanding of the fundamental mechanisms which govern thermal reactions in a molten core, coupled with a reasonable prediction of the thermal state of the material components,is a necessary process in evaluating the potential energy release under conditions of energetic thermal interaction for a wide variety of reactor concepts.
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aviticality is akin to the problem of energetic t!,erc31 ccactions i
r:. d c;n be thought both as a cause and result of thermal cncrgetic r:2d icns.
It can be seen as a cause of thermal interactions because (a) it will increase the temperature of the corium, thus enhancing the potential for an energetic interaction and (b)..it will create pressure
- g. diants..hich could potentially disperse the'corium and bring it into antact with the coolant.
Recriticality can also be seen as a result of themal interactions because such interactions could cause pressure 9:adients which could force the molten corium to flow and potentially assemble into a critical mass. Hence, the understanding of the funda-Antal mechanisms of the energetic thenr.a1 interactions will be necessary for their application to evaluate also the potential for recriticality.
In addition, the staff has two advanced reactors under its cognizance and review :
the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) and Fort St. Vrain HTGR.
The FFTF has been reviewed by the staff and an item to be resolved is the perfomance of the closed loops, (i.e., the loop arrangement where coolant flow provided for the experiment is separate from the reactor cool an t).
These loops are schedaied for operation in 1981.
The fuel in the exp.eriment will be likely to melt and have a chance to undergo themal interaction.
Hence, in a limited sense the results of the pro-posed work will be applicable to FFTF. The situation is different w th the Fort i
which is an operating reactor where confirmatory safety St.Vrain H7GR work is required.
The loss of coolant scenario in an HTGR is entirely different than that in an FFTF. The problem to be investiga ted is that of energy redistribution under free convection conditions.
Finally, the staff has under review the Floating Nuclear Plant (FNP) for which the question of thermal interactions of molten corium with seawater is of particular importance.
It is in the areas of thermal interactions and recriticality for LQRs (including the FNP) and LMFBRs and energy redistribution for the HTGR under accident conditicns and ths' understanding of the fundamental issues and their impact on the accident scenario that technical assis-tance is sought.
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Objective _
To provide the NRC staff with an evaluation of comnon fundamental processes and/or phenomena operative in the accident scenario, in order to estimate the consequences of potential thermal interactions and recriticality, in the NASAP and other advanced reactors under staff review; and to p'rovide input for the key licensability issues.
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Page 5 of 11 C. Work Required The contractor shall provide all facilities, personnel, appropriate computer codcs, and any necessary equipment to accomplish the following tasks:
TASX I - ENERGETIC THERMAL ItlTERACTI0tlS A.
Establish the key phenomena in the thermal interactions mechanisms which are pertinent for the related fuels and coolants in the NASAP, FFTF, and Fort St. Vrain HTGR.
This includes identification of core and coolant con-ditions which would lead into energetic thermal interactions and fuel-coolant contact mechanisms which would determine the type and severity of interactions.
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Based upon the key phenomena established in I A perform the necessary small scale exper.iments and analyses to quantify the phenomena of propa-gation of themal interactions and to identify the conditior.; which lead to energetic thermal interactions. Provide an assessment of the amount of energy likely to be generated and be imparted to core debris.
TASK II - RECRITICALITY The contractor shall identify and estimate the likelihood of recriticality from thermally induced material motion and its potential consequences for the LMFBR, GCFR, and LWBR.
The contractor shall perform small simulant-material tests as n.ecessary to investigate the possible recriticality modes to jus-tify the conclusions and recorrc.endations.
TASK III - HTGR ACCIDENT AND TRANSIENT C00LAtiT FLOW The contractor shall perform numerical analyses and the necessary small scale tests to investigate the core coolant ficw in the HTGR and GCFR i
under accident conditions.
In particular, the contractor shall include I
a study of emergency coolant and energy redistribution during the trans-l ition from forced to free convection.
The work called for above shall be conducted in accordance with the contractor's proposal d ated September 4,1979, as modified by the revised proposal dated October 10, 1979, which are both by this reference incorporated into and made a part of this centract.
D. Reporting Requirements The contractor shall prepare anf deliver reports as specified below:
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An annual progress report will be prepared and submitted within fif teen (IS) days af ter the end of each twelve (12) month period being ranorted.
i The annual report will be submitted in three (3) copies as follows:
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Contracting Officer C0)
One (1) copy Assistant Director, One (1) copy Advanced Reactor Safety Research
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Description of work accceplished during the year.
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Technical activity plans for the next year (required fcr th, first two years only).
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Conclusions, trends or other items thought P be of interest to the NRC.
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Problems or delays that may have been experienced or can be foreseen and specific recomendations for action to facilitate the execution of the contract work.
Monthly progress letters shall be submitted 2.
two (2 cooies each to within 10 days following the m)onth reported on.
the CO and the P0 This letter-repo-t will include, but not be limited to, the following:
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Funds committed during the previous conth* and cumulative expenditures to date.
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Brief description of the work acccmplished in the month, and projected activity for the next month.
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Preliminary or interim results, conclusions or trends or other items thought to be of interest to the NC.
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Any problems or delays which may have been experienced or can be foreseen and specific recomendations for action to fecilitate the execution of the contract work.
- The first such report of each contract year will include a month;y projection of expenditures for the next twelve (12) months.
- 3. Final Report:
A draft version of the final report shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer for revies and ccmment with five (5) copies to the NRC Project Officer no later than sixty (60) days prior to the end of
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the contract period of performance.
The NRC will furnish its comments on the draft report no later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of the contract period of performance.
The contractor shall submit one (1) camera ready copy of the final report to the C.ontracting Officer, with one (1) copy each sent to the NRC Project Officer and Assistant Director, Advanced i
Reactor Safety Research, RES, no later than the end of the contract period of performance.
The final report shall be prepared in accordance with NRC Manual Chapter 3202, entitled, " Publications of Regulatory and Technical Occuments Prepared by NRC Contractors."
The report shall contain an execu-L tive sumary of no more than ten (10) pages.
This report shall include but not be limited to, the following:
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Cescripuon of all work accomplished during the contract i
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Conclusions, trends, or other items thought to be of interest to NRC
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one (1) copy to the Contracting Officer, of a plan of work and methodology y
within three (3) weeks after the first briefing with the NRC ?roject Officer.
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be acccmpanied by a brief narrative description.
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f;RC-03-80-102 Page 7 of 11 E. Meetings and Travel Key contractor personnel will meet with the P0 at the NRC Office in Bethesda, Maryland to brief the P0 on cor tract progress with the following schedule; two weeks after the award of the contract; six months after; twelve months after; 18 months after; 24 months after and 30 months after. Each meeting shall be of one (1) day duratiom.
The key contractor personnel will be required to attend about two (2) meetings per year (total of six) in order to carry out the contract ta sks.
It is also estimated that the contractor will attend two (2) specialists' meetings in Western Europe, each of approximately five (5) days duratinn.
F. Performance Review Period It is hereby underst.. )d and agreed that upon receipt of the Contractor's -
progress reports as required by paragraph O'above, the overall perfor-mance shall be reviewed and evaluated to assure that the Contractor's progress is satisfactory and that the contract as it proceeds from such point reflects the current needs and attainable resul ts as originally defined at the time of contract inceptiun.
At the time of each periodic performance Review Period, the Contrac tor shall report any current or anticipated difficulties in. complying with the Description of 'Jork or attaining the ultima te objectives set forth therein.
Tne Performance Review Period described herein is intended to facilitate -
mutual understanding and continued agreement between the Government and the Contractor with regard to the stated. objectives of the contract as originally defined.
I ART 1CLE 11 - PER1OD OF PERFORMNICE H
I The period of performance shall be from the effective date of the i
i contract through 36 months thereafter, at which time all work shall have been completed and all reports shall have been delivered.-
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ARTICLE III - GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERI AL The NRC Project Officer will furnish to the contractor the following documents necessary for contract perfonnance:
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Preliminary Safety and Environmental Information Documents (PSEID) for the LMF8R, GCFR, HTGR, LWBR, and their addendums.
Final Safety Analysis Report-Fort St. Vrain (relevent chapters only) 2.
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Final Safety *nalysis Report-Fast Flux Test Fac'lity (relevant ch.spters only)
These dccuments will be provided to the contractor within two (2) weeks af ter the effective date of the contract.
If the above material, suitable for its intended use, is not so delivered to the contractor, the Contracting Officer shall, upon timely written request made by the contractor, and if the facts warrant such action, equitably adjust any affected provision of the contract pursuant to the procedures of the
" Changes" clause of the contract.
ARTICLE IV
- CONSIDERATION A.
Estima ted Cost, Oblica tion of Funds-It is estimated that the total cost to the government for full 1'
. performance of this contract Will be $512,754.
and allotted to this Tctal. funds currently ava.ilable for payment, 2.
con tract is $150,000.
It is estimated tha t the amount currently all.>t ted in paragraph 2 above will cover performance of the contract through December 1, 3,
The-Contracting Of ficer may unilaterally allot additional 1980.
funds to the contract at any time.
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14RC-03-80-102 Page 9 of 11 ARTICL E V - PROVISIONS APPLICh8LE TO 01 RECT COSTS A.
Items Una11ouable Unless othenvise Provided Notwiths tanding Clause No. S -- ALL0h'ABLE PAmENT, and Clause Ho. 10 --
SU3 CONTRACT, of the General Provisions of this contract, unicss authoriz in uriting by the Contracting Officer, the costs of the folicuing it ems or activities shall pe una11cwable as direct costs l 1.
Fees for Consultants.
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Overtime; shift or incentive payments.
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All travel outside the Unit.ed. States.
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Rental agreements, service contracts, or naintenance of Government equipment.
ARTICLE VI - PROJECT OFFICER The folicwing individual will represent the_Gavernment as the Project Officer for this contract:
Lambros Lois (a)
The Project Officer is respcnsible for:
(1) Mcnitoring the contractor's technical progress, including the surveillance and assessment of performance and recommending to the Contracting Officer changes in requirements; (2) interpreting the statement of work; (3) performing technical evaluaticn as required; (4) perfoming technical inspections and acceptances required by this contract; and (S) assisting the contractor in the i
resolution of technical problems encountered during performance.
Within the purview of this authority, the representative is f
authorized to approve payment vcuchers for supplies / services required under the contract. The Contracting Officer is respcnsible for directing or negotiating any changes in terms, l
conditions, or amounts cited in the contract.
(b).For guidance frem the Project Officer to the contractor to be valid, it must:
(1) be consistent with the description of work i
set forth in this contract; (2) not constitute new assigncent of work or change to the expressed ter;ns, conditions, or speci-fications incorporated into this centract; (3)' not constitute a basis for an extension to the period of performance or contract l
delivery schedule; (4) not constitute a basis for any increase in the con tract price.
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If the centractor receives guidance from the Project Of ficer l
wnich the centractor feels is not valid under the criteria cited above, the contractor shall immediately notify the Project Officer.
I If the two are not able to resolve the question within five days, the centractor shall notify the Contracting Officer.
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NRC-03-80-102 Page 10 of 11 ARfICLE VII -
TECHNICAL DIRECTION I
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The NRC Project Officer named in this contract is responsible 1
l for guiding the technical aspects of the project and for general surveillance of the work performed.
The Project Officer is not authorized to make any commitments or any changes which constitute work not within the general scope of this contract, or constitute a basis for any increase in contract price or extension of the contract period of perfor-mance.
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Technical direction must be within the general scope of work stated in the centract. The Project Officer does not have the authority to and may not issue any technical direction which:
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Constitutes an assignment of additional work outside the general scope of the contract.
(2) Constitutes a change as def.ined in the clause of p
L the General Provisions, entitled " Changes."
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In any way causes an increase or decrease in the total estimated contract cost, the fixed fee, if any, or I
the time required for contract perfomance.
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Changes to any of the expressed terms, conditions
[i or specifications of the contract.
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ALL TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS SHALL BE ISSUED IN WRITING BY THE' N
PROJECT OFFICER OR SHALL BE CONFIRMED BY HIM/HER IN URITING it WITljIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS AFTER VERSAL ISSUANCE.
A copy jU of said written direction shall be provided to the Contracting f
Officer.
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(d) contract within one or more of the categories as defined in h
l l (1) through (4) of paragraph B above, he/she must direct such requests to the Contractino Officer. The Contracting Officer will handle the request. occordance with appi,icable laws and
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Officer may result in an unnecessary delay in the contractor's performance and may even result in the contractor expending its Lll j
cwn funds for unallowable costs under the contract.
11 ARTICLEVIII-KEY PERSONNEL Pursuant to Clause No. 40 - KEY PERSONNEL, the following individual (s) are
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considered to be essential to the work heing performed hereunder.
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i M. Saito Investicator S. Inoue Investigator ARTICLE IX - ORDER OF PRECEDENCE In the event of an inconsistency 'between.the tenns and conditions of this contract, the inconsistency shall be resolved by giving precedence in the fo110 wing order:
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The SCHEDULE:
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tiothing contained in the contractor's proposal, whether or not". incorporated by reference, shall constitute a waiver of any terms or conditions provided in the SCHEDULE.)
The General Provisions 3.
Other terms and conditions of the contract, whether incorpora ted by reference or othenvise.
ant 1CLE X, _.BENEPAL2RDV 1 % i n NSLALIERAT I O NS.
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This contract is subject to the Provisions of Appendix A, Gene'ra) Provisiant Cost-Type Contracts for Research and Development with
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and by this reference made a part hereof.
Jn addition to those general provisions set forth in Appendix A hereto, whicl1 3.
are by their terms sc1f-deleting, the 'following deletions e.,d/or modifica tiod to Appendix A are as folicus:
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entirety and substituted iti lieu thereof by this reference is the clause entitled, " Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietram Era" (FPR Temp. Reg. 39).
e:lause 54 entitled, " Drawings, Designs, Specifications" lines 11 and 12 are modified by deleting the vords beginnir., with
" Subject to the... " and ending wi th "... its c *n uses", in t'
their entiretv.
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