Introductory Remarks and Meeting Goals Mohamed Abdou ITER-TBM Costing Meeting at UCLA December 12-14, 2005

Purposes of this Meeting Present Cost Estimates performed to date Summary of all items on the WBS Details in selected areas where further discussion is needed Review and Discuss Cost Estimates Suggest Improvements where needed Discussion of Priorities for R&D Items that significantly impact the cost Discuss and resolve any remaining questions regarding how the Cost information will be presented Agree on Cost Report Outline and Writing Assignments What information will be presented in the report? Format ?

US ITER TBM Costing Activity Milestones 12-Aug-05 Costing Activity Initiated 31-Aug-05 WBS established for Level 6 and lower Responsible persons for Level 6 and lower assigned 7-Sep-05 WBS for Level 6 and lower revised 9-Sep-05 Conceptual design summaries for DCLL and HCCB issued 6-Oct-05 Initial schedule and base cost estimate for WBS level 6 of DCLL and HCCB 27-Oct-05 Initial schedule and base cost estimate for engineering design, procurement/fabrication, and ancillary equipment 7-Nov-05 R&D decision criteria established 30-Nov-05 Complete revised schedule and cost estimate for WBS level 6 and lower (include contingency factor) 12-14 Dec-05 “Physical” Meeting (all information about costing will be presented and discussed) 16-Dec-05 R&D priorities finalized 13-Jan-06 Initial Draft Costing Activity Report Due 15-Feb-06 Complete Draft of Final Costing Activity Report 22-23 Feb-06 Physical meeting (internal review of draft report)** 1-Mar-06 Complete incorporating comments into the Report 15-Mar-06 Send Final TBM Cost Estimate Report to DOE 28-Mar-06 “External” review **Need to change: February 14-16?

Report Outline Per my request, Tom Mann made a Report Outline This Outline was commented on by Clement and Alice Tom will present the Outline for discussion in this meeting My Preliminary Suggestions on Points raised: Report Title: Initial Technical Plan and Cost Estimate for the US  ITER  Test Blanket Module (TBM) Provide Summary of the International ITER TBM Program (Part of ITER mission, ITER Schedule, 3 ports to be shared, interfaces, very brief description (1 page) of other parties’ plans) Have clearly stated in the beginning: Mission, Objectives, Strategy, Deliverables Provide a summary of Design Description and parameters of the two blanket concepts’ Test Modules/Submodules and Ancillary Equipment (limit to 5-8 pages per concept) Use Appendices to document everything we have done on costing (WBS, Cost Details, Schedule Details, Contingency Analysis etc.)

Some General Information All details of the TBM Costing Activity are on the US TBM Website (http://www.fusion.ucla.edu/ITER-TBM/) Note that the TBM website has also links to design information, to ITER TBWG website, etc. The last TBWG-16 meeting in November in Beijing resulted in important conclusions. These were summarized in an e-mail by M. Abdou The TWO Most important challenges facing ITER from TBM standpoint are: Developing and Signing of a LEGAL Agreement among ITER Parties on the TBM Program (Either as part of ITER Agreement or as an amendment) Developing and Signing of Legal Agreement(s) among Parties (multi-lateral, tri-lateral, and/or bi-lateral) on specifics of collaborations on TBM R&D, Test Module construction, construction and sharing of ancillary equipment, etc.