From: Hutch Neilson
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:11 AM
To: Hutch Neilson; Mike Williams; Lawrence E. Dudek; Ronald L. Strykowsky; Wayne T. Reiersen; James H. Chrzanowski
Subject: Summary of NCSX on-site fabrication meeting of 9/19/06
Summary of NCSX On-Site Fabrication Meeting of Tuesday, September 19, 2006

1.  Cost and Schedule Trends and Issues  (9/15/06 data)

• Cost trends on Type A’s show evidence of a learning curve similar to Type C’s, but cheaper.  So far, A1 is costing less than C2; A2 costing less than C3.
• Schedule forecasts for critical path milestones (winding of C5, A1, and A2) have not slipped further since last review.
  

2.  Status of measures to improve performance

• New hires are up to speed and performing well.
• One of the winding techs. will be transferred to another activity in the Lab.  We decided to hire a replacement.
• The hardware for the new fixture is expected in early October.  We will proceed with installation activities as soon as money is available (October). Goal is to have the new fixture installed and operating by December, sooner if possible.
• We support the immediate purchase of a new $2.8K instrument for resistance testing.  Agreed that we will cut back on OT for non-critical-path activities (e.g. VPI of C5) the rest of this month to offset the spending against FY06 budget.
  

3.  Coil testing

• Consensus agreement that we will use the completed NCSX machine to make the measurements needed to validate our structural analysis models, and not test C5.  The value of testing an isolated coil is limited and does not justify the cost. We do need to qualify instrumentation for the machine and improve cryostat cooling performance.
  

4.  Safety:  Follow-up on NCSX actions form the ISMS review

• We are updating our long procedures to capture the important step-by-step safety notes, and our JHA’s to refer to the procedures and make the signatures recognizable.  Action: Larry follow up.
• Other items from the ISMS review:  Jim or Larry, please reply so we can close out these items.
  
  • All JHA’s to be reviewed for completeness.  Status?
  • Safety controls for hydrostatic and pneumatic testing, including those required by ENG-014, to be incorporated into Procedure –004. Use due diligence in safety review of the test setup.  Status?
  • Autoclave safeing/unsafeing requirements, including LOTO, to be detailed in new autoclave access procedure.  JHA updated accordingly.  Status?
    

Hutch