The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), intends to issue a sole source award to The University of Texas at Austin (UTA) for the acquisition of “Research in Site Response Analysis for Seismic Hazard Studies at Nuclear Facilities.”
The acquisition supports STRATA software updates to incorporate frequency-dependent material properties and the material shear strength into site response analyses, to include frequency-dependent shear modulus and damping analysis options; and to conduct research that will continue development of open-source numerical analysis tools to support independent review of applications using RVT based methods.
The anticipated period of performance will be for 36 months.
