# Presentation: 116371

## Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and TechnologyOffice of International Nuclear SafetyPresentation to theLaboratory Operations Board

**Daniel F. Giessing**

- Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and TechnologyOffice of International Nuclear SafetyPresentation to the**Laboratory Operations Board**

- IG96110031. 1

## Mission

**Address – through cooperation and****technical innovation –****serious global problems in the****interrelated fields of****nuclear safety and nonproliferation**

**Soviet -Design Reactor Safety**
**Core Conversion**
**Chornobyl Shutdown**

## Relationship to Nuclear Energy Mission

**International programs meet goals of****Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology to: **
- Improve safety of nuclear activities internationally
- Contribute to implementation of U.S. nonproliferation policy as part of the Department’s national security mission

## Program Basis

**1992 G-7 Agreement to improve safety of Soviet-designed reactors**
**Gore/Chernomyrdin June 1994, agreement to shutdown plutonium production reactor and cease use of newly produced plutonium for nuclear weapons**
**G-7/Ukraine MOU on shutdown of Chornobyl**

## Summary Financial Chart ($M)(October 31, 1996 estimate)

**Summary Financial Chart ($M)****(October 31, 1996 estimate)**

**09/92**

**12/92**

**03/93**

**06/93**

**09/93**

**12/93**

**03/94**

**06/94**

**09/94**

**12/94**

**03/95**

**06/95**

**09/95**

**12/95**

**03/96**

**06/96**

**09/96**

**10/96**

**FY92-FY96 Funds Received and Allocated: $195.5M**
**Obligated: $190.0M**
**Expended: $116.4M**

**Expended**
**Total Obligated**
**Received**

**200**

**180**

**160**

**140**

**120**

**100**

**80**

**60**

**40**

**20**

**0**

**Dollars (millions)**

## Organizations and Roles

**Organizations and Roles**

**State, AID, NRC**
**	*****Roles:***
- 	• Policy
- 	• Funding Source
- 	• Negotiation/Agreement

**G-7, G-24 Countries and EBRD**
**	*****Roles:***
- 	• Partners in Former Soviet Union 	  Country Activities

**Host Countries:**
***Roles:***
- • Defines Program Needs
- • Technical Project Implementation
- • Participants in Technology Transfer

**Department of Energy****Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology****Office of International Nuclear Safety**
**	*****Roles:***
- 	• Policy/Program Management
- 	• Technical Oversight
- 	• Budget/Financial Oversight
- 	• Government Negotiations/Agreements

## Organizations and Roles (continued)

**              ****Field Offices: Richland****	*****Roles:***
- 	• Budget Control
- 	• Contract Administration

**PNNL: Lead Laboratory**
**	*****Roles:***
- 	• Program Implementation	• Program Financial Control
- 	• Technical Management	• Technical Project
- 	• Contract Administration	   Implementation
- 	   - U.S. Industry   - Host Country

**Other National Laboratories:**
**Argonne and Brookhaven**
**	*****Roles:***
- 	• Technical Project Implementation

**U.S. Industry****35+ Organizations**
**	*****Roles:***
- 	• Technical Project Implementation

**Host Country Organizations, Government, Quasi-Government and Private**
*** ******Roles:***
-  • Defines Programs Needs
-  • Technical Project Implementation
-  • Participants in Technology Transfer

## Performer Selection

**Laboratories**
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Experience in both graphite-channel and lightwater nuclear reactor safety
- Proven track record in managing large programs
- Ability to manage liability risk of doing nuclear work in former Soviet Union
**Industry**
- Competitive contracting process
- Sole source under special conditions

## Funding Sources and Allocation

**U.S. Industry**
**70%**

**U.S. National****Laboratories****25%**

**Host****Countries ****5%**

***Allocation of Funds***
***(Based on FY95/96)***

## Program Management Process

**Projects jointly selected between DOE/laboratory experts and host country counterparts using project selection criteria.**
**DOE/laboratory and host country project managers selected for each project.  A detailed project work plan is developed.**
**PNNL contracts with U.S. industry and host countries.  Where special laboratory expertise exists, work is done at the laboratory.**

## Program Management Process (continued)

**DOE/PNNL overall program reviews with host countries conducted every six months. Quarterly program review meetings with PNNL and other laboratories, semi-annual review meeting with U.S. contractors.**
**Reporting requirements in addition to specific reporting as called for in contracts: weekly highlights, monthly detailed status, quarterly and periodic overall status**
**Performance measures are being finalized and will be reported on a quarterly basis.**
**Work coordinated with G-24 countries and other funding institutions, e.g., EBRD**