Charge letter from PPPL Director Steven Cowley

The review committee is requested to address the following charge questions A, B, and C:

A. Please address the draft DOE CDE-2/3A OPA baselining review charge questions 1 through 8 enumerated below, and please refer to the draft DOE memorandum at the bottom of this webpage for additional background information.

1A. Are designs supporting the Recovery Project technically sound and likely to meet performance specifications?

1B. Are all design interfaces appropriately defined?

1C. Is the CDE-3A scope appropriate?

1D. Is the design sufficiently mature to establish the baseline and initiate CDE-3A long-lead procurement?

2. Are project risks properly identified and are appropriate mitigation strategies in place?

3A. Are the cost and schedule estimates credible and realistic to support establishment of the baseline?

3B. Do they include adequate contingency based on project risk and uncertainty analysis?

3C. Are the cost estimates traceable and appropriately integrated with the project schedule?

4A. Is the project being managed (i.e., properly organized and adequately staffed) as needed to complete final design and support the project through construction to successful completion?

4B. Is the risk management process being effectively managed?

4C. Are project assumptions (technical/cost/schedule) appropriately documented?

5A. Are environmental, safety & health aspects being properly addressed given the project’s current stage of development?

5B. Are integrated safety management principles being followed?

6. Have the recommendations from previous reviews been appropriately addressed?

7. Is the project documentation (e.g., PEP, HAR) complete and ready for approval?

8. Is the project ready for CDE‑2/3a approval?

B. Please provide your assessment of whether the Recovery project scope has appropriate QA/QC oversight and staffing. Similarly, please provide your assessment of whether PPPL engineering policies and procedures adequately support the NSTX-U Recovery project.

C. The project has been asked to consider options to shorten the project duration by deferring (and/or possibly accelerating) scope required to meet the ultimate performance objectives of the facility. Please provide your assessment of the Recovery team’s proposals for these options.