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- Title: ITER Update
- Author : Fusion Power Report
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 44 KB
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The ITER Council will meet in Caderache November 19-20. Important topics on the agenda are 2009 budget for the ITER Organization, consideration of proposed ITER design changes and a report from the independent resource estimates review panel, chaired by Dr. Frank Briscoe. Briscoe's report is expected to indicate that ITER construction will cost the Parties considerably more than the original estimates. The effect on individual Parties will depend on labor and materials costs variations in the various countries. The U.S., for example, has doubled its estimate of potential liability to take into account uncertainties in the cost of providing its component commitments. The ITER Management Advisory Committee (MAC), in its October meeting, urged the ITER Organization (IO) to better integrate its activities and those of the Domestic Agencies of the Parties. Consequently, the IO is forming "Integrating Product Teams" to better coordinate all aspects of ITER construction. Writing in the 27 October ITER Newsline, ITER Director General Kaname Ikeda comments, "At this stage, establishing a better way of working together is crucial for the success of this project. Out of 26 Procurement Arrangements that were scheduled to be signed by end of this year, so far only seven have been signed. So, immediate action to recover the delay is necessary."