Overview of U'S' Preparations for ITER

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Overview of U.S. Preparations for ITER
Positioning the US to achieve its Burning Plasma
interests through ITER

• Ned Sauthoff
• Fusion Power Associates
• Washington, DC
• November 19, 2003

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Preparations leading to the Presidential Decision
UFA work- shops
What further preparations are needed to position
the US to achieve its Burning Plasma interests?
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ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction
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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Levels of Interest in packages for in-kind
  contributions
• Contributing input to discussions

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction
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Major Components of ITER
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Direct Capital Value
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Overview of the ITER Construction Value
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Guidelines for the US in-kind offers

• The total value of the US offers matches the
  negotiated percentages
• The cost of the the US offer is within the
  Administrations dollar-limit
• in-kind and in-cash contributions
• construction management, and
• US domestic agency, contingencies, reserves,
• The scope is of interest to the US
• The scope is consistent with US capabilities
• The scope is consistent with US export
  controls,US Trade Representatives guidelines,
  etc.

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US cost-estimation for each procurement-area of
interest
US area experts (labs and universities)
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US cost-estimation for procurement-areas of
interest
Divertor Ulrickson (SNL) Tritium Willms
(LANL) Vacuum Pumping and Fueling
System Gouge (ORNL) Conventional Systems
Hill (LLNL)
Magnet SystemsMinervini (MIT) Diagnostics
Young/Johnson (PPPL) Ion Cyclotron HCD
Swain (ORNL) / Hosea (PPPL) Electron
Cyclotron HCD Temkin (MIT) / Hosea (PPPL)
US area experts (labs and universities)
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US cost-estimation for each procurement-area of
interest
US area experts (labs and universities)
US industry
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Burning Plasma Progam Advisory Committee

• Membership
• Stewart Prager (U. Wis.), chair
• Mohamed Abdou (UCLA)
• Réjean Boivin (GA)
• Harold Forsen
• Jeffrey Freidberg (MIT)
• Richard Hawryluk (PPPL)
• E. Bickford Hooper (LLNL)
• Stan Milora (ORNL)
• Gerald Navratil (Columbia)
• Tony Taylor (GA)
• George Tynan (UCSD)
• Michael Ulrickson (Sandia)
• James Van Dam (UTex)

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BPPAC criteria, metrics and priorities for US
contributions

• 1. US research positioning (High)
• Metric Extent to which activity positions the
  US for key science/technology roles in ITER
• 2. ITER-value per dollar (High)
• Metric ITER value/(US cost of full scope of
  ITER-specific RD design fab contingency)
• 3. Relative value or strength of US contribution
  to ITER (High/Medium)
• Metric High relative strength to meet a critical
  need of the ITER project
• 4. Contributions to US fusion research program
  (Medium)
• Metric Enhancement of US capability for activity
  both in ITER and outside ITER
• 5. Enhancement of fusion-relevant capability of
  US industry (Medium/Low)
• Metric Extent activity increases industrial
  capability in fusion areas
• 6. Development of US fusion workforce (Low)
• Metric Extent to which activity builds a
  suitable US fusion science and technology work
  force.

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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Levels of Interest in packages for in-kind
  contributions
• Contributing input to discussions

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction
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NSSG-GroupsArea
US emphasis

• Management Structure effectiveness

• Strong project management
• technical control(design integration, change
  control, )
• procurement control (vendor qualifications,
  inspections, progress payments, )

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Conceptual ITER Organizational Structure
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NSSG-GroupsArea
US emphasis

• Management Structure effectiveness
• Staffing accessibility
• Procurement Systems/Methods in-kind/in-cash
• changes
• Procurement Allocations project success
• US interests

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Status of Procurement Allocations

• For each site-option, most packages have been
  provisionally assigned
• In this provisional allocation, the US has a
  spectrum of packages that
• matches the negotiated value
• involves the US in key science and technology
  areas of interest
• is within the US dollar limit (including
  in-kind, in-cash, contingencies, domestic
  activity, )
• The provisional allocation is subject to review
  by others
• US export controls, .
• Next steps
• Allocation of remaining packages after site- and
  cost-sharing agreement
• Discussions of coordination with other parties

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NSSG-GroupsArea
US emphasis

• Management Structure effectiveness
• Staffing accessibility
• Procurement Systems/Methods in-kind/in-cash
  changes
• Procurement Allocations project success and US
  interests
• Resource Management Regulations visibility and
  changes
• Risk recognition and management
• Intellectual Property benefits and protection
• Decommissioning amount and timing of the funds

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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

• Performance of Home Team tasks
• Secondees
• Naka
• Garching
• ITER Site (future)

Research Operations
Construction
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ITA Task Requests

• Magnet
• Qualification of industrial suppliers of Nb3Sn
  strands with increased value of Jc
• Conductor performance and design criteria
  (transverse load effects)
• CS jacket weld defect assessment
• Stress analysis of the helium inlet regions
• Divertor
• Divertor Diagnostic Side Plates Design
• Design of Special Divertor Diagnostic Cassettes
  including cassettes with in-vessel viewing access
• Tolerance Study of the Divertor
• Safety Computer Codes

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Physics Tasks and Working Group

• Neoclassical Tearing Modes in Inductive Operation
  
• Resistive Wall Modes in Non-inductively Driven
  Plasma
• Disruptions and their mitigation in Inductive
  Operation
• Plasma control
• Plasma transport simulations
• Divertor
• Edge pedestal and ELMs in Inductive Operation
• Diagnostic Working Group

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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

• Performance of Home Team tasks
• Secondees
• Naka
• Garching
• ITER Site (future)

Research Operations
Construction
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Secondees requested by the IT

• completing design and writing technical
  procurement specifications for "long-lead" items
  
• CS manufacturing, coil winding instrumentation,
  conductors
• divertor, high heat flux components
• blanket (shield and FW)
• cryostat and vacuum system
• layout review of the tritium plant and cryogenic
  distribution
• taking over the design for IC, EC and CODAC
  systems
• diagnostics definition and integration

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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Development of the US ITER Project Management
  Plan
• Positioning the US to perform agreed
  procurements
• Performance of long-lead-time work on Critical
  Path Tasks
• US reviews

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction
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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

• RD and Design on Diagnostics, Heating and
  Current Drive Systems
• Re-establish US participation in the ITER
  Test Blanket Program
• Experiments, theory and modeling aimed at key
  questions for burning plasmas (design and
  operation)
• Planning for the ITER Research Phase

Research Operations
Construction
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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction

• Secondees
• In-kind contributions
• Cash-fund contributions

Participate in IGNITOR, if Italy builds it
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Secondees

• During the EDA, the US provided 35 secondees to
  the Joint Central Team.
• The construction-phase secondee-assignments would
  be to a combination of
• the ITER site, and
• Field Teams in the ITER party territories
• 10 of the total ITER Central Construction
  Management Team professional staff level would be
  comparable to our EDA level
• 8-12 professionals at the ITER Site
• 10-13 professionals on Field Teams

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Upcoming ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction

• US Scientific Merit should be the dominant
  criterion
• US Magnitude of contribution, rather than
  Nature of contribution should matter for
  decision-making

Participate in IGNITOR, if Italy builds it
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US actions on Research Participation in ITER

• Development of the US Burning Plasma program,
  integrating with the domestic and international
  programs
• Drafting visions and plans for ITER research
  operations
• Participation in the International Tokamak
  Physics Activity (ITPA)

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ITER-related activities

• Support of
• US ITER Negotiations
• ITER Transitional
• Arrangements
• Preparation of the
• US ITER Project Team
• BP-Supporting
• Program Activities

Research Operations
Construction
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How do we position the US to meet US interests?

• Focusing on ITER Project and Program Success
• Contributing project-enabling concepts into
  international Negotiations
• Preparing for a 2006 US Start-of-Construction
• Assessing possible US in-kind offers
• Participating in the ITA by tasks and secondees
• Establishing an effective US ITER Team
• Positioning for ITER Research
• Performing BP-supporting research on key issues
  (ITPA)
• Establishing excellence in leading tokamak
  research
• Developing world-class remote collaborations tools

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US interests guiding US preparations

• Study of Burning Plasmas (cf. G. Navratil)
• Fusion technologies (cf. C. Baker)
• U.S. Industry (R. Iotti)
• As a Step Towards Fusion Power (R. Goldston)
• Developing a truly international approach to the
  conception, design, construction and operation of
  major science and technology programs