LDRD Project Selections are Derived from Strategic Guidance
This documents is a set of slides used to familiarize external panel reviewers on the work at LANL, its LDRD, history, mission, and metrics.
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ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform (RPP): Conditions and Considerations in Evaluating Market Transformation Programs and Evaluation Guidance for RPP
The purpose of this guide is to provide a resource for state utility regulators, utilities, the evaluation community and regulatory stakeholders on methods to measure energy savings from the ENERGY STAR Retail Products Platform (link is external). The guidelines outlined in this document were developed by evaluation experts.
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SEE Action Guide for States: Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification Frameworks$-$Guidance for Energy Efficiency Portfolios Funded by Utility Customers
This guide describes frameworks for evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V) of utility customer–funded energy efficiency programs. The authors reviewed multiple frameworks across the United States and gathered input from experts to prepare this guide. This guide provides the reader with both the contents of an EM&V framework, along with the processes used to develop and update these frameworks.
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SNL Lesson Learned and Guidance for Data Repositories and Analytic Frameworks
This document represents the results of deliverable D05.02 (Identify relevant efforts at SNL and other institutions) under the activity area Relevant Efforts Review. The goal of the Relevant Efforts Review activity is to identify relevant data integration efforts at SNL and possibly other institutions and compile lessons learned that are relevant to the development of a framework for data integration efforts in support of analysts and decision makers. The intent of this activity is to provide, by examples, context of how the requirements-gathering process has already been implemented in other instances and to guide the development of such a process for OCIA's needs. Information for this report was gathered through SNL staff interviews and the team members' knowledge and project experiences.
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Guidance on How to Report Testing of BOP Shear Rams
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Well Control Rule (Subpart G)1 was published on April 29, 2016, and became effective on July 28, 2016. This rule is part of BSEE regulations pertaining to well control equipment used for oil and gas operations on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
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Meta-Level Design Guidance and Operator Performance Measures for Hybrid Control Rooms
The purpose of this grant was to refine and test methods to evaluate digital human system interfaces (HSI) for existing largely analog nuclear power plant (NPP) control rooms (CRs). We hypothesized that CR operator performance (CROP) in hybrid NPP CRs will be improved if future digital HSI is designed based on: 1) more robust design guidelines for operator situation awareness (SA) and decision-making (DM); 2) enhanced CROP metrics during HSI evaluation; 3) an ontology for selecting simulation scenarios to evaluate digital HSI; and 4) a model to predict optimal HSI design attributes given CROP objectives. The team conducted numerous nuclear power plant site visits (e.g., to Brown’s Ferry, Palo Verde, Sequoyah and Vogtle) to study control room operations and crisis management and 3 visits to the NRC Chattanooga Training Center. We observed research studies at DC Cook and NRC Chattanooga in collaboration with the Halden Reactor Project. We collected operator performance and workload data in one NPP simulator. A comprehensive human (i.e., CROP) performance literature review was published in Applied Ergonomics. We obtained operator team performance data from CAER to produce our data fusion model and a paper delineating the results have been accepted (revision submitted) in Resilience Engineering and System Safety. We analyzed interview data related to scenario ontology development; a manuscript is still in preparation.
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Guidance for NETL’s Oxycombustion R&D Program: Chemical Looping Combustion Reference Plant Designs and Sensitivity Studies
An emerging, coal-fired power plant technology, chemical looping combustion (CLC), is assessed in this report. CLC technology is, in essence, an oxycombustion technology being developed with focus on its potential for improved performance and reduced cost. Its benefits are measured against performance and cost of the conventional pulverized coal (PC) power plant using amine-based CO 2 absorption for post-combustion carbon capture. This study develops National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) reference CLC plant configurations and assumptions that are used to evaluate CLC system performance and cost.
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Regulatory Guidance For Packaging Radioactive Sources Exercises
Training for Chinese Delegation at Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 10, 2019.
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Recruiting Guidance: Information for LANL Recruiters 2020 [Slides]
This presentation covers: The role of the recruiter, Policy and compliance, Recruiting materials and operations, and Post-event.
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Human Factors Engineering Insights and Guidance for Implementing Innovative Technologies from the Nuclear Innovation Workshop: A Summary Report
The Nuclear Innovation Workshop was sponsored by the United States Department of Energy Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program and held at Idaho National Laboratory on June 26-28, 2019. The objectives of this workshop were to [1] promote an innovation ecosystem that reduces cost and risk through early evaluations, [2] provide hands-on activities that demonstrate the value of using advanced tools, methods, and capabilities offered by the Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program, [3] provide a platform to enable broad innovation in the nuclear industry, [4] enable industry leaders the opportunity for networking and sharing of their experiences, and [5] take inspiration from other industries to push the envelope for transformation in the nuclear industry. These objectives were supported through the facilitation of detailed discussions and industry presentations that were presented within the context of a four-phased approach to nuclear innovation. Open conversation about key challenges and considerations for innovation in the nuclear industry was collected at each of facilitated discussions, which were focused on one of the four phases (see Section 3). Further, a survey was administered to attendees at the close of workshop to collect feedback on the quality of the workshop and their impressions of future initiatives for promoting an innovation ecosystem such as with developing an Innovation Portal or establishing an Innovation Working Group (see Section 4). Key recommendations that came from the workshop broadly included the development of an Innovation Portal, establishment of an Innovation Working Group, and subsequent meetings with industry partners including utilities, vendors, and research organizations to exchange lessons learned in innovation, progress of the Innovation Portal, and other related matters specific to nuclear innovation.
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Hanford Surface Barrier Design Guidance
This status report presents results of progress made during fiscal year 2019 towards developing a software tool for designing surface barriers in the Central Plateau. This tool is intended to be used to support feasibility studies and remedy applications. This status report summarizes the methodology followed to develop preliminary vadose zone reduced order models (VZ-ROMs) for use in such a tool. The ROM development process required generation of a training and testing dataset representing an example waste site in the Central Plateau. This training data was prepared via eSTOMP simulations that simulated variable drainage through hypothetical surface barriers into waste sites within the Central Plateau. Prior to regression analysis, these numerical results were analyzed to understand the behavior of contaminant solutes under different drainage conditions in the vadose zone. Results from eSTOMP simulations provided an understanding of the effectiveness of hypothetical surface barriers in isolating the subsurface system and mitigating contaminant transport. The primary objective of the work was to establish an appropriate ROM methodology. Further development is required to adapt the ROMs presented here to appropriately couple surface barrier construction design. Future iterations will be used to predict the performance of different surface barrier engineering designs. Future development will follow a similar process to the one demonstrated in this document.
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Guidance on the Evaluation of Models for LNG fires
This report provides datasets that can be used to validate models for Liquefied Natural Gas ( LNG ) fires, specifically those used to predict the thermal hazards from various types of fires from accidents involving LNG at land-based facilities. The datasets presented include pool fires, trench fires, jet fires, fireballs, and vapor cloud fires. Recommendations are provided regarding the method of quantification and the presentation of information for reporting the comparison.
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Emergency Management Situation Report [Guidance]
The 1 page brief provides information about security levels, contacting friends and family after an emergency, monthly messages, situational awareness links, and emergency management designated staff.
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Summary Overview of Content Guidance For Early Site Permit Applications
The Early Site Permit (ESP) process offered under Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 52, Subpart A, was promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1989 to address industry concerns with the former licensing process under 10 CFR Part 50. Previously, the licensing process required large expenditures of time and money by applicants well before key site specific environmental, safety, and emergency planning issues could be resolved. As envisioned, the ESP process is meant to resolve these issues well in advance of when a decision is made to build a nuclear power facility and before substantial capital is invested in the construction of a new nuclear facility. The ESP application is required to provide design information pertaining to structures, systems, and components along with site-specific parameters (such as meteorology, demographics, and hydrology) and address site safety, environmental protection, and emergency planning. Although an ESP applicant does not need to specify a particular nuclear plant design, as in construction permit applications, it does need to provide sufficient surrogate design information (developed to bound the nuclear plant design(s) that are being considered by the applicant) so that the NRC can make a determination on the acceptability of the site and the environmental impacts, and determine whether designs bounded by the surrogate design information provided by the applicant can be qualified for the proposed site.
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AI-Automated Detection of Subgrid-scale Processes for Adaptivity Guidance
Focal Area(s) The proposed white paper focuses on focal areas 2 and 3, and intends to build a pipeline to automate the detection of unresolved processes based on model errors and assist subsequent modeling solutions.
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Hiring Process Guidance for External Candidates [Slides]
Slides that outline processes and best practices for applying to job at LANL.
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Picking an Open Source License at LLNL: Guidance and Recommendations from the Computing Directorate
Science and innovation are at the core of LLNL’s mission, and open source software is a vehicle by which LLNL innovations reach the scientific community, the nation, and the world. It also serves as a vehicle for building collaborations, publicizing our capabilities, and attracting new employees. Over half of the software produced by LLNL is open source, and open source licenses are the legal tools that allow our software to be used widely. Choosing an appropriate license can be difficult, but it can be even more difficult to change licenses after your software has amassed a significant number of contributors, so it is important understand the potentially subtle implications of your license choice. This document provides a set of recommendations for the busy and uninitiated. They are not set in stone (there are always exceptions). Our goal is to provide default choices that align best with LLNL’s mission, along with a high-level rationale.
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Preliminary Evaluation of Offshore Transport and Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Guidance Document for Offshore Sequestration of CO 2 )
The Preliminary Evaluation of Offshore Transport and Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide provides basic information and recommendations that will guide regulators, policy makers, legal professionals, and carbon-emitting industries in evaluating the potential for carbon dioxide storage in sub-seabed geological structures. The report explores geological and technical topics that should be considered to develop and apply a robust legal and regulatory framework that will facilitate the deployment of a successful offshore carbon dioxide storage project. The Southern States Energy Board and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission convened an Offshore Task Force of experts in relevant fields to collectively prepare this report in support of the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory under Cooperative Agreement DE-FC26-05NT42590 and cost-sharing partners.
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