**Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility Program Description Package**

**Expectation:**

The Plutonium Disposition Program (PDP) includes design, construction,
and operation of the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) and the Pit
Disassembly and Conversion Facility (PDCF). PDCF will disassemble
surplus nuclear weapons pits and convert the weapon-usable plutonium to
a form suitable for final disposition as MOX feedstock. PDCF also will
accept surplus weapon-usable plutonium metal from sources other than
intact pits for this conversion process. PDCF includes a hardened
plutonium processing building, conventional buildings and structures
housing support personnel, systems, and equipment.

Program plans call for the contractor to manage and operate PDCF;
however, **separate** contracts will be bid for an independent
Construction Manager and Startup Manager for PDCF. For the PDCF, the
contractor would provide support to the Construction Manager and Startup
Manager in the form of operators, maintenance, infrastructure, and
administrative support.

After completing its mission, the facility will be decontaminated and
deactivated.

**Background/Lifecycle Discussion:**

The PDCF plutonium processing building will be a secure material access
area that will include the following systems: pit receiving, assay and
storage; pit plutonium metal extraction and conversion to oxide; and
plutonium oxide packaging, assay, storage, and shipment. Another
hardened structure will house safety-class mechanical and electrical
equipment to support the plutonium processing building.

The PDCF will be constructed in F Area adjacent to the MFFF by a
Construction Manager under a separate contract. Subject to changes
resulting from the current re-baselining of the MFFF cost and schedule,
construction will begin in approximately 2010 and will continue through
the contract period. The facility's operating life is expected to be
approximately 8 years, while converting plutonium from weapons pits and
clean metal to a stable, unclassified oxide at a rate of 3.5 metric tons
per year.

A PDCF training module may be constructed at the Savannah River Site
(SRS) to test process equipment using non-radioactive surrogate
materials and to train approximately 400 operators, plant engineers, and
maintenance workers. If it is determined that a training facility is
necessary, construction of the training module could begin approximately
in 2008.

**Contract Period Objectives**

**Core Work Scope 12/1/06 -- 09/30/11**

Support the design and construction of PDCF and design, construction,
startup, and operation of the training module: The contractor would
provide all site services necessary to safely construct and operate the
training module, including: essential site services and utilities,
engineering support, emergency response personnel, training personnel,
management and supervision, and administrative support personnel.
Specific tasks include:

-   Program management, including value engineering studies, design
    alternative evaluations, cost estimating or review, change control,
    configuration management, project oversight

-   Increased Safeguards and Security support

-   Technical support, special studies and cost estimating and review

-   Site integration/protocol and procedures development

-   Site systems design authority and operations support

-   Project controls and scheduling

-   Implementation of construction oversight

-   Technical studies, reviews, position papers, or subject matter
    experts, as required for the PDCF

-   Significant site interface with ongoing SRS operations

-   Access and services of the Savannah River Site Operating Center
    (SRSOC) and Emergency Operating Center (EOC) facilities

-   Support from SRS operating organizations regarding necessary outages
    and coordinated planning

-   Construction support services (debris removal, special equipment
    loans, sanitary services, receiving and warehousing, equipment
    maintenance, fuel delivery)

-   Utility and telecommunication services

-   Expanded site services (training, badging, environmental sampling,
    medical, HP)

-   Serve as Design Authority for PDCF and the training module

-   Provide operating and maintenance input for PDCF Title III design
    and the training module

-   Establish an operator training program

-   Establish a technical organization to provide engineering support
    and complete/maintain safety analyses and authorization basis
    documents

-   Prepare operating procedures for PDCF and the training module

-   Preparing and submitting necessary permit applications

-   Operate the training module to meet program objectives

**Optimized Work Scope**

Optimized work scope is not identified.

**Core Work Scope 10/1/11 -- 09-30/16**

Complete the construction and start up of PDCF. Operate PDCF per
approved campaign schedules to supply plutonium oxide to the MFFF.

The contractor will also provide support to NNSA that includes:

-   Provide operating and maintenance input for PDCF Title III design
    and the training module

-   Prepare and submit necessary permit applications

-   Serve as Design Authority for PDCF and the training module

-   Program management support

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-   Provide site integration with other organizations

-   Site systems support

-   Technical studies, reviews, position papers, or subject matter
    experts, as required

-   Routine interface with ongoing SRS operations

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-   Maintain a technical organization to provide engineering support and
    complete/maintain safety analyses and authorization basis documents

-   Maintain an operating and maintenance organization for PDCF and the
    training module

-   Maintain an operator training program

-   Prepare operating procedures for PDCF

-   Operate the PDCF and training module to meet program objectives

**Optimized Work Scope**

Optimized work scope is not identified.

**Appendix A**

**System State as of 12-01-06:**

-   Title II design is in progress

-   Utility tie-ins for facility are complete and available

-   Site is graded and ready for construction start, storm water pond is
    constructed.

**Appendix B Assumptions**

-   Adequate funding will be available to support resource requirements
    and project schedule.

-   PDCF feed in the form of pits or clean plutonium metal is available
    and can be supplied at a rate necessary to meet the desired facility
    throughput.

-   Site services, utilities, and infrastructure will be available to
    support the facility through its life cycle.

-   Waste management services, including low level radioactive, high
    activity radioactive, hazardous, and TRU waste disposal capabilities
    are available.

**Appendix C Risks**

-   The project is undergoing re-baselining and significant changes
    could be made to the construction and operation schedule.

-   Schedule depends on obtaining adequate funding through the Federal
    Budget Process.

**Appendix D Relevant PDCF Documents**

**[Orders/SRIDs]{.underline}**

**[SRIPS/Manuals]{.underline}**

**[Regulatory Documents]{.underline}**

**[Authorization Basis (e.g. SAR/SER)]{.underline}**

**[Program Plans]{.underline}**

PDCF Project Execution Plan