Summary of NCSX System Integration Team (SIT) Meeting of Wednesday, December 21, 2005

1.    Safety and Management

  a.. Recent Management Safety Walkthroughs of NCSX areas found ES&H conditions to be Very Good. 
  b.. The next NCSX Quarterly Briefing for OFES will include an Interim report on fabrication tasks called for at the last Lehman review.

    a.. For planning purpose assume interim report will highlight the following activities:

      a.. MCWF manufacture (Phil) 
      b.. MC Winding (Larry) 
      c.. Conventional coils make vs. buy (Hutch)

    b.. There will be a detailed IPT review of progress & costs vs forecasts and estimates the week of Jan. 23.  Ron has the lead in pulling this together. 
    c.. Quarterly will probably be week of Jan. 30 or Feb. 6. Hutch work  with DOE


2.    Risks

  a.. MCWF schedule risks.

    a.. Delivery delays continue to be a risk to the project schedule. Risk mitigation plan:

      a.. Review MCWF delivery forecasts, assumptions, schedule drivers, and critical path analysis with EIO. Ron, Phil. 
      b.. Technical Requirements Review at Major Tool, Jan. 4-6.  Attendees are Heitzenroeder, Nelson, Williamson, Dudek, Sutton.  Can we relax low-value/high-cost relax requirements (e.g., tolerances) and benefit the delivery schedule? Phil. 
      c.. Streamline process for modifying drawings so that supplier requirements changes can be implement without excessive design cost.  Wayne. 
      d.. MCWF Schedule Review at Major Tool, Jan. 11 or Jan. 16-17.  Attendees are Neilson, Strykowsky, and others t.b.d. Review MCWF delivery forecasts, assumptions, schedule drivers, critical path analysis, and agree on mitigation plans with EIO and Major Tool.

  b.. MC parts availability to support winding operations.

    a.. Brad reported progress in generation of Type A &B cladding and chill plate drawings. They could be done as early as January. 

  c.. TF Make or Buy.

    a.. The project has identified a supplier, not previously considered, which is believed to be capable of fabricating the TF coil assemblies on the required scheduled.  Accordingly, the project has reversed its previous make-vs-buy analysis and has initiated a competitive procurement action for the TF coil assemblies. 


3.  Next SIT Meeting: Jan. 3

Summary by:
Hutch Neilson