Background

The 1993 and 1994 TACIS Nuclear Safety programmes included some 11 projects addressing issues the area of fuel cycle and radioactive waste management.

For three of these projects the European Commission contracted an independent consultant to prepare the Terms of Reference for contracting the projects.

Objective

The objective of the contract was to prepare the technical Terms of Reference (ToR) required for contracting of the following TACIS '93 and '94 projects:

• R4.07/93: Development of guidelines for management of NPP Radwaste in Russia (see Contract 24307);
• R4.02/94: Conceptual design for civil plutonium storage at Mayak (see Contract 24925);
• R4.05/94: Feasibility study for the St Petersburg waste management centre (see Contracts 23243 and 24266).

The work required from the Consultant included:

• Collection of the detailed project information and agreement with the Russian project Beneficiaries and partners;
• Write the Terms of Reference;
• Propose a tendering and contracting strategy.

Results

The contract was signed in June 1995. Three Terms of Reference were completed under the contract which was completed by October 1995.

The Terms of Reference led to successful contracting of the three projects.