ITER Legal Entity

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ITER Legal Entity
ILE
Council
Science and Technology Advisory Committee
Management Advisory Committee
Auditors
Host country
Director-General (DG)
ILE Staff (professionals support staff)
Supporting Services
Support for
Project Management, Computer
Network Technical works,
etc.
Central Team
Contracts
Field Team
Field Team
Field Team
for construction phase
Domestic Agency
Domestic Agency
Domestic Agency
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Construction Schedule

• 7 year construction
• 1 year integrated commissioning
• ILE established about2 years before award of
  construction license
• Long lead item calls for tender sent out and
  procurement started before license awarded
• Success-oriented schedule
• First plasma in 2013

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Financial Arrangements
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Negotiations

• Tasks
• draft Joint Implementation Agreement
• select ITER construction site
• agree procurement rules, management, allocation,
  cost sharing
• identifying the Director General.
• Meetings
• involving Canada, Euratom, Japan, Russian
  Federation
• 6 meetings out of 10 foreseen.
• Many common factors developed, documented and
  agreed in detail.
• Timescale
• Joint Implementation Agreement initialled in the
  first half of 2003
• formal signature (and/or ratification) by the end
  of 2003 (?)
• a transition phase to maintain design continuity
  up to ratification.

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Timetable for Consensus on Site Preference and
the JIA for Signature
2002
2003
JULY
JUNE
JULY
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
MAY
APR
N8 St. Petersburg
N5 TorontoSept. 17/18
N6AomoriOct 29/30
N7BarcelonaDec 10/11
N9
N10
Meetings
Consensus on Preferred Site / Cost Sharing / DG
Final Joint Implementation Agreement
Final JASS Report
Site Evaluation (JASS) Process
Site-Specific Negotiations
Clarington Evaluation
Cadarache Vandellos Evaluation
Rokkasho Evaluation
Process
Development of Scenarios
Higher/Political Level Discussions Leading to
Site Decision
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Interim Organisation and Activities

• Coordinated Technical Activities (CTA) prepared
  efficient start of ITER construction, technically
  underpinned negotiations.
• design adaptations to potential sites and
  regulations
• licensing application preparations - close
  dialogue with potential regulators ? review of
  the design to ensure its quality and its
  completeness
• exploit physics RD through International Tokamak
  Physics Activities (ITPA)
• establish technical specifications for long-lead
  items, i.e. mainly magnets, vacuum vessel, and
  buildings.
• "Transitional Arrangements" (ITA), starting
  January 2003, leading up to ITER construction.
• Organisational preparations to enable ILE to
  function without delay following
  signature/ratification of the JIA
• Joint technical preparations to maintain ITER
  design and prepare for an efficient start of
  construction
• Structure (prototypical of joint implementation)
• Preparatory Committee, forerunner of the future
  ITER Council
• Nominee Director General, responsible for design
  integrity, work programme.