Summary of NCSX System Integration Team (SIT) Meeting of Monday, March 22, 2004

1.   Scheduling the Final Design Review

• A good preparation plan is now in place for the Final Design Review on May 19-20.  There is a reasonable probability that the design will be shown to meet all requirements.
• The main risk that we see at this point is the possibility of disappointing results from the performance analysis. This stems from the uncertainties that currently exist in some of the material properties and the difficulty in predicting how the coil will deflect in operation.  The results may not be available until shortly before the review. We need to anticipate how we would respond to various negative outcomes that might occur.  Responsibility: Hutch, Wayne, Mike
• It was decided to commit to the May 19-20 dates for the Final Design Review.
  

2.  RF Port Configuration

• An RF port configuration has been proposed by Tom Brown. It needs to be reviewed by Physics to see if it meets access requirements and by WBS 1 to assess costs and risk. A decision on whether to include the proposed port in the vacuum vessel design needs to be made early this week. Responsibility: Hutch.
  

3.  Management Reserve Spend Plan

• Greg Pitonak has requested a plan for spending a significant fraction of the $2.2M currently held in management reserve this fiscal year. The deadline is April 2.
• In developing a plan, we will assume that the discretionary spending allowance can be increased. We will identify in-scope tasks that match available labor resources and identify the associated labor and M&S costs.  Action: Ron develop a draft proposal.
  

4  Project Control

• March job status meetings will be held Monday, April 5.
  

5.  Next SIT Meeting: to be announced.

Summary by:
Hutch Neilson