Summary of NCSX System Integration Team (SIT) Meeting of Monday, June 14, 2004

1.   Addressing MCWF and VVSA Procurement Schedule Risks

• VVSA  (RFP to be issued 6/16).
  
  • Spec: with Goranson; comments being incorporated.
  • SOW: in signature process
  • Drawings and models: those sent last week should be in approval process with Brown and Parsells. The last group were expected to be sent from ORNL to PPPL today.
  • RFP:  Phil will follow up with procurement. The evaluation criteria will be reviewed one last time to be sure it is what we want.
    
• MCWF (RFP to be issued 6/25).
  
  • Drawings and models: Brad forecasts the full package will be sent to PPPL 6/23.  He will push to ship the Type C package sooner.  It was decided that the MCWF drawings do not need to be approved by the weld engineer.
  • Spec and SOW:  Being modified to accommodate FDR recommendations. Main issue is the fracture issue, which may require enhanced inspection requirements, alloy chemistry control, and test samples.  Action: Phil follow up with suppliers and propose modifications.
  • Strategy:  ask for proposals to be submitted July 23, even if prototype fabrication is not complete.  Cost risk is judged to be outweighed by cost of accepting a schedule delay. To mitigate risk of schedule slippage due to procurement delays, ask both teams to start producing a new R&D casting, built to the final specs.  One team will be asked to build a Type C, the other a Type B.  The additional workscope will extend through the casting phase, with only the initial steps authorized at first. The production scope will consist of finishing this R&D form and producing the remaining 17 forms. The requested delivery schedule will address the need to maintain the required production schedule and to have one coil of each type available for assembly testing when field period assembly tooling becomes available.
  • Split-order fallback options were discussed. There are a range of possibilities in the event the production proposals are unsatisfactory in price or delivery.
    

2.  Critical Issues (Wayne)
The critical issues list has been updated an posted on the web. New items include:

• Modular coil cooling. Workshop was successful but now a plan is needed. Action: Brad.
• MCWF fracture issue.  Action: Phil.
• MCWF delivery schedule.  See above.
• Commodities cost risks.  Option of project assuming the risk of material price fluctuations.
• Final Design Closeout.  Action: Wayne to finalize plan and post.
• Shear carrying capacity of modular coil windings.  
  

3.  Cost and schedul performance  (Ron)

• CPI slipped to 0.94 in June due to MCWF final design variances, winding R&D, and design integration.  Production of final design deliverables is behind schedule.
• SPI slipped to 0.93 in June due to slippage in the prototype schedules, especially MCWF
  

4.  Next IPT Meeting:  t.b.a.

Summary by:
Hutch Neilson