Summary of NCSX System Integration Team (SIT) Meeting of Monday, August 29, 2005

1.    Management Issues

• Baseline change proposal was formally approved by DOE. New baseline TEC is $92.4M, CD-4 is July, 2009.
• Housekeeping & Safety walkthroughs will be conducted in the NCSX manufacturing and test areas:
  
  • Coil Test area:  Wayne to arrange.
  • TFTR Test Cell:  Hutch to arrange
    

2.    Targeted Schedule Risks

• Job 1403, MC Type C Design and Drawings. (Brad) Meeting of design and fabrication teams last week resulted in a meeting of the minds on  required drawings and a plan for producing them by the end of September.  Progress since then has been according to plan. A meeting is being arranged by Chrzanowski to re-visit Lab requirements for released drawings when some of the fabrication is done via computer files.
• Modular Coil Winding readiness. (Wayne)  We no longer see any significant risks to being ready to start winding the modular coils when MCWF#1 comes in. Chrzanowski has taken over leadership of periodic MC winding readiness meetings.
• Job 1414, Twisted Racetrack Coil testing. (Wayne) Good progress last week, summarized in separate e-mail reports from Gettelfinger and Schneider. Progress was halted by failure of a Hallmar current transducer. Repairs will be performed this week so that power testing can resume text week. Williams is working the resource issues. Power testing is expected to be completed week ending Sept. 9, magnetic testing the following week.
  
  • TRC cooling configuration is not fully prototypical of modular coils due to short leads.  Definitive cooldown testing may await the production coils fed via kickless cable.  Since the cooldown testing was the subject of a Lehman review recommendation, we need to develop a convincing story on this topic with the data available at the time of the Nov. 2-3 Lehman review. Responsibility: Brad
    
• Job 1203, VV design.  (Brad)  Resources needed to support a Sept. 16 comprehensive FDR of the VV system have been made available to Goranson, and the work is proceeding on schedule.
  
  • Safety and operational questions regarding the use of nanogel insulation have surfaced and need to be resolved in advance of the Sept. 16 FDR.  Issues include dust, required PPE, and effects of high temperature operation on the material. Goranson has the lead in arranging a meeting this week with PPPL safety personnel and other interested parties.
    
• Job 1301, TF Design.  (Wayne)  Comprehensive FDR on Aug. 12 was successful pending resolution of 9 chits. Job remains open until they are resolved, but no schedule impacts are expected.
• Job 1810, Field Period Assembly.  (Wayne)  Detailed planning has begun, resulting in a large number of issues being surfaced. Wayne is working with the Job Manager Mike Viola to ensure that the necessary preparations are completed for FPA to begin as soon as VVSA sectors start arriving.
• Job 1250, VVSA Fabrication. Brad raised a concern regarding the project’s review of in-process metrology data from Major Tool and whether the feedback given can be construed as acceptance of non-conformances in the finished product. In our efforts to help the supplier stay on schedule we may be unintentionally relieving them of responsibility for conformance.  At a minimum we need to follow procedures for processing of NCRs and it is not clear we are doing so.  It was agreed that this is a non-trivial issue but we did not resolve it.  Brad will arrange a follow-up meeting with Goranson, Viola, Reiersen, and others to try come up with an approach.
• Job 1411, MCWF Fabrication.  Major Tool appears to be staying close to their latest schedule forecast, calling for delivery of MCWF#1 on Sept. 16. The project is making extra efforts to minimize any delays in the inspection, test, and document review activities.
  

3.  Project Control (Ron)

• Ron outlined the FY-06 work planning schedule. A call for planning input was sent out August 16. Input is due Sept. 2.  Project management will review work plans prior to authorization.  Anticipated issues include:
  
  • Increase in coil winding job estimates.
  • Increase in MC Type A & B design job estimates, schedule stretchout, and resource management at ORNL.  Ron will provide a schedule of design deliverable need dates to ORNL to facilitate their planning.
    
• August job status meeting will be Sept. 7 at 8:30-12:00.
  

4.  Next SIT Meeting: Sept. 12.


Summary by:
Hutch Neilson