Provide High Level Waste (HLW) Technical Support on behalf of The Department of Energy (DOE), Hanford Site, Office of River Protection (ORP), Quality Assurance Division (QAD) as part of Quality Assurance Safety Management services under Requisition Title: AMSQ QAD HLW Technical Support for The Hanford Assistant Manager for Safety and Quality (AMSQ) Division.
Title: AMSQ NSD HLW Technical Support
Division: Assistant Manager for Safety and Quality (AMSQ)
SCOPE
The Department of Energy (DOE), Hanford Site, Office of River Protection (ORP), Quality Assurance Division (QAD) requires Quality Assurance Safety Management support from one qualified full-time general support services contractor. The Quality Assurance and Safety Management Technical Specialist will have responsibility for execution of the itemized work scope below:
- Assist ORP in its efforts to manage and oversee the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) High Level Waste (HLW) project in accordance with DOE Orders, Hanford procedures, and the ORP Nuclear Safety Division Program Description.
- Perform as a subject matter expert (SME) on the ORP Safety Basis Review Team (SBRT) in support of the HLW Firm the Foundation Team (HFFT),
- Development of strategic options for implementation of the WTP HLW project activities and their integration with nuclear and chemical safety requirements,
- Perform oversight of chemical safety program initiatives and implementation for HLW.
- Perform oversight of design, as-built/as-procured, and the safety design basis configuration for HLW.
- Perform oversight of the Safety Review Verification effort where BNI verifies implementation of the PDSA design requirements in the designed and procured safety significant components for HLW,
- Assist the SBRT Team Leader in the role of expert reviewer during DOE’s review and comment resolution of the Hazard Analysis (HA), Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA), Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) development, and PDSA changes as needed to support the HFFT.
- Perform oversight for Hazards Analysis (HA), Accident Analysis (AA), and Control Selection Process for HLW, if needed.
- The SME will provide review capabilities of the HLW DSA related hazard analysis and controls selection. These DSA activities are to be reviewed to be in compliance with contractor procedures and DOE-STD-3009 CN3 (or successor document) criteria. The SME review is particularly important to provide sufficient technical bases for eventual DOE approval of the DSAs and other safety basis deliverables in DOE Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) and Safety Review Letters (SRLs). SME support will consist of the following activities:
- Provide reviews of HLW HA data and reports to contractor procedures and DOE-STD-3009 criteria.
- Provide reviews of HLW AA calculations and reports to contractor procedures and DOE-STD-3009 criteria.
- Provide periodic oversight of the HLW HA Team sessions conducted by Quality Assurance and Safety Management Technical Specialists to contractor procedures and DOE-STD-3009 criteria, if needed.
- Provide reviews of HLW DSA chapter submittals (i.e., Chapters 2-5) to contractor procedures and DOE-STD-3009 criteria, including chapter reviews, accident analysis technical review, system description reviews, and review of other supporting documents (e.g., bases documents of accident analysis, credited SSC critical characteristics and performance etc.).
- Assist review of HLW DSA safety management program chapters and evaluation of support documents (e.g., FHA, QAP, maintenance, etc.).
- Provide oversight of HLW Un-reviewed Safety Question (USQ) and Safety evaluation (SE) activities, including contractor procedures and assessment of implemented USQ process.
- Assist in the preparation of HLW SERs or SRLs associated with the above HFFT-related activities.
·Participation on HLW Integrated Project Teams (IPT) as required
DELIVERABLES
Work products shall be thorough, accurate, appropriately documented, and comply with established criteria. Quality Assurance and Safety Management Technical Specialist shall ensure that duties are performed in a competent and professional manner that meets milestones/delivery schedules as outlined below:
- Monthly Report. This report will be a combination of the weekly status reports and shall be submitted with the monthly invoice. The report shall also include:
o Deliverable progress, and date(s) submitted if applicable, submitted within this invoice period.
o Work schedule for Contractor employees, to include any leave taken.