Task 1: Program Management

This task is responsible for managing the program to ensure that the overall objectives are achieved.
The management responsibilities include three major activities:

1. program planning and resource allocation;
2. program monitoring and control; and
3. documentation and technology transfer.

Program planning and resource allocation includes:

1. developing and preparing annual budgetary proposals and;
2. issuing and administrating subcontracts to other contractors and consultants for specialized talents not available at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) or that supplement those at ORNL.
   
   

Program monitoring and control includes:

1. monitoring and controlling the project through an earned-value, project-management system;
2. ensuring that quality assurance (QA) requirements are satisfied; and
3. issuing monthly management reports.

Documentation and technology transfer includes:

1. participating in appropriate codes and standards committees;
2. preparing briefings for the NRC;
3. coordinating NRC and internal ORNL review activities;
4. coordinating domestic and foreign information exchanges approved by NRC; and
5. documenting the activities of the program through letter and NUREG reports.