Charge for a Director’s Review of the NuMI Project

February 12-13, 2004

This charge is for the Committee to conduct a Director’s Review of the NuMI Project at Fermilab. This review will focus on installation planning, installation implementation and remaining equipment design, fabrication and testing.

NuMI received beneficial occupancy of the Target Area on October 20, 2003 and is currently performing installation work in this area. Beneficial occupancy of the MINOS Area is currently projected for mid March 2004 with the installation work commencing shortly after receiving occupancy. The remaining extraction and primary beam systems work is scheduled to be completed in the Summer 2004 shutdown.

The goal of this Director’s Review is to assure that the NuMI team has the plans and resources in place to complete the installation work and commissioning in order to meet the CD-4 Start Operations milestone.

Therefore the NuMI presentations will include discussions of the stub, carrier tunnel and pre-target area, target hall and service rooms, absorber area and near detector with the inclusion of safety considerations for each area. The committee is requested to comment on the plans outlined by the presentations including the following topics:

· The technical and schedule risks inherent in the installation plan that could jeopardize the start of beam operations in February 2005.

· An assessment of the plans for meeting resource requirements to complete NuMI beam installation while simultaneously meeting accelerator operations and maintenance needs (this includes work in the summer 2004 shutdown and unscheduled shutdowns).

· NuMI’s management of current installation work and plans for the future installation efforts.

· Overall safety issues should be assessed, including processes, procedures and their implementation.

This Director's Review should also assess how well the NuMI team has addressed the recommendations made in the April 8-9, 2003 Director’s Review and the November 13-14, 2003 DOE Review.

Finally, the committee should present findings, comments, and conclusions at a closeout meeting with the NuMI and Fermilab management and provide a written report soon after the review.