Requirements-Based Assessment for New Waste
Calcine Facility
Polestar conducted a Requirements-Based Assessment for surveillance and
maintenance activities to identify cost savings and potential reallocation
of labor hours.
During the first quarter of FY03, Polestar Applied Technology conducted
a Requirements Based Assessment (RBA) of select Surveillance and Maintenance
(S&M) activities at the NWCF. Approximately 8,506 labor hours of S&M
task hours were reviewed with approximately 3,861 (or 45%) of those hours
recommended for potential reallocation. The majority of the savings identified
are in support groups. Implementation of the recommendations would result
in a significant savings for the NWCF Complex.
Additionally, Polestar personnel conducted an RBA assessment
focused on evaluating the training requirements for several
disciplines in the High Level Waste Division (HLWD). The
results of this evaluation were similar to evaluations
performed at other DOE sites. This is due to similar sites
having the common Department of Energy Orders governing
training activities. In addition, local site or area emphasis
becomes intertwined with requirements, which is also common
to other DOE facilities. The report content is based upon
interviews with personnel from operations, training, and
support groups and reviews of documents associated with
training activities.
Detailed recommendations for efficiency improvements are
provided in the report. From the review process and review
of the Training Quality Initiative document, the RBA evaluators
project that approximately $300,000 per year could be saved
in the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center
(INTEC) group as a whole. This figure is based upon projections
performed by the site training organization and correlating
those projected savings to the INTEC portion of the site.
This estimate could be further validated and refined through
implementation of Recommendation 4 within the report.
