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

2. 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 ?

3. 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?

4. 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.)

5. Some General Information
All details of the TBM Costing Activity are on the US TBM Website (
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 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.