T6: Cost

Convener - L. Waganer (Boeing)

Cost Subgroup Charter

The Cost Subgroup will assemble relevant cost data and estimate bases for each burning plasma experiment option. The cost estimates shall include all direct cost items (land and land rights, structures and site facilities, reactor plant equipment, miscellaneous plant equipment, and special materials), indirect cost items (construction services and equipment, engineering services, and other indirect cost items), and annual operations and maintenance costs. Current cost data will be gathered from plasma experiment organizations along with determining design or operational requirements or parameters to help justify and understand the cost bases. Incomplete or missing data will be estimated with the assistance of the experiment advocates. The cost data will be normalized to allow a more meaningful and credible economic comparison of the options. The completeness and credibility of the cost data will be determined to assess the cost estimate risk.

Areas to Be Addressed and Data Collected (as detailed as possible and practical)

Direct Capital Costs

Land and Land Rights

Structures and Site Facilities

Reactor Plant Equipment

Miscellaneous (Auxiliary) Plant Equipment

Special Materials

Indirect Capital Costs

Construction Services and Equipment

Engineering Services

R&D During Construction

Other Indirect Costs

Operations and Maintenance Costs

Operations Personnel

Energy

Fuel

Maintenance and Improvements

Decommissioning?

Overlap and Connection to Other Technology Sub-Groups

All Technology Working Groups

T1: Magnets - Martovetsky, LLNL; Minervini, MIT

T2: PFC/Heat Removal - R. Mattas (ANL); M. Ulrickson (Sandia)

T3: Heating/Current Drive/Fueling - D. Rasmussen (ORNL), R. Temkin (MIT)

T4: Vacuum Vessel/Remote Handling - Nelson, ORNL; Parker, MIT

T5: Safety/Tritium/Materials - Petti, INEEL; Zinkle, ORNL

All Burning Plasma Experiments Working Groups

B1: FIRE - D. Meade (PPPL), R. Thome (GA)

B2: IGNITOR - F. Bombarda (MIT), B. Coppi (MIT)

B3: ITER - F. Perkins (PPPL), R. Parker (MIT)

Evaluation Criteria and Metrics

Direct and indirect capital costs in US dollars scaled to common year (2002?)

Operating and maintenance costs in US dollars scaled to common year (2002?)
Risk assessment of cost estimate (largely qualitative, maybe a color-coded assessment chart)

- Cost estimate credibility, including R&D support

- Contingency assumptions and adequacy

- Feasibility of meeting cost estimate

- Feasibility and readiness of manufacturing/construction/assembly/management

- Cost escalation due to performance and schedule slippage

- Synergistic effects (other R&D, experiments)

Tasks

Gather cost, design, schedule, and operational information for each option (ITER, IGNITOR, FIRE) from advocate teams and sub-group leaders
Assemble a common Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) for all options
Estimate missing data with assistance of experiment advocates
Prepare the cost ground rules for the assessment
Normalize data to assist in comparative analyses
Assess the cost risks associated with the estimates
Review preliminary results at pre-meetings
Prepare a draft report by 15 April 2002 and final report by 15 June 2002

Other Supporting People to Accomplish Tasks

(Consider people as tentative at this time)

ITER — Perkins, Parker

IGNITOR — TBD

FIRE — Meade or Thome

Magnets - Martovetski, Minervini

PFC/Heat Removal Mattas, Ulrickson

Blanket/Shield Mattas, Nelson

Heating/Current Drive Rasmussen, Temkin

VV/Remote Handling Nelson

Tritium Plant Willms

Overall Plant Miller

Cost Guidelines for Government Projects Marton