Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Acceptance Program

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Foreign Research ReactorSpent Nuclear
FuelAcceptance Program

• Chuck Messick
• Program Manager, DOE-SR FRR SNF Acceptance
  Program
• US Department of Energy
• Savannah River Operations Office

January 9, 2002
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Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear
FuelAcceptance Program

• In May 1996, the US Department of Energy, in
  consultation with the US Department of State,
  initiated a program under which eligible spent
  nuclear fuel from research reactors containing US
  - enriched uranium could be shipped to the US for
  management and disposition.
• This program supports US nonproliferation
  objectives in that reactor operators still using
  HEU must commit to convert in order to
  participate in the program.
• Reactor operators that plan to shut down by May
  2006 may also participate.
• Reactor operators who have already converted to
  LEU fuel or who operate on LEU fuel may also ship
  their eligible fuel to the US under this program.

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US Provided Enriched Uranium to 41 Countries
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Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Program

• About 20 metric tons will be shipped back to the
  US
• 1 ton of non-aluminum-based (TRIGA) spent fuel to
  Idaho
• 19 tons of aluminum-based spent fuel to Savannah
  River Site, South Carolina
• 10-year program (until May 2006) plus a 3-year
  final shipping period (until May 2009)
• Fuel must not be irradiated after May 2006
• Beyond 2009
• Majority of high enriched uranium will have been
  shipped to US by that time
• Reactor operators must develop their own
  solutions
• Reactors in countries with other-than-high income
  (OTHI) would not be charged a fee and DOE would
  provide for most of the shipping costs

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Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments to Date
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Program Status

• Since the May 1996 Record of Decision
• Spent nuclear fuel shipped from Asia, South
  America, Australia, North America and Europe
• 4,000 spent fuel assemblies from 23 countries
  have been shipped to the Savannah River Site
• 1000 spent fuel rods from 6 countries have been
  shipped to Idaho National Environmental and
  Engineering Laboratory

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Program StatusNumber of Elements

• TRIGA-Type HI OTHI
• FRR Acceptance Program 400 600
• (May 1996 - present)
• FRR Acceptance Program 1000 1000
• (Present - End of Program
• Potential)
• Note Remaining OTHI Countries include and 120
  for Indonesia

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Program StatusNumber of Assemblies

• MTR-Type HI OTHI
• FRR Acceptance Program 3100 700
• (May 1996 - present)
• FRR Acceptance Program 4600 900
• (Present - End of Program
• Potential)
• Note Remaining OTHI Countries include 430 for
  South Korea and 178 for Indonesia

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OTHI Economy Countries

• Program Eligible Countries and Reactors
  (MTR-Type)
• Argentina RA-3 Complete
• RA-6 Potential
• Brazil IEA-R1 HEU Complete
• IEA-R1 LEU Potential
• Chile La Reina Complete
• Colombia IAN-R1 Complete
• Greece GRR-1 Not Complete

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OTHI Economy Program Eligible Countries and
Reactors (MTR-Type)

• Indonesia Not Complete
• Iran Not Likely
• Jamaica Not Likely
• Pakistan Not Likely
• Peru Participation Possible
• Philippines Complete
• Portugal Not Complete but may make last
  shipment as HI Economy Country

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OTHI Economy Program Eligible Countries and
Reactors (MTR-Type)

• South Africa Participation Possible
• South Korea Participation Possible
• Thailand Complete
• Turkey TR-2 Participation Possible
• Uruguay Complete
• Venezuela Complete

Note Complete-all shipments complete from this
country/reactor. Not Complete-shipments started
or contract in place and at least one shipment is
planned. Potential-reactor is eligible, but may
or may not participate. Not Likely-reactor is
eligible, but is not expected to participate at
this time. Participation Possible-reactor is
eligible and has expressed some interest in
participation.
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OTHI Economy Countries

• Program Eligible Countries and Reactors
  (TRIGA-Type)
• Bangladesh Potential not likely
• Brazil Potential not likely
• D. R. Congo Potential
• Indonesia Not complete
• Malaysia Potential not likely
• Mexico Potential not likely
• Philippines Potential

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OTHI Economy Program Eligible Countries and
Reactors (TRIGA-Type)

• Romania Not complete
• Slovenia Not complete future
  shipments could be as Hi-Income Country
• Thailand Potential
• Turkey Potential

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Countries with TRIGA Fuel(Crosshatching Denotes
Shipment Made)
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PROGRAM DOCUMENTS ( Not Complete)

• Final Environmental Impact Statement on a
  Proposed Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy
  Concerning Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) Spent
  Nuclear Fuel (SNF) - EIS Original
• Record of Decision for the EIS, May 13, 1996
• Change 1, July 22, 1996 - Title transfer
• Change 2, July 19, 2000 - Increase casks per
  ship
• Implementation Strategy Plan for FRR SNF
  Shipments, July 1, 1996
• Fee Policy for High-Income Economy Country
  Reactor Operators
• Federal Register Notice Vol 61, No. 103, Page
  26507, dated Tuesday, May 28, 1996
• Federal Register notice Vol 64, No. 70, Page
  18006, dated Tuesday, April 13, 1999

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PROGRAM DOCUMENTS (Contd)

• Mitigation Action Plan (MAP), Rev 0, August 1996
• 49 CFR Transportation
• 10 CFR Part 73 - Security
• Other NRC regulations and notices
• IAEA Information Circular 225 - Security
• IAEA Safety Standards Series - Transport of
  Radioactive Materials

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PROGRAM DOCUMENTS (Contd)

• Other Transportation Requirements
• Basic Transportation Plan
• Charleston to SRS with Rail
• Charleston to SRS with Truck
• SRS to INEEL via Truck
• IMO Regulations including INF Class vessels
• Maritime Administration on Cargo Preference Act
  (46 CFR 381)

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PROGRAM DOCUMENTS (Contd)

• Agreements at DOE-SR
• MOU - USCG and DOE-SR
• MOA - DON and DOE
• IA - NWSC and DOE-SR
• Transportation Licenses
• Cask country of origin
• US DOT
• Reactor Operators country
• Transit countries

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PROGRAM DOCUMENTS (Contd)

• Appendix A, Spent Nuclear Fuel Acceptance
  Criteria (Currently Rev 8)
• Appendix B, Transport Package (Cask) Acceptance
  Criteria (Currently Rev 9)
• Appendix C, Not designed, but must follow if
  issued.
• OTHERS

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RFP Scope of Work

• Packaging and Tracking
• Transport Packages (except activities at NWSC)
• Non-Standard SNF
• Tracking of Shipment Movement
• Transportation Documetation
• Import and Export Licenses
• Conveyance Certification
• Cask Certifications

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RFP Scope of Work (Contd)

• Development of Technical Documentation
• Technical Data on SNF (App A)
• Other Technical Data (Ex fuel condition)
• Program Management
• Transportation Plans
• Program Management Plans
• Milestone Plan
• Mitigation Action Plan (MAP)
• Security Plan

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RFP Scope of Work (Contd)

• Technical Support
• Technical Assistance to Reactor Operators
• Oversight of Loading Operations
• Unloading Operations (US seaport)
• Authorization to Ship (FORMAL) to Reactor
  Operator and Contractor

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SAMPLE TASK ORDERS

• Sample 1 - Single cask, joint European shipment.
  Rail transport to SRS. Cask services and
  transportation services priced separately.
• Sample 2 - Five TRIGA casks from Europe/Asia,
  joint shipment. Rail shipment to SRS. Truck
  shipment from SRS to INEEL.
• Sample 3 - Six casks from Asia. Rail transport
  to SRS.
• Sample 4 - Three casks from Europe. Truck
  transport to SRS.
• Sample 5 - Two casks from Asia/Indian Ocean to
  SRS. Complex export license. Truck transport
  to SRS.

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Current Contract Tasks
Task No. Company SOW 01 NAC/Edlow Provide
Master Plans Master Transportation
Plan, Master Milestone Plan, Master Security
Plan, and Schedule of Performance and Delivery
Requirements. 02 Edlow Transfer of FRR TRIGA
SNF to INEEL from S. Korea, Taejon City and
Seoul, and Indonesia, Bandung and
Yogyakarta. 03 NAC/Edlow Assist DOE Failed Fuel
Task Team in reviewing spent fuel acceptance
criteria. 04 NAC Return of Greek SNF to
SRS. 05 Edlow Return of SNF from South
America. 06 NAC Return of SNF from Southeast
Asia. 07 NAC/Edlow Argonauta Assessment of
Reactor in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Provide
support at programmatic meeting.
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Current Contract Tasks
08 NAC Transfer of FRR TRIGA SNF to INEEL from
Pitesti, Romania and Ljubljana,
Slovenia. 09 NAC/Edlow Provide support at
programmatic meeting NRC Meeting in
Washington, DC. 10 NAC/Edlow Provide
support at programmatic meeting Meeting with
the French and German regulatory agencies in
Paris, France and Bonn, Germany. 11. NAC/Edlow P
rovide support at programmatic meeting Meeting
in Savannah, GA to address issues and
concerns of future cross-country shipments of
SNF from SRS to INEEL. 12. Edlow Follow-on
effort to Task 05 To return SNF from Brazil and
Venezuela that was not shipped under Task
05. 13. NAC/Edlow Support in conducting a
facility assessment at the Ezeiza
Atomic Center in Ezeiza, Argentina.
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Current Contract Tasks
14. NAC Shipment of SNF from Portugal to
SRS. 15. NAC/Edlow Provide support at
programmatic meeting DOE-HQ and SR meeting
on FRR SNF program. 16. Edlow Shipment of MTR
fuel from Argentina and Chile to
SRS. 17. NAC Provide cask and equipment
required for a shipment of MTR fuel from
Argentina and Chile to SRS. 18. Edlow Administra
tive and Logistical support for preparation for a
shipment of TRIGA SNF from Democratic
Republic of Congo. 19. NAC Inspection of
Kinshasa TRIGA Reactor.
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Attachment 3b Cost Price Proposal Data
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SUMMARY PAGE

• The following slides represent an overview of the
  presentation of highlights for the Pre-Proposal
  Conference for the Transportation of Foreign
  Spent Nuclear Fuel on January 9, 2002 at DOE SR.
  They relate to the RFPs Cost Price Proposal
  Data beginning at RFP Page 115.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 127

• This is a sample format from DCAA.
• Submit proposed costs consistent with your
  accounting, estimating, and reporting systems.
• Example Normally there is one summary Direct
  Labor (DL) Line Item. Then a Fringe Benefits
  (FB) Line Item. Then a subtotal of DL FB. Next
  an Overhead Line Item. Another Subtotal, etc.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 127

• Submit separate cost summary pages for
• Total proposed costs by line item.
• Total proposed costs time phased by line item.
  (Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, etc.)
• Each sample task described at RFP page 126 time
  phased by line item.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 127

• Provide explanatory notes and supporting
  schedules for proposed indirect costs.
• For Example If the Fringe benefit proposed rate
  is 30 percent, explain the allocation base (for
  example, total labor dollars). Then reference to
  the supporting Fringe Benefit Schedule showing
  each line item cost in the pool, total allowable
  costs in the pool, the composition of and total
  dollar amount of the allocation base, and the
  computed rate.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 127

• Direct Labor Other Escalation Factors Applied
  to Out Year Costs.
• Describe
• The source of escalation factors.
• Your rationale for how and why the escalation
  factors are used.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 127

• Point of clarification. The DCAA example in the
  RFP includes a separate material handling
  overhead. Your company may not have a separate
  material handling overhead charge and therefore
  this would not apply to your cost proposal. As
  stated on page 2, propose costs in accordance
  with your accounting, estimating, reporting
  systems.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 127

• Note The DCAA sample format on RFP page 130
  includes fringe benefits in the overhead pool.
• For this RFP, provide a separate fringe benefit
  pool, base, and rate. If your accounting and
  estimating system does not include a separate
  fringe benefit rate then for this proposal bid
  costs in accordance with your system, but provide
  a fringe benefit pool, base, and rate schedule as
  a supplementary item for our analysis. We will
  compare it with fringe benefit industry
  benchmarks and with the other offerors.

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RFP Section L, Exhibit 6, Starting At Page 136,
Financial Statements

• For calendar years, the To Date columns in the
  RFP could now be shown for the completed year.
• Provide To Date and prior three years actual
  audited statements with disclosures and notes.
• Provide the summary data on RFP pages 136-138.

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RFP Section L, Part 5 Page 116

• FAR references should be 15.403-4(a)(1) not
  15-804-2(a)(1) for the dollar threshold for
  pricing support.
• Direct Labor Indirect Rates paragraphs should
  refer to Exhibit 6, not Exhibit 5.

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RFP Section L, Part 5 Page 116

• With your submission provide DCAA audits of
• Indirect billing rates.
• Final rate determinations.
• Incurred cost submissions.
• Estimating accounting systems.