1 Quality Assurance Software Quality Assurance Implementation Plans October 16, 2003 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Beverly Cook Assistant Secretary Office of Environment, Safety and Health

2 Accomplishments Quality Assurance Improvement Plan -EM: 14 of 16 commitments completed -NNSA: 4 of 8 commitments completed SQA Improvement Plan - EH: 7 of 26 commitments completed

3 Software Quality Assurance October 16, 2003 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Chip Lagdon Director, Office of Quality Assurance Programs Environment, Safety and Health

4 SQA IP – Completed Activities DOE Notice Issued Office or Quality Assurance Programs Established Industry & Federal Standards Report Issued Design Code Survey Issued

5 SQA IP – Completed Activities (Cont.) SQA Criteria Established Interim Code Specific Guidance Reports Issued Central Registry Established Revision 1 of the Safety Software Assessment CRADs Issued

6 Purpose of the Central Registry Coordinate use of toolbox codes Assist code users in configuration control POC for resolving user issues Work with code owners to ensure technical support and training are available Communication Functions -SQA problem reports -Lessons Learned & Best Practices -Sharing assessment results

7 Central Registry Central Registry is Part of TSP Web Site Contains: Toolbox Code Information (6) SQA Criteria Code Specific Guidance Reports Industry & Federal Standards Report Design Code Survey Form

8 Current Toolbox Codes CODEAPPLICATIONSPONSORSOURCEREMARKS ALOHA Project Manager: mat/cameo/aloha.html Chemical release, plume and consequence NOAACAMEODesigned as a immediate response tool Code is distributed in machine language only, since the source code listing contains information that is copyrighted by AICHE, and NOAA can use it only for licensed purposes. CFAST Fire effectsNISTNIST “FAST” website Source code openly available on the internet in three versions. EPICode 6.0 Website under construction. Chemical release, plume and consequence Homann Associates, Inc. Code has built-in function that verifies installed code against trial cases. Validation was against EPA test cases. Code has just been converted from DOS to Windows, with substantial increase in the number of hazardous substances in the library. GENII enii.html Radioactivity release, plume and consequence EPA/NRCPNNLVersion 1.45 is stable, since it hasn’t changed in several years. Version 2 is being tested by EPA and NRC. MACCS No website provided, Nathan Bixler at SNL ( ) maintains code under direction of Jocelyn Mitchell at NRC ( ), who controls distribution and maintains QA. Radioactivity release, plume and consequence NRCSNLDeveloped to NQA-1, except for monetary consequence calculations. MELCOR Radioactivity leakage pathway NRCSNLCode is chiefly of value in nuclear reactor accident simulations. Developed to NQA-1.

9 What is Coming Up? Identification of Federal SQA Positions – October Functional Area Qualification Standard – November Schedule Established for Conducting Safety Software Assessments – October Design Code Survey Report Issued – December Relationship Established with Outside SQA Groups and POC identified – December SQA Information Sharing Mechanism – October Schedule Established for Developing/Revising Directives – October

10 SQA IP Commitments