Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Project

Technical Report · Fri Feb 11 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6231605

Where the project's major contracts for buildings and equipment have experienced significant increases in cost, even though the contracts were for fixed prices, IG concluded that a major reason for the increases was the failure to adequately specify requirements prior to awarding the contracts. IG recommended that the Department should develop guidelines on what constitutes an adequate specification for a fixed-price contract and what controls should be placed over change orders. The Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration indicated in his comments to the draft report that an upcoming revision of the Accounting Practices and Procedures Handbook would establish controls over reallocations of construction funds to operating funds. Recommendations also propose that particular attention be given to ensuring that an agreed-upon plan and budget for completing the project is established, that a performance measurement system be implemented by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and that improvements be made in the laboratory's Cost/Schedule Performance Report. Improvements are also needed in the quality assurance and safety programs of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. A number of recommendations from previous quality-assurance and safety reviews, performed by personnel from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the Department of Energy, have not been implemented. Comments to the draft report also address these outstanding issues. (PSB)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Inspector General
• OSTI ID: 6231605
• Report Number(s): DOE/IG-0189; ON: DE83006929
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290600 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700200* -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
CONTRACTS
COST
COST OVERRUNS
DOCUMENT TYPES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTS
MANAGEMENT
MANUALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
SPECIFICATIONS
TFTR REACTORS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS