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 Today the driving issue related to the ITER schedule is the necessary manufacturing time for the Vacuum Vessel (VV). Current estimates vary depending on available infrastructure, necessity of prototypes and manufacturing processes. "Time is money," says ITER Deputy Director-General Norbert Holtkamp, "the question is more or less... what is the minimum time for minimum cost?" The third day of the TAG meeting will be devoted to a VV schedule forum that will include approximately twenty industry representatives from Europe, Japan and Korea who have been invited to provide recommendations based on their expertise. Six members of the European Domestic Agency "Fusion for Energy" (F4E) will also attend, including its new director Frank Briscoe. The recommendations from TAG will be combined together with outputs from other schedule-related meetings so that the ITER Organization and the DA's can implement a schedule which minimizes risk and maximizes feasibility. These results will then be presented to the Heads of Delegations in February this year. << return to Newsline #114 |
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