From: Timothy N. Stevenson Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:00 AM To: Alfred von Halle Cc: Mike Williams; Ronald L. Strykowsky; Erik D. Perry; Mark B. Cropper; John W. Edwards; Thomas E. Egebo; Masayuki Ono; Mike Viola; Martin Denault; Kelsey Tresemer; Neway Atnafu; William R. Blanchard; S. Ramakrishnan; Guy Rossi; Kristopher R. Gilton; John Winkelman; Lawrence E. Dudek; Bob Simmons; Orlando Guzman; Victor Garzotto; George Ascione; Keith R. Rule; Maria L. Pueyo; Patricia M. Bruno; Robert A. Hitchner; Richard (Pete) Szaro Subject: NBI Upgrade Weekly Status 10/7/11 Al, NBI Upgrade: Armor drawing details required for CFC tile mounting have been completed. Preparation of specifications, statements of work, and requisitions continues. Progress continued and nears completion on VV analysis for Bay JKL. Controls requisitions for PLC items have been approved. Progress continues on NB4 LCC cable removals to allow installation of upgrade electronics. Equipment relocations for controls racks have started. Management and engineers participated in the EVMS Certification review held this week. NBI Refurbishment: The RF101 fan in the Test Cell was replaced so refurbishment activities will be allowed to resume. Test Cell access will be required for measurements net week. Ion dump fabrication continues and is nearly ready for brazing. Calorimeter bellows specifications have been reviewed by QA. Regards, Tim Timothy N. Stevenson NBI Project Manager Head of Office of Project Management Head of Experimental Heating Systems & Neutral Beam Operations LSB 316 C Site Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton University P.O. Box 451 Princeton, NJ 08543 Office (609) 243-2657 FAX (609) 243-3248 email: tstevenson@pppl.gov Skypager # : 2047351 You can visit the home page of the DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at http://www.pppl.gov