 Monday, December 16, 2024, 12:15, Aaron Schmidt, Completed, , Q4 - 2024 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection 
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Monday, December 16, 2024, 12:12:
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected. Ok. |
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Thursday, November 21, 2024, 11:48, Aaron Schmidt, , , Change glove on Ar Glove box (2)
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Thursday, November 21, 2024, 11:46: 2 Glovebox gloves were changed. The far right glove & the far left glove.
No contamination was found on the sealing edges of the glove box. Both old gloves were placed in bags & placed in the alpha waste bin.
Work Permit: |
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 09:21, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, , Hotlab glovebox catalyst regeneration
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 09:22
The glovebox catalyst was regenerated. No issues. Removed TCE and PVB from inside the glovebox. These were vestiges from the
previous UCx production process. |
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Thursday, August 01, 2024, 15:03, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , ,
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Ultrasonicator in Cold Lab: The ultrasonicator cooling lines and their operation was checked. The functionality of the probe and operation
software was checked. Visual inspection of probes and water receptacle showed good operational condition. |
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Thursday, August 01, 2024, 15:01, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , , EVAP1 and EVAP2 Inspection and Maintenance
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Thursday, August 01, 2024, 14:56
EVAP1: Checked seal and no visible deterioration was observed. Oil level in roughing pump was good. Circulated argon to observe
functionality of the gloves and to check appropriate gas flow. |
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Thursday, July 11, 2024, 13:40, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q2 - 2024 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Thursday, July 11, 2024, 13:39:
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected. Ok. Was dirty inside. Cleaned. |
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Thursday, June 20, 2024, 13:33, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, , Glovebox inspection ISAC1 B1 L06
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Thursday, June 20, 2024, 13:28
All lines, pump, blower, were found in working condition. From a previous issue with corrosion
of lines connecting pumps, it is recommended that we check the ability of the pump to achieve full vacuum during inspections. Currently full vacuum |
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Monday, April 15, 2024, 10:52, Aaron Schmidt, Fixed, , Ar Glove box RP swapped.
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Monday, April 15, 2024, 10:50: The old IDP15 RP was not pumping the antechamber down properly. An exchange IDP15 pump is loaned to us from vacuum
group. Once the tip seals on it are replaced, we will swap it again.
Applicable work permit: I |
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 13:42, Keyur Chauhan, , , Actinide Mass Balance Calibration ISAC-I B1 Hot Lab
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ISAC-1 B1 Hot Lab actinide mass balance calibration was carried
out on March 27, 2024, at 11:10 a.m. with an accuracy of 0.00%. |
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 15:21, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, , Glovebox regeneration and O2 sensor replacement(B1 L06, Hotlab)
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 15:21
Hotlab ISAC1 B1
Normal
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Friday, February 09, 2024, 11:01, Aaron Schmidt, , , Laser cutter inspection
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| Friday, February 09, 2024, 11:01: Epilog laser cutter operates. OK |
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Friday, January 19, 2024, 10:20, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, , Glovebox regeneration (B1 L06, Hotlab)
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Friday, January 19, 2024, 10:19
This is a belated entry. The regeneration was performed successfully on December 20th, 2023. |
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Friday, January 19, 2024, 10:18, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, , Inspection of Glovebox inside B1 L06 (hotlab)
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Friday, January 19, 2024, 10:10
This is a belated entry. The inspection was performed on December 19, 2023. A leak on one of the lines from the regulator (regeneration
gas) was fixed. No other issues were found. |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 13:12, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q4 - 2023 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch
Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 13:11: |
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Thursday, November 30, 2023, 10:03, Aaron Schmidt, Fixed, , Ar Glove box - Blower / solenoid fix
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On November 10th / 11th a site wide power outage occured. Once power was restored, the Ar glove box had intermittent issues with the solenoids
& blower. The blower did not start & the solenoids often got stuck or ceased operating.
Yesterday Randy B inspected the connections to see if they were receiving enough power. It was good from the main plug-in, through to the PLC, |
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Tuesday, August 01, 2023, 12:31, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , , Evap1 and Evap2 Inspection and Maintenance
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Evap1: Cleaned and checked seals. Oil level could not be clearly determined, but are consulting with pump group to check.
Evap2: Cleaned and checked seals. |
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Friday, June 30, 2023, 12:21, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q2 - 2023 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette
5 Ball Mill status:
Friday, June 30, 2023, 12:20: |
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 15:11, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, , Inspection ISAC 1 B1 L06 Glovebox
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On Monday June 19th, the Glove box was inspected. Gas lines, solenoids, pump, argon usage, state of gloves and gas levels were checked.
The only note is that we have one pair of spare gloves for the glove box and we don't have a spare for the Evap1 glove box. We will try to
order spare for the Evap1 glove box. |
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 17:40, Keyur Chauhan, Fixed, 1, Actinide Mass Balance Calibration
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| ISAC-1 B1 Hot Lab actinide mass balance calibration was carried out on April 18, 2023, at 10:40 a.m. with an accuracy of 0.01%. |
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Thursday, February 02, 2023, 10:30, Aaron Schmidt, , , Eyewash & Shower Station OK
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| Thursday, February 02, 2023, 10:14: Cold Lab Eyewash & shower station ran. Ok. |
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Friday, December 16, 2022, 07:36, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q4 - 2022 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Friday, December 16, 2022, 07:35
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected. Ok |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 11:08, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q2 - 2022 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 11:06:
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected. Ok |
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Thursday, April 07, 2022, 12:21, Aaron Schmidt, Fixed, , Ar glove box roughing pump.
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Thursday, April 07, 2022, 12:00: While preparing to remove LaC, the roughing pump (1) stopped operating. It didn't appear to seize, just no longer powered
up. Multiple outlets attempted. Vacuum group contacted & they brought us a replacement.
Thursday, April 07, 2022, 12:21: Pump was replaced. (Pump 2). |
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Thursday, April 07, 2022, 12:00, Aaron Schmidt, Under Process, , Ar Glove box issue & LaC removal.
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Thursday, April 07, 2022, 11:55:
It was noticed on Wednesday that the glove box was not regulating pressure properly & the H2O sensor was reading (Very unstable) anywhere from
30 ppm to 0.25%. The box was isolated & checked for leaks. Unable to vent properly except manually. |
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Thursday, January 20, 2022, 13:38, Carla Babcock, , , Testing of spare FUG bias supply
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Tomislav and John Chow tested the spare bias supply located in the rack of the electrical services room. This is a FUG HCN 1400 M-60000, serial 11590-01-01,
PO TR131986 but when it was installed online we found it could not go above about 40kV. It was replaced but not tested until now. Tomislav says:
"We started testing the FuG this morning, in manual mode it is possible to reach 60 kV, 59.75 according to the display and with |
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Tuesday, December 07, 2021, 09:23, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q4 - 2021 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Tuesday, December 07, 2021, 09:23:
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected. Ok
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Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 10:34, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q2 - 2021 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball
Mill status: |
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Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 06:56, Aaron Schmidt, , , Planned power outage.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 06:53: Evaporator 2 off. Evaporator 1 ok, Fume hoods ok. Ar glove box off. Ready for planned power outage.
Should last from 0800 to1200.
Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 11:30: Confirmation there was no EF14/15 trip. Ar Glove box on. Evaporator 2 back on. |
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Friday, December 04, 2020, 12:58, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q4 - 2020 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Monday, July 13, 2020, 11:22: |
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 10:42, Aaron Schmidt, , , Ball Mill troubleshoot.
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Odd noises reported. Darwin & Marla. "Like a rock caught in a fan"
AS - Re-installed bolts to run. Note, balancing feet underneath were uneven. Especially the front right foot was roughly 3/8" out of
position. No jars installed. |
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Wednesday, August 05, 2020, 19:50, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Fixed, 1, Hot Lab Glove Box Regeneration
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Wednesday, August 05, 2020, 19:34
On Friday July 31 a regeneration of the glovebox was started.
Initial 02 = 130 ppm |
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Monday, July 13, 2020, 11:23, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q2 - 2020 Ball mill inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette
5 Ball Mill status:
Monday, July 13, 2020, 11:22: |
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Monday, July 13, 2020, 11:07, Aaron Schmidt, , , Eye wash temp
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Temp was noted to be high @ 50 deg C.
Adjusted the regulators to 35 deg C. Ran both the eye-wash station & shower. Waited 20 minutes. Ran them again and tuned.
Monday, July 13, 2020, 10:00: Complete. |
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Wednesday, April 08, 2020, 11:40, Anders Mjos, , , Lab check in
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| Checked in on the labs and other equipment yesterday. Everything looks ok, including the glove box Ar supply. Recorded O2 and H2O values in the log book. |
 Friday, April 24, 2020, 16:27, Anders Mjos, , , Lab check in
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Anders Mjos wrote:
Checked in on the labs and other equipment yesterday. Everything looks ok, including the glove box Ar |
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Monday, January 13, 2020, 13:27, Aaron Schmidt, Under Process, , Leaking pipe in HC area
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Monday, January 13, 2020, 10:30: Leak noted in HC area by Chad to ISAC Ops.
Monday, January 13, 2020, 13:32: The water leak was found to be coming from the sinks in the ISAC B1 Cold Lab. Target cleaning was occurring at |
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 13:50, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q4-2019 Ball Mill calibration & inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 13:48:
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected. Ok |
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Friday, September 27, 2019, 13:55, Aaron Schmidt, , , DI water supply leak outside room 06 - ISAC B1
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Friday, September 27, 2019, 13:54:
There is a pin hole water leak coming from the DIW supply pipe going into the ISAC B1 hot lab - rm 06. It appears to be on the solder / joint.
The leak is very small at this point. Mostly just a drip. |
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Friday, July 26, 2019, 13:06, Aaron Schmidt, , , Q2 - 2019 Ball Mill Calibration & Inspection
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Fritsch Pulverisette 5 Ball Mill status:
SN 05.6010 / 03005: Inspected July 5, 2019. Ok
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 10:19, Aaron Schmidt, Fixed, , Cold Lab back sink leak
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 10:00:
The sink to the rear of the cold lab beneath the paper towel dispenser has sprung a leak. The leak is most apparent when the hot water tap is used. |
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Thursday, March 21, 2019, 07:43, Aaron Schmidt, , , Argon Glove box repair & link to nuclear ventilation 6x
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The Ar glove box issues ( https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/General/23 ) have been fixed.
Quoted from work permit: I2019-03-19-4
RPG checked the old SS lines. They |
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Thursday, February 07, 2019, 10:42, Aaron Schmidt, , , Argon Glove box leak / regeneration failure 7x
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A regeneration of the Ar Glove box had been performed Monday, 04, Feb, 2019. At some point during the night of the 4/5, a leak of volatile materials
burst out of the vent line inside the control box housing the fuses, solenoid valves, & electrical components. The volatile liquid, determined to likely |
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Monday, April 09, 2018, 15:59, Laura Lambert, Fixed, , Glove box leak in hot lab
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Friday, April 06, 2018, 16:21
Over the long weekend ~1000psi was used up, indicating a leak somewhere in the glove box.
Tests over the past few days showed ~150psi leaked in 48hrs. |
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 13:35, Laura Lambert, , , New lab safety mirrors installed in hot lab
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 13:31
3 x lab safety mirrors have been installed in the hot lab, now all locations in the lab are visible from the door.
First mirrow in 1st photo allows visibility behind evap1; second and third mirrors in 2nd photo shows visibility between glove box and evap2, as |
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 11:58, Laura Lambert, , , All BeO removed from Labs!
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 11:55
Portable glove box with everything inside, contaminated beakers, pellets and BeO dissolved in acid were all removed from the cold lab today!!!
Transported for waste removal. |
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 09:16, Laura Lambert, , , RETURN and SUPPLY valves CLOSED for xmas break for both evap1 and evap2
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 09:02
Replaced Argon tank for glove box, full tank of Ar ~2350psi.
Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 11:59 |
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Tuesday, August 08, 2017, 14:55, Laura Lambert, , , Glove box Alarm
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Tuesday, August 08, 2017, 14:28
Alarm for glove box went off this afternoon.
1person went to put arms in and alarm sounded. |
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Thursday, July 13, 2017, 15:12, Laura Lambert, Under Process, , D.H.W leak in SEM lab
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Thursday, July 13, 2017, 14:53
Same pipe that had a leak in the cold lab ~1 month ago now has leak in SEM lab.
Small amount of water on floor and ceiling tile was brown and very bulgey - looked like it was about to collapse. |
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Wednesday, April 05, 2017, 08:22, Aaron Schmidt, Fixed, , D.H.W.R Leak
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When: 04/04/17 Between 09:00 & 11:30
Where: ISAC 1 – Cold Lab
Who: Ron Murray & Aaron Schmidt
A pin hole leak was found in the previously repaired D.H.W.R
waterline. Soldering of new copper pipe was done. The fire alarm 051-046 in the ISAC Cold Lab was disabled. We removed a copper pipe section out into the
hallway and stopped around 6 ft past the door to the ISAC cold lab. We did find a second smaller leak outside past the door.
Background:
-Fri 03/03/2017 |
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Thursday, March 16, 2017, 09:32, Aaron Schmidt, Fixed, , D.H.W water pipe replacement
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Fri 03/03/2017 17:00 - A water leak was noticed on the D.H.W line. Hot water to the Cold lab was shut down.
Wed 15/03/17 11:00 – 14:45. The insulation
was removed. A pin hole leak was found in the D.H.W waterline. Soldering/replacement of new copper pipe was required. The smoke alarm in the Cold Lab was
disabled during the work period.
The corroded copper pipe section was replaced. An insulating tape was added where the pipe rests on another metal joint; |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 14:01, Laura Lambert, , ,
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Friday, March 15, 2013, 13:55, Anders Mjos, , , Non active water off for a short time (10 - 15 min)
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ISAC operations called to check that equipment in the labs were OK for the non active water to be off for a short time. I gave the OK after having checked
that both evaporators are off. The system will be bled for air. |
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:01, John Wong, , , TIS/RH Users
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 11:31
Hi All,
Hope you all find the TIS/RH elog useful :) There are a few things I want to share with you. |
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Thursday, February 23, 2012, 13:38, Anders Mjos, Fixed, , Water leak in chemistry / cold lab
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| Please see attached file for notes on the water leak from the cold lab fume hood Tuesday Feb 21. |
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Friday, August 19, 2011, 10:04, John Wong, Under Process, 1, Evaporator#1 glovebox repairing
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The evaporator#1 glovebox is leaking from the gloves, around the ports, and the base (possible more places). It is evident that there were holes
on the gloves. When the glovebox is purged with Ar gas, one can feel that the gas is blown out from the base.
Solutions: |
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Thursday, September 08, 2011, 15:41, Anders Mjos, Fixed, 1, Evaporator#1 glovebox repairing
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John Wong wrote:
The evaporator#1 glovebox is leaking from the gloves, around the ports, and the base (possible more |
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 16:26, John Wong, Fixed, , Planetary Ball Mill moved to Hotlab
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 16:22: The planetary ball mill was in the coldlab, and now it has moved to the hot lab for the purpose of processing
UCx targets. The ball mill is installed in front of the fumehood and near by the alpha filters. The legs are secured in the metal rings so
the machine will not move away during milling. (see attachment). |
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Friday, June 24, 2011, 18:00, John Wong, Under Process, , TIS New Users
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Hi All,
As requested by Pierrer Bricault, I have added the following users to join the Targets and Ion Source (TIS) elog:
Grant Minor, Bevan Moss, Don Jackson, Chad Fisher, Travis Cave, David Wang, Tom Lyth, Ron Kuramoto, Maico Dalla Valla, Ron Muller. |
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 16:38, John Wong, Fixed, , Planetary Ball Mill Re-Commisioning
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Tue Jun 21 16:30:48 2011:
Re-Cap: On June 13, 2011, the milling jar gasket seal partially came out during the high speed milling (400RPM), and the ball mill was contaminated
with UO2/C mixture (See TIS/Target Production message ID#9, UCx#2, for more details). |
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Friday, May 13, 2011, 11:59, John Wong, Fixed, , Uranium Waste Container Removed from Hotlab
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Fri May 13 11:55:37 2011: The contain in the uranium waste container was removed and transferred into a beaker and sealed. The total waste
mass = 12.59g, over 100K CPM. The container is double bagged and will be removed from the Hotlab. |
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 13:54, John Wong, , , Cloth booties now avaiable for hotlab
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Wed Apr 13 13:53:46 2011
I've setup a box of cloth booties for entering the hotlab. They are
washable so please use them. I also have some paper booties there if
you
like using them, but it can be costly to keep stocking them up, plus the
fee to throw them away.
As per RPG, before you exit the hotlab please |
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 16:47, John Wong, , , All Fumehood pumps in hot and cold labs tripped off due to MCC-X powered down
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All the fumehood pumps in the ISAC-I hot and cold labs got tripped off when the MCC-X was powered down (See ISAC WP#2011-03-30-5). No reaction
process is done inside the fumehoods, so the pumps are ok to be left off for now until the MCC-X work is done. |
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 12:07, John Wong, , , All Fumehood pumps in hot and cold labs tripped off due to MCC-X powered down
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John Wong wrote:
All the fumehood pumps in the ISAC-I hot and cold labs got tripped off when the MCC-X was powered down (See ISAC WP#2011-03-30-5). |
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 12:03, John Wong, , , Hot Lab Glove Box Regeneration
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Tue Apr 12 12:00:52 2011: The hot lab glove box regeneration was started yesterday (April 11, 2011). "Before regeneration, the O2 level
was 97 ppm, The H2O level was 47 ppm. After restarting circulation through the dry train, the levels immediately started dropping. At 11:30 today,
the O2 was @ 1.76 ppm, the H2O @ 11.2 ppm." (Marik). |
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