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LBNF/DUNE UK Project News

Alfons Weber University of Oxford, UKRI/STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab DL, 10-Dec-2019

LBNF/DUNE UK

Project Consist of 3 components which are semi-independent

• PIP-II
• Produce 3 Superconducting cryo-modules for PIP-II accelerator

upgrade

• Create new capability in UK
• Neutrino production target
• Use world leading UK expertise in high power targets
• Neutrino production target and surrounding infrastructure
• Design now, production delivery in next phase
• DUNE experiment
• Provide and develop software and computing
• Deliver DAQ for the first two far detector modules
• Produce 50% (150) of the APA for the first two single phase modules

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Status

• All three sub-projects have started
• Grants have been issued and announcements made
• Now time of planning is gone, we have to deliver
• Not only physics
• Benefits of business case
• UK leadership
• Training (students, technicians, PDRAs, industry)
• Provide new capabilities to UK industry
• Be good for UK PLC
• Reports from sub-projects over the next 1.5 days

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Project Board

Project board is UKRI/STFC vehicle to manage LBNF/DUNE

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Project Board Agenda

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• Members
• Mark T/Graham Blair
• Charlotte J (project sponsor)
• Mark Affonso (ED finance)
• Program managers

(Sarah/David)

• …
• BEIS
• Invited
• AW as PI
• Christopher T as PM

Gateway Review

• BEIS funding comes with BEIS scrutiny
• Gateway 1 - Business Justification
• Gateway 2 - Delivery Strategy
• Gateway 3 - Investment Decision
• Gateway 4 - Readiness for Service
• Gateway 5 - Operations Review and Benefits Realisation

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Status

• Original Gateway 1 established Business Case and lead to

BEIS funding decision for LBNF/DUNE GBP65M

• Outcome: Amber/Green
• Did not follow other Gateway process as we underwent STFC

peer review (PPRP)

• Decision by BEIS to contact another Gateway 1 as assurance

review

• What is the current situation? What works? What is missing?
• Critical Friend!
• Evaluate
• Business case, governance, international situation
• Not a technical review

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Review

• Conducted over two days via individual interviews
• Review
• Simon Gadd (chair), Head Defence Optimisation, Defence

Infrastructure Organisation Ministry of Defence

• Neil Pragnell, Programme & Project Manager / PM Community

Capability Development Lead NHS Business Services Authority

• Mark Wareing, Major Projects and Programmes Manager Nuclear

Decommissioning Authority

• Interviewees

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Person Role Jon Lewis PIP-II PM Alfons Weber Overall PI Oliver Payne BEIS Chris Mossey LBNF Fermilab James Siegrist DOE Edward Blucher DUNE Intnl Spokesperson Craig Buttar DUNE OsC Chair Chris Densham Targets PI Antonis Papanestis DUNE PM Charlotte Jamieson STFC project sponsor Christopher Townsley Overall PM Mark Thomson Executive Chair STFC

Outcome

• Draft review document is with Mark T. for comments
• Informal feedback only
• Recommendations (no surprises)
• Clarify
• governance & Roles
• Finalise
• PMP & procurement planning
• Establish
• layered risk management & Change control
• Track
• benefits
• Concern
• Possible divergence of US and UK projects (UK cost implications)

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Conclusion

• Overall
• No surprises, generally ok
• But significant room for improvement (some already done)
• Meeting
• Swindon PO will organise a meeting with relevant people to discuss
• utcome and recommendation
• Overall outcome
• UK components

amber/green

• Overall

amber

• Will have similar Gateways in future

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VAT

• UKRI has no charitable status
• We have to pay VAT on research equipment
• (even STFC had lost CS due to admin oversight in last year)
• Consequence for LBNF/DUNE
• Had to put VAT into project cost
• Routes to VAT recovery are difficult
• UKRI to become charitable (no time estimate)
• Sell equipment to FNAL (unclear)
• PO suggested and PB agreed
• Provide VAT money on top of current project cost (GBP 2.5M)
• Use to recover scope

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DUNE Priorities for Scope Recovery

Priorities

1.

Calibration & engagement with ProtoDUNE-II √

2.

DAQ for two SP modules √

3.

Contribution to Near Detector

• utstanding

4.

TPC photon reflector coils lower priority

5.

More APAs not needed

Support

• PPRP supported engagement with ND as highest priority
• PB endorsed additional ND scope

Next Steps

• SoI in March
• Proposal towards the end of the year

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Summary & Conclusion

• Sorry for the boring admin
• Just giving the context of what is happening so that we (read

YOU) can do the work to make LBNF/DUNE happen

• It is important to have the right management in place
• Enjoy the rest of the 2 days with some real and relevant info
• I didn’t even have a physic plot in this presentation

(needs to be fixed)

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Summary & Conclusion

• Sorry for the boring admin
• Just giving the context of what is happening so that we (read

YOU) can do the work to make LBNF/DUNE happen

• It is important to have the right management in place
• Enjoy the rest of the 2 days with some real and relevant info
• I didn’t even have a physic plot in this presentation

(needs to be fixed)

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