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SECY-88-96 For:
The Commissioners From:
Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
STATUS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CENTER FOR NUCLEAR WASTE REGULATORY ANALYSES (CNWRA OR THE CENTER)
Purpose:
To respond to Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) M8710?lB, dated November 4, 1987 (Enclosure 1).
The SRM requires two actions:
(a) an "Information Paper on the status of implementing the FFNC, known as the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA)," due February 1988 (the acronym FFRDC used in the SRM means Federally Funded Research and Development Center); and (b) a "Status Briefing on the CNWRA," due May 1988. Consequently, this paper will focus on the physical aspects of implementing the Center, and the status briefing in May will focus more on the activities performed by the Center in conducting its planning and preparing its staff to enable them to make a substantive contribution to NRC's regulatory program.
Backaround:
The contract establishing the CNWRA at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, was executed on October 15, 1987.
The Commission was briefed on October 21, 1987 on the completion of the procurement and on the planned start-up of the Center.
For easy reference, the briefing charts are included as Enclosure 2.
Discussion:
The Center is "up and running." There are 19 Center staff members now on board (including management), with additional effort being supplied by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) staff and the principal sub-contractors, ITASCA Consulting Group, Inc., and Nuclear Waste Consultants, Inc.
The Contractor, SwRI, has been responsive in providing
Contact:
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The Commissioners facilities.
Within 11 days of executing the contract, SwRI had established temporary office facilities, to house the Center staff, where they could work togetlar without interruption by other SwRI activities. A small Center liaison office has been established in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, collocated with SwRI's offices.
Permanent office facilities will be completed by early sumer in time to accomodate further growth of the core Center staff, which is planned to increase by approximately 55% in Year Two. A Fact Sheet has been included as, to provide additional useful information about the Center.
The majority of the effort to date has been directed toward preparation of detailed "Operations Plans" which define the specific deliverables (e.g., Center QA Plan), costs, and schedules for Years 1 and 2.
The preparation of these plans required an unexpectedly high level of interaction between the NRC and Center staffs. We are convinced that this extra effort was very positive and worthwhile.
It was key to causing the Center management staff to work intensely as a team at the start.
As a result, the management team has moved rapidly up the learning curve.
For the NMSS technical assistance program, this effort was completed with the delivery of seven Operations Plans on January 15, 1988. These seven Plans cover all of the Division of High-level Waste Management Division activities to be perfonned by the Center in Year One, as well as the Transportation Risk Study to be perfomed for the Division of Safeguards and Transportation. Once approved, these plans will be incorporated into the contract and will constitute a primary criterion for the Center's performance evaluation by the NpC staff and for detennination of award fee. The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act did not have any significant effect on the start-up activities planned for the Center in Year One, and consequently did not affect the preparation of the Operations Plans.
We have learned that the preparation of these detail'ed Operations Plans, while very necessary, is a time-consuming process.
It highlights the necessity to establish 4
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supportable year-to-year funding levels early each calendar year, as the basis for the planning. Otherwise, valuable time and dollars, as well as valuable technical and management resources at the Center, may be misdirected. This is especially important for Year Two, when the level of effort at the Center is planned to increase significantly.
The schedule of activities in support of the Research program is behind our original expectations.
Because of uncertainties in the level of Research funding, the Center was notified by the Division of Contracts on December 9,1987 to suspend all effort to develop Operations Plans for the Research program. Following resolution of the funding uncertainty and the commitment of Research funds to Contracts, the Center was notified on January 27, 1988 to resume the development of an Operations Plan for the three projects that were included in the centract, as well as two additional projects.
Delivery of the Research Operations Plan is estimated to be on cr about March 1, 1988, with detailed plans for the five Research projects scheduled for late March and mid-May 1988.
During this early start-up phase, the depth of Center resources is extremely limited (e.g., one geologist). At the same time, the schedules and costs for the negotiated deliverables are very tight and require highly integrated efforts of each member of the Center's staff.
The NRC CNWRA Program Manager is carefully coordinating requirements for interaction so as not to interfere with contractual requirements already established.
On the NRC side, the start-up has provided for an opportunity for coordination and cooperation among the participating offices. The NMSS program management stuff and the Division of Contracts are working very effectively as a team. Element, sub-element and project managers to manage the individual technical activities have been identified by the Divisions of High-level Waste Management and Safeguards and Transportaion, NMSS and by the Office cf Research. The program management staff are coordinating with each other through periodic meetings. The Waste Management Review Group (WMRG) Oversight Committee held its first meeting on January 29, 1988 and received a briefing by the Center President and its Technical Director.
The WMRG i
The Commissioners 4-was pleased with the Center's program as presented, including its progress in starting up the Center, as well as its plans for conducting its technical program over the first year.
We are experiencing the expected trials and tribulations associated with a new start-up.
These are being managed by the NRC and Center staffs, who together are identifying further actions to streamline the administrative management of this effort.
There are no major outstanding problems at this time that require the Commissioners' attention.
The NRC staff it next required t2 report to the Commissioners on the progress of the Center in a briefing in May,1988 (Staff Requirements Memorandum M871021B),
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Enclosures:
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10/21/87 Briefing Charts 3.
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Mcdonald, ART-Halman, CC Murray, OGC/E MEMORANDUM FOR:
Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director for Op',ations FROM:
Samuel J. Chilk, Secret
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIE. PING ON THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC),
2:00 P.H.g WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987, cot!-
MISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on efforts to establish a Federally Funded Research and DevelopLent Center (FFRDC) in support of the staff's responsibilities to regulate the nation's high-level radioactive waste programs.
Chairman Zech r,equested the following from the staff:
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Information paper on the status of implementing the FFRDC, known as the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA).
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Status briefing on the CNWRA.
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The General Counsel recommended that the Memorandum of Understanding, if one is needed and is developed, and the charter for the CNWRA, be consistent with the contract and incorporated by reference with it, if necessary, for clarity and mutual understanding of the parties.
If the staff deter-mines that a Memorandum of Understanding is not required, the Commission should be informed of the reasons leading to that conclusion.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BR$' ElfING ON THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH DEVELOPI)ENT CENTER (FFRDC),
2 : 00 P.M., UEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19 8 7, COM-MISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on efforts to establish a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in support of the staff's responsibilities to regulate the nation's high-level radioactive waste programs.
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February 19, 1986 FACT SHEET CENTER FOR NUCLEAR WASTE REGULATORY ANALYSES A Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Sponsor:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Center's Charter: High-level Waste Management Regulatory Program.
Contractor: Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).
Location:
San Antonio, Texas.
Principal Sub-contractors:
TTASCA Consulting Group, Inc. and Nuclear Waste Consultants, Inc.
Contract Type:
Cost Plus Award Fee.
Contract Ceiling:
$42.55M Contract Period: October 15, 1987 for 5 years, renewable without competition at discretion of NRC.
Key Center Personnel: John Latz, Center President and Vice President, SwRI; Dr. Wesley Patrick, Center Technical Director.
Key NRC Personnel:
Responsible Official - Hugh Thompson, Director, hMSS.
NRC Oversight Advisory Board: WMPG, Robert Fernero, Deputy Director NPSS, Chairman, Guy Arlotto, Director, Division of Engineering, RES, Ceputy Chairman.
Center Review Group Chairman, Robert Browning, Director, NMSS Division of High Level Waste Management.
NRC CNWRA Program Manager, Joseph Bunting, Chief. Systems Engineering and Evaluation Branch.
Contracting Officer, Mary Face.
Status:
Center Staff:
19 total core staff, (16 prof., 3 support)
Facilities:
16 staff in temporary facility on SwRI campus in San Antonio, Tx., Tel. (515) 522-5160; 3 staff in temporary office in Crystal Gateway No. 1 Arlington, Va., Tel. (703) 979-9129.
Principal contractual efforts completed: Seven Operations Plans which detail deliverables, schedules and costs for Year One and Year Two activities for support of NMSS programs.
Unscheduled deliverable, quick turnaround review of programmatic impacts of Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (Jan 22, 1988).
Planned Funding (Revised): YEAR ONE, $4.725M Total (NMSS = $3.525M; RES = $1.2M)
YEAR TWO, $7.25M Total (NMSS = $4.75M; PES = $2.5M)
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Comitments thru February l':,1988:
Total '.4.005M ($3.405M NMSS; !600Y RES)
Obligations thru February 18, 1988:
Total $2.?d9M ($1.649M NMSS; $600 RES)
Estimated costs
- thru February 29, 1988:
Total $1.155M Forecast:
Center Staff: At end of Year One, 20 core (15 prof. 5 support) 7 other (5 Prof. 2 support). At end of Year Two, 33 core (24 prof.
and 9 support), 9 other (6 prof. 3 support).
Facilities: Move to new facilities on SwRI campus in San Antonio in early Sumer 1988.
Facilities now being prepared. Will contain modern fibre optic telecomunications links with SwRI cotrputer facilities and with NRC. Washington office to move to different office facilities (to be detennined) in Washington Metro Area in July 1988.
Major Efforts to Be Completed in next three months:
Craft Center 0A Plan, March; Research Operations Plan, March; Research Projects plans, March (2 plans); and May (3 plans); Interim Draft Program i
Architecture, April.
Comittments expected thru May 1988: Total 14.75M ($3.525M NMSS;
$1.2M RES)
Obligations Expected thru May 1988:
Total $4.75M ($3.525M NMSS;
$1.2M RES)
Total Costs
- Expected thru May 1988:
$1.817M Total (St.677M NMSS:
5140K RES)
Award Fee Detennination: Award Fee Board will moet in early May to evaluate Contractor's perfonnance and make recomendation to Award Fee Detennination Official (Hugh Thompson) for the first Award Fee period, 10/15/87 to 4/15/P8.
Briefing to Comissichers:
Staff Recuirements Memorandum M8710?lB requires staff to brief Comissioners in May 1988 on status of implementing the Center.
- Includes allowance for 8% Fee 4
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