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A -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE GAS TURBINE MODULAR HELIUM REACTOR (GT-MHR) PROGRAM IN RUSSIA POC Contract Specialist Wayne Bryan (510) 637-1712 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, wayne.bryan@oak.doe.gov. The Department of Energy (DOE), Oakland Operations Office intends to negotiate a five (5) year contract on a sole source basis with General Atomics (GA) to participate in the implementation of the Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR) Project Plan for Plutonium (Pu) disposition in Russia. The goal of the GT-MHR Plutonium disposition project is to transfer the GT-MHR technology for its use in expanding the existing plutonium disposition capacity in Russia. GA will perform work in a number of distinct task areas to provide coordination and assistance with the technical direction of work conducted by parties in the Russian Federation and other international organizations, such as Framatome and Fuji Electric, for the design and development of GT-MHR Pu disposition reactors. These task areas include, but are not limited to: (1) providing assistance in coordinating the technical development and maintenance of GT-MHR working plans for design and development for both plant and fuel areas; (2) providing assistance in coordinating the development of GT-MHR technical requirements based on DOE and MINATOM requirements; (3) locating and assisting in the transmittal of existing technical and vendor information from previous gas reactor designs prepared in the U.S.; (4) conducting reviews of GT-MHR design and development work, making recommendations on the quality and acceptability of deliverables, and coordinating the resolution of reviewer comments from other program participants; (5) organizing and conducting Plant and Fuel technical meetings and making recommendations on revisions to work plans based on meeting results; (6) assisting in organizing and conducting independent technical reviews of design and development areas; (7) assisting in the preparation, maintenance, and review of the deployment plan for GT-MHR modules; (8) supporting the development of additional international interest, in concert with other project participants, in the GT-MHR Plutonium Disposition Project, including potential additional sponsor participation; (9) participating in International Working Group meetings and (10) assisting in work scope definition, schedule development and cost estimating. For over thirty years, GA has been involved with the research and design of gas cooled reactors, including the commercial U.S. GT-MHR. Since 1994, GA has supported and led an international collaborative effort to develop the conceptual design of a GT-MHR Pu disposition reactor in Russia. GA's expertise with GT-MHR design; design and production of coated fuel particles, and conceptual development of the GT-MHR Pu disposition reactor are required for the success of this international effort for Pu disposition that is directly linked to non-proliferation agreements between the U.S. and Russian governments. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26. Posted 06/30/99 (W-SN349152). (0181)

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