 Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 10:35, Riley Sykes, Hot Cell 1, Repair, North Roxtec Hinge and door. 
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Repairs were done on the North door that would not close. Due to the weight on the hinge pintle and gudgeon repairs were only possible with a Hydraulic
power pack and ram to lift the door into position. Door is held closed with single Stainless bolt as top bolt hole would no longer line up. If the door
is needed to swing open, recommendation is to use Hydraulic power pack to take some of the weight to facilitate ease. See attached bolt hole photo for |
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Wednesday, April 09, 2025, 15:31, Adam Newsome, Hot Cell 1, Development, Two jib cranes installed
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Two externally mounted jib cranes were installed on the ARIEL hot cell - one on the West side above the tool port, and one on the North side above the
tool port. These cranes are supplied by AC DC Cranes (see attached quote for info). They are 250 kg WLL, 2 m span, powered hoist, manual pivot. They were
mounted using M24x3 x 50mm bolts. |
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Thursday, March 20, 2025, 16:54, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End High Voltage Shielding Exchange Testing
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Photos compiled in pdf, download to view in case ELOG preview truncates.
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The HV shield covering the beam dump, on the peripheral side of the FE plate was taken off an on successfully with the manipulators: |
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Monday, March 10, 2025, 11:35, Jason Zhang, Hot Cell 1, Development, ARIEL Hot Cell PLC Update - 1000kg Crane Travel Zone
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Wednesday, March 05, 2025, 13:00
Implemented and tested travel zone restrictions for the 1000kg crane to prevent collision with the manipulator arms. West operator station is currently
occupied so testing was done and confirmed functional for the East operator station. |
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Thursday, February 20, 2025, 14:44, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End KF Gasket Clamps Servicing Tests (By Gate Valve)
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Covers testing for dealing with KF joints by the gate valve on the FE.
Photos provided in PDF, download and open to view all, ELOG preview not guaranteed to show all.
Feb 20: Tested two KF clamps joints by the gate valve area |
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Thursday, February 13, 2025, 18:00, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End Mid-Height and Upper VCR Joint Access and Service Testing
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Feb 13:
The 'hanging' VCR joint on the driver side was successfully exchanged by hand:
The adjacent HV shielding had to be removed to do so
Access to the screws on the shielding is limited so likely the use |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 13:52, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End VCR Gasket Selection
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Today RH (CF and AK) agreed upon using the following style of gaskets for the ARIEL front ends:
All metal rings to be used to avoid plastic retaining rings deteriorating due to radiation and leaving bits stuck in the nuts
Parker style (4 VGR-SS and 8 VGR-SS) gaskets for all VCR joints, except
For the piston module and hanging water line VCR joints (found |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 13:23, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End Power Busbars Stabuli Connector Exchange
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We successfully performed a removal and replacement of a power busbar stabuli connector on the front end plate where the HTV connects to:
The middle-lower connector was tested as the others are more straightforward to work with.
It may be a good idea to use
a 3D printed jig to wedge into the connectors without damaging the flexures/pins.
A longer hex bit on the hot cell torque tool would greatly |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 13:09, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Repair, West turntable festooning pillar and cable damage
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Some issues were encountered with the turntable controls on the west hot cell, as a result the festooning post for the turntable was damaged. While the
post was out of commission, the turntable was operated without actively monitoring the top of the hot cell and some cables ended up catching on the limit
sensors, causing some slight fraying. The cables were duct-taped to prevent shorting for now but should be inspected and replaced accordingly in the future. |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 12:57, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End HTV Water Connector Exchange Testing
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The four water connections on the front end plate of the APTW that will connect to the HTV were tested for replacement with the manipulators:
The pin on these connectors were fairly easy to remove and replace with the old pin detent tool.
The pin detent tool could
also be used to manipulate the water lines while protecting the sealing face.
The horizontal VCR joint on the DRIVE BEAM CONE (ATA3674) could |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 12:57, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End Service Tray Flexible VCR Line Exchange Testing
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Removal and replacement testing of the stainless VCR lines extending from the HVFT to the piston modules and FE plate is documented in this ELOG.
Exchange of the FE plate water connector lines is documented in a ELOG #79. Exchange of VCR gaskets in the permanent joints is given in ELOG #83.
Photos provided in PDF, download and open to view all, ELOG preview not guaranteed to show all. |
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Thursday, December 12, 2024, 16:20, Aaron Tam, Hot Cell 1, Development, Extraction Electrode Banana Plug (Show and Tell) 6x
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December 12, 2024 - Chad Fisher, Albert Kong, Aaron Tam, Austin Hagen
Tests:
Loose piece connection and removal |
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Thursday, December 12, 2024, 15:57, Aaron Tam, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Pistons Gas lines exchange testing 13x
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December 12, 2024 - Chad Fisher, Albert Kong, Aaron Tam
Tests:
Gas lines removal: |
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 11:45, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, APTW Front End Service Tray and Associated Component Testing 16x
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Dec 10, 2024
Testing completed: |
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Friday, November 29, 2024, 15:23, Adam Newsome, Hot Cell 1, Maintenance, 1000 kg crane: y axis position display not functioning
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After a recent power cycle, the y-axis referencing was lost for the 1000 kg crane. The position readout was also incorrect, somewhere on the order of
> 30,000 mm. On 2024-11-29, A. Newsome re-referenced the y-axis. The position readout correctly reset to zero, and both +y and -y motion is functioning
correctly, but the y-axis position readout on the HMI constantly displays 0 and does not change. To be investigated. |
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Thursday, November 28, 2024, 09:04, Adam Newsome, Hot Cell 1, Repair, Hot Cell turntables not rotating, access hatch not moving
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It was reported that the hot cell turntables would not rotate and the access hatch could not be operated. The turntables' elevation motion was working
normally, and other cell functions were working.
Upon investigation, after going online with the PLC and checking the interlocks for the turntable, it was determined that motion was being prevented |
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 18:38, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Standard Operation, APTW Front End Electrical Cable Replacement Testing 19x
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November 27, 2024
Testing completed:
Removal and re-insertion of 2x multi-pin coupling cable for HTV (see pictures, left most and right most, middle had no wire at the time).
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 15:38, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Standard Operation, APTW Front End Moved into Hot Cell 23x
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The APTW front end was moved into the hot cell, on the lift table, following procedures outlined in Document-244862.
The mock-up frame was transferred from the east turntable to the west turntable above the front end. The east turntable is covered with the aluminum
plate. During covering we accidentally broke the o-ring for the turntable plate flange. The new o-ring seal should be made ~1" longer in circumference |
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Thursday, October 17, 2024, 11:34, Albert Kong, Hot Cell 1, Development, Tarping completed on hot cell roof
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Two tarps were installed above the hot cell roof to protect against concrete dust while testing in the hot cell.
Zip ties were used to hook the tarp onto tubing brackets on the back wall. |
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Thursday, October 10, 2024, 12:22, Adam Newsome, Hot Cell 1, Standard Operation, Safety Walkaround Complete - Hot Cell area
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A safety walkaround was completed for the ARIEL Hot Cell area.
The resulting spreadsheet can be found on DocuShare as Document-242733.
No major deficiencies identified. |
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