Generic Site Safety Report

The ITER Engineering Design Activities (EDA) are being conducted jointly by Euratom, Japan, and the Russian Federation, as Parties to the ITER EDA Agreement signed on 21 July 1992 and subsequently extended until July 20th 2001. (The United States of America was an ITER Party until September 30th 1999). The activities are conducted under the auspices of the IAEA by the ITER Joint Central Team and by the Home Teams (HT). The JCT is composed of qualified persons made available by each of the Parties in approximately equal numbers. The JCT members are located at the ITER Joint Work Sites (JWS) in Naka (Japan), Garching (Germany), and formerly in San Diego (USA). The Home Teams are established and organized by each Party for performing the tasks of the work programme for the EDA, assigned to them in approximately equal shares. Home Teams in each of the Parties perform specific design tasks, and perform research and development in technology (physics R&D is contributed voluntarily). The Home Team Leaders (HTL) are responsible to the Director for the execution of tasks. All activities are directed and supervised by the ITER Council (IC). The ITER Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), upon request of the Council, advises it on technical matters. The Management Advisory Committee (MAC) reports to and advises the Council on management and administrative matters. The Council also makes use of Special Working Groups and other ad hoc groups for particular assignments.