Summary of NCSX SIT Meeting of Monday, Jan. 20, 2003

1. Announcements (Hutch)

Continuing resolution: there is reportedly momentum in Congress to pass an omnibus appropriation for FY03 by about the end of January. There is some optimism that it will permit new starts. Our planning assumption of a project start on March 1 may be accurate.

End-of-CR transition: We anticipate that, when the CR ends, DOE will ask for an accounting of what was accomplished during the CR period and the impact on project cost and schedule. The project is drafting a reply.

2. Updating the CDR and PAC-6 recommendations log. (Hutch)

Updates are due to Hutch on Jan. 24. ACTION: Wayne/Mike follow up with responsible individuals.

3. MCWF Critical Issues Peer Review. (Wayne)

Peer review is scheduled for Jan. 23. Larry Dudek is chair. A dry run will be held Jan. 22. A ROM estimate of the cost of adding the poloidal break was requested as an additional item for the review. ACTION: Wayne, Brad.

4. Project Control Tasks. (Ron)

The December Status Report was issued by Ron Strykowsky last week. Ron's summary is appended below. E-mail submission of status input, which we are experimenting with, worked well. There is likely still a need for month status meetings to clarify the input and follow up on issues. Much of the effort to date has been devoted to creating a workable schedule. Revised modular coil and vacuum vessel schedules have been produced by Ron with input from WBS 1 (see below). They will be reviewed with the WBS 1 team as part of the dry run on Wednesday, Jan. 22, which will serve as this month's status meeting.

Integration of NCSX and QPS resources still needs to be done.

ACTION: Brad provide input to Ron.

5. Next SIT Meeting: Monday, Jan. 27 at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Summary by:

Hutch Neilson