Action Item	Status
Develop methods for stronger regulatory involvement in training and other projects.	To help provide host-country regulatory organizations with the tools and information necessary to perform regulatory oversight of U.S.-sponsored nuclear safety projects, ongoing and new projects have included working with host-country regulators to develop guidance for reviewing and approving symptom-based emergency operating instructions. This work also will provide a foundation for more focused and effective regulation of other operational safety activities such as training and simulator development. working with Russian regulators to develop guidelines for developing probabilistic risk assessments providing training to Ukrainian regulators in preparation for licensing the dry cask storage system for spent nuclear fuel at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. U.S. specialists have provided Ukrainian regulators with training in computer codes for safety analysis and have transferred the actual computer codes. In addition, training was provided in the regulation of spent fuel transportation. providing training to Russian regulators in areas such as emergency preparedness, quality assurance, safety analysis, and event reporting and analysis working with Ukrainian regulators, in support of the State Department and in collaboration the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to establish a supplemental funding convention for nuclear liability.
Create a platform for sharing information about deliverables and data. Such information will be compiled and made available to participants via the Internet site and other avenues.	Hard copies of some deliverables are available through the Resource Center Assistant, Nancy Jackson, at (509) 372-4679, or E-mail: nancy.jackson@pnl.gov
Develop better methods for scoping and selecting projects, to obtain the most useful results that can be leveraged for maximum impact.	Project selection criteria now are formalized. A summary of the criteria and process for project selection appears as Appendix H in the report"Improving the Safety of Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Plants," November 1, 1996, Status Report, published by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology. For a copy, contact Nancy Jackson at the phone or fax number given on the previous page.
Prepare a plan for more effective technology transfer. This includes convening a working group to focus on technology transfer and publishing technology transfer successes.	In summary At the May 1996 Contractor Information Exchange meeting, an ad hoc working group was established to identify ways to improve technology transfer. That group developed a "white paper" on tech transfer mechanisms. At the quarterly program meeting in July 1996, the technology integrators were asked to evaluate technology transfer in their specific areas, using the white paper as a stimulus for that review. The technology integrators then identified specific areas requiring enhancement to optimize technology transfer. The result of that review is summarized in a revised draft white paper, Enhancing Technology Transfer in DOE's International Reactor Safety Projects. The paper, which appears in Appendix D of this report, should be viewed as a status of, rather than a program plan for, technology transfer. See Section 6.0 of this report for more details on technology transfer projects under way.
Document successes on a regular basis.	PNNL has excerpted "success letters" from contractors and other participants in the revised Status Report. Other successes are being documented in technology fliers and under the "news" category of the Internet site.