Total System Model Version 6.0 Preprocessor Work Order Algorithm Validation Report

The purpose of this validation is to compare TSM simulation results using the manually calculated work orders (WO) for the transportation cask fleet to simulation results using an automated WO algorithm developed to estimate the cask fleet.
This validation report supports the issuance of Version 6.0 of the Total System Model (TSM, BSC 2007a) that is described in the TSM User Manual (UM), see Reference BSC 2007b, and the TSM Preprocessor (TSMPP) UM (BSC 2007c). The validation of changes to the automated WO algorithm for TSM Version 6.0 are included in Appendix A. The WO algorithm documented in the main body of this report was validated for TSM Version 5.0 (BSC 2007d). However, the information has been retained for completeness in the TSM Version 6.0 validation.
This report assumes the reader has detailed, working knowledge of the TSM functions and the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System (CRWMS) operations.
Work Orders and cask fleet decisions are covered in Section 4.1.2 of the TSM UM (BSC 2007a).
This validation was performed in accordance with AP-ENG-006, Total System Model (TSM) - Changes to Configuration Items and Base Case.
The TSM has been designed to run many different possible waste generation scenarios in support of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System (CRWMS). In part, these scenarios are setup using an initial state file that is created by the TSMPP. Given user criteria and known/anticipated waste inventories, the TSMPP will generate a waste shipment schedule in an Excel format. This is the Initial State (IS) file of all of the cask loads to be shipped that drives the TSM simulation.
In the past, the quantity and timing of the purchase of the transportation casks to form the cask fleet was performed manually. The WO software algorithm was developed to provide an automated alternative to the manual process. This is the validation report that evaluates the automated Work Orders algorithm with its comparison to prior manual calculations.