Guidelines for acquisition, installation, and testing of performance assessment software. [Contains glossary]

This document presents general guidelines and quality assurance recommendations for acquired performance assessment software to be used for activities in support of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities. Recommendations are presented for establishing a computer directory structure, configuration control, and software testing analyses. The appendices contain examples of the directory structure and file management system as implemented at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) for the UNSAT-H, Version 2.0 code. Results of the various software analysis performed on UNSAT-H are also presented. 59 refs., 2 figs., 6 tabs.