ML20204D271
| ML20204D271 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/13/1999 |
| From: | Pool S NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Ahmed S PRINCETON RESOURCES, INC. |
| References | |
| CON-FIN-Y-6098, CON-NRC-04-99-042, CON-NRC-4-99-42 NUDOCS 9903240167 | |
| Download: ML20204D271 (5) | |
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Princeton Resource Associates, Inc.
Attn: Dr. Shahid Ahmed 137 South Easton Road, Suite 217 Glenside, PA 19038
Dear Dr. Ahmed:
SUBJECT:
TASK ORDER NO. 2 ENTIThED " RISK MAPPING INSPECTION FINDINGS" UNDER CONTRACT NO NRC-04-99-042 In accordance with Section G.4, Ta7k Order Procedures, of the subject contract, this letter definitizes Task Order No.1. This affort shall be performed in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work. Contract pricing type for this task order will be cost-plus-fixed-fee.
The period of performance for Task Order $o. 2 commences on the effective date as shown above and will expire on July 31,1999. The total estimated cost for full performance cf this task order is $154,208 of which $140,190 repreppnts the estimated reimbursable costs and $14,018 represents the fixed fee. Funds in the amount of $154,208 are hereby obligated for performance of this task order. For this task order, the Government will not reimburse the Contractor for overhead costs exceeding 113.68% of direct labor and G&A costs exceeding 22.94% of total costs before G&A.
Accounting data for Task Order No. 2 is as.follows:
B&R No.: 96015110130 Job Code: Y6098
.y BOC Code: 252A RES ID: RES-C99-403 Appropriation No.: 31X020Q' Obligated Amount: $154,208 i
The following individuals are considered by the Government to be essential to the successful performance of the work hereunder:
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The contractor agrees that such personnel shall not be removed from the effort under this task order without compliance with Contract Clause H.2-Key Personnel The issuance of this task order does not amend any terms or conditions of the subject contract.
Your contacts during the course of this task order are:
Technical Matters:
Leslie Lancaster, Project Officer (301) 415-6199 Contractual Matters: Stephen Pool, Contract Specialist (301) 415-8168 Please indicate your acceptance of this task order by having an official, authorized to bind your organization, execute three copies of this document in the space provided and return two copies to the Contract Specialist. You should retain the third copy for your records.
Sincerely, 6fontrri Poc!,
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Enclosure:
As stated ACCEPTED: TASK ORDER NO. 2 i
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. STATEMENT OF WORK PRINCETON RESOURCES ASSOCIATES NRC-04-99-042 Task Order No. 2 TITLE:
RISK MAPPING INSPECTION FINDINGS BACKGROUND:
In response to the Chairman's August 7,1998, memorandum " Responding to Is. sues Raised Within the Senate Authorization Context,"RES was requested to assist NRR on development of risk-informed, performance-based regulatory oversight concepts. in response to that request, RES solicited the support of Princeton Resources Associates (Princeton) to develop concepts and provide input into the formation process. This activity lead to a number of recommendations and insights that strengthened the overall process.
One aspect of the risk-informed inspection process is that it will allow licensees corrective action programs to address many less significant inspection findings. Although each finding may be small from a risk perspective, their cumulative impact warrant further NRC action.
However, it may be difficult to justify such action without appropriate evidence that a collection of findings is risk significant, and the findings warrant follow-on action. The focus of this task is to develop a tool that would help inspectors assess the risk significance of cumulative inspection findings.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this task order is to develop a process that would allow inspector findings to be systematically entered into a computer system and mapped onto the dominant accident sequences so that the risk significance of the findings can be assessed. In so doing, the mapping would " time-tag" and link together independent inspection findings. By linking findings, NRC inspectors can identify licensee programs that have been degraded. The process would provide an improved understanding of plant risk over periods of time, including pattems and trends that could warrant NRC attention. It is expected that such a tool could eventually be used to support several areas:
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Assessment of licensee's corrective action program as a function of time. The period of time between an inspection finding entry and resolution of the finding could be determined, in addition to the risk significance of the findings with respect to other entries, 2.
As cross-check of performance indicators and to determine whether the indicators are appropriately tracking licensee performance, 3.
As a means that will help diagnosis the cause of indicator (s) exceeding a threshold.
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As a means to provide useful feedback that would help focus future inspection resources on areas representing the greatest source of risk.
In addition, a simplified codification scheme for entering plant information would need to be i
established so that the process only presents a minimal impact on inspector's time.
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NRC-04-99-042 The output of this activity will help NRC focus inspection activities on risk significant areas, and enable NRC staff to better grade its response to inspection findings as a function of both risk and licensee performance.
j WORK REQUIREMENTS:
An electronic risk mapping matrix for a BWR and PWR will be developed for trial use in an upcoming pilot program. The matrix will be flexible and can be adjusted as needed in response to plant specific conditions and inspector needs. The output of this task is expected to support the risk-informed pilot inspection program by providing a representation of the risk associated with cumulative findings. The contractor is expected to:
(1) document in a letter report the matrix approach to mapping risk-informed inspection findings, including input and expected output from application to plant-specific cases, (2) develop and produce a computerized shell that would electronically map inspection findings (identified faults) onto accident sequences, to produce a representation of the risk associated with inspection findino.
(3) documentation in the form of a user guide that supports the application the risk mapping tool.
Additional support shall involve participation in meetings with industry representatives, NRC's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, and other such public meetings.
DELIVERABLES:
The contractor will provide and present on or before 04/30/99, a draft report that summaries the methodology, its application to inspection findings, and recommendations on its use. The staff will provide comments to the contractor within 8 working dcys. The contractor shall incorporate NRC comments on the draft methods, reports and documents.
l The contractor shall provide and demonstrate a computerized risk mapping matrix system for i
inspection findings on or before 05/28/99. In addition, the contractor will provide a user guide and final report that supports application of the risk mapping tool to inspection findings.
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All associated reports and documents will be provided in draft form to the NRC Project manager. A final report that reflects staff comments and feedback from peer review is due 06/30/99.
d At the midpoint of the effort, the contractor will discuss with the project manager the preliminary comments and findings. This will facilitate information exchange, resolution of any ambiguities l
and will maintain focus on the desired product.
l The contractor shall not publish or present the results of work done as part of this contract in any public forum without prior written approval from the NRC.
TRAVEL: Assume 31-day trips for 2 people for meetings at NRC Headquarters, and a 3-day site vi. sit.
LEVEL OF EFFORT: Approximately 480 hours0.00556 days <br />0.133 hours <br />7.936508e-4 weeks <br />1.8264e-4 months <br /> i
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NRC-04-99-042 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: March,1999 t,hrough July,1999 PROJECT OFFICER: Leslie Lancaster,415-6199, Mail Glop: T-10 E50 TASK MANAGER:
John Flack,415-6436, Mail Stop: T-10 E50 3
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