U -- NEW REACTOR TRAINING - AP1000 DESIGN

AMENDMENT NO. 01 INCORPORATES STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES TITLED NEW REACTOR TRAINING AP 1000 1.0 BACKGROUND The Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulates the civilian nuclear industry to ensure adequate protection of the health and safety of the public and the environment, by establishing standards and regulations, conducting safety evaluations to issue licenses for nuclear facilities, and inspecting the facilities of licensees to ensure compliance with the regulations. In support of this mission, specialized technical training programs are developed and maintained by the NRC training and development department. 2.0 OBJECTIVE The contractor shall provide a training course on AP 1000 technology to NRC inspectors that will be responsible for performing design review and safety evaluation for new nuclear power plant licensing related regulatory processes. The training course on AP1000 technology must include: student text manuals, presentation handouts, instructor guide, and course examination. These courses are designed to give NRC staff and other trainees an understanding of design basis and operation of new reactors. 3.0 SCOPE The Contractor shall furnish qualified personnel, materials, and services to develop, present, and maintain courses for the AP1000 design. Upon approval of the course material, the course shall be taught by the contractor to selected group of NRC staff as a pilot. The course material shall be updated according to the feedback provided during pilot; and an updated course shall be taught by the contractor. The Contractor will be required to: a. Provide a detailed course schedule, including a breakdown of course topics, learning objectives, and times to be spent on each topic. b. Provide appropriately bound training materials for student use during the course (course materials, handouts, examinations, etc.) unless specified otherwise in this contract. These materials shall be prepared using the Contractor's facilities and resources prior to course presentation and will be corrected for errors identified in previous courses. For courses conducted at NRC facilities, contractor use of NRC equipment (copying machine, FAX machine, etc.) is prohibited without the express permission of the NRC Site Director. c. Provide an instructor guide to support presentation of the course. As a minimum, the guide shall consist of a detailed course outline, clearly defined learning objectives for each topic, a description of each visual aid and a formal lesson plan for presenting the lecture, exercises, and demonstrations. d. Develop/furnish and utilize visual aids (viewgraphs, slides, actual components, etc.) as much as possible to assist student understanding. All materials will be developed per the NRC Training style guide (please see Amendment No. 02). e. Projection graphics for classroom use shall be produced in color computer presentation format using Microsoft PowerPoint, and black and white hard copies provided in the student manual. The course Instructor(s) will have access to Microsoft Windows based PC with LCD projector, Windows XP operating system and Microsoft Office 2003 software. A copy of all training material shall also be delivered in MS Office format as well as PDF format on a CD or DVD. The files in PDF format may be loaded on NRC?s internal website as reference material. All materials developed are considered works-for-hire and become NRC property. f. Provide the NRC Project Officer, sixty (60) days prior to the start of the first course (and prior to the start of subsequent courses if revised), a copy of the following material: course schedule, texts and handouts to be provided to the students. The NRC Project Officer will approve/disapprove the material within twenty-one (21) days after receipt from the contractor. The contractor shall correct any deficiencies and resubmit the material. NRC approval of the material shall be required at least twenty-one (21) days pri