 Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:19, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Vault Shield Door Closed
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| The vault shield door has been closed and seal inflated. The operation was performed with no issue. |
Friday, March 31, 2023, 13:22, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid down operation - 2023 
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The lid down operation took place on Mar. 31, 2023.
The system was energized a few minutes ahead of time. |
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 12:02, Nadia Jorgenson, Service Bridge, Repair, Outrigger 1 Failure and Repair
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During the 2023 shutdown outrigger 1 failed. While performing the HE Probe removal we found
that the outrigger could only travel vertically about one inch in each direction. |
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Friday, February 03, 2023, 08:27, Eric Lahe, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Elevating System Jack Inspection
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Annual Jack Inspection: The annual elevation system inspection has been completed (Jan 31,2023).
At station 1, Highfield gear Jack 13R needs a coupler seal replacement. It is ok for this shutdown, but should be replaced before next shutdown. |
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Thursday, February 02, 2023, 07:05, maicodallavalle, Service Bridge, Repair, Hinged Festoon Rail at Cyclotron
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The Hinged section of the festoon rail at Cyclotron has a piston to keep rail in the up position for shutdown work (Bridge and Trolley in tank work).
A plastic liner for the piston has fallen apart and needs to be replace.
A spare one has been temporarily put into place until another one has been machined and reinstalled. |
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Monday, January 30, 2023, 12:20, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid up operation - 2023
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The lid up operation took place on Jan. 30, 2023.
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Friday, January 27, 2023, 12:12, Adam Newsome, Infrastructure, Development, Vault crane - inspection, remote pendant installation
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The vault crane annual inspection was completed by Tom Kauss.
The wired pendant was replaced with a remote pendant by Tom Kauss. |
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Thursday, October 06, 2022, 17:15, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance: MCC-E elevating system motor contactors
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Under work permit C2022-10-04-1, the motor contactors for jack motors
1 through 12 were replaced. The contactors showed signs of corrosion. |
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 12:12, Adam Newsome, Probe, Development, LE1/LE2 Probe Frame - Updates
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The LE1/LE2 Probe Frame was mounted on the Upper Resonator Trolley in the mockup with the intention of confirming functionality and making some updates
to the probe installation/removal procedure document.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 11:31, Nadia Jorgenson, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Vault Shield Door Closed
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The vault shield door has been closed and seal inflated. The operation was performed with
no issue. |
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 11:30, Nadia Jorgenson, Cyclotron, Repair, Cracked Festooning Rail Bushing Removed
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We removed the left bushing that is around the air cylinder on the festooning rail, right outside the cyclotron. It was cracked. Will need to replace
next year when the vault door opens again. |
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 11:26, Nadia Jorgenson, Cyclotron, Repair, Festooning rail rope and pulley system re-routed
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The rope and pulley system that is used to raise the festooning rail across the vault shield door has been re-routed. It now makes use of all three pulleys
and is easier to raise and lower without interference. |
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Wednesday, May 04, 2022, 12:07, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Development, Tool Trolley: Brass air fittings replacement complete
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All of the old brass air fittings on the Tool Trolley have now been swapped over to push-connect style fittings. As these are plastic fittings, it is
recommended to inspect them after ~5 years for degradation. |
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 16:05, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid down operation - 2022
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The lid down operation took place on Apr. 27, 2022.
The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", |
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Monday, March 21, 2022, 13:14, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Repair, Video Trolley Mk 1 - Radial Limit Switch Replacement
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An issue was observed in which radial motion on the Video Trolley Mk 1 did not respond to commands. After troubleshooting, it was determined that this
was due to the "OP LIMIT" interlock - the "OP LIMIT" pushbutton on the console was illuminated in red, and needed to be continuously
held down in order to operate the radial in/out motion buttons. |
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Tuesday, February 08, 2022, 11:39, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Radiation Survey - sampling rate error
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When attempting to perform the radiation survey, the program displayed an error at startup stating that the software was not able to keep up with the
incoming hardware samples, and suggested to increase sampling rate or buffer size. The default sampling rate of 500 ms was not used - rather, 100 ms was
used. No issues were observed with this rate. As far as I am aware, this issue had not occurred in the past, and the cause is unknown. |
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Friday, February 04, 2022, 11:52, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid up operation - 2022
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The lid up operation took place on Feb. 4, 2022.
The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", |
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 09:50, Travis Cave, Shielding, Standard Operation, Shield door is now open
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| The shield door is now open on the RH B2 level. |
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 14:28, Adam Newsome, Trolleys serviced, Development, Upper Resonator Trolley - Finger Cylinders Replaced
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The two support fingers on the upper resonator trolley were bent due to excessive loading during cylinder toggling.
Fingers were bent back into position such that they are vertical when the cylinder is retracted.
The cylinders used to actuate these fingers were replaced (one was leaking) - replacement allowed for the opportunity for upgrade. The following |
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 09:59, Adam Newsome, Service Bridge, Development, Bridge Lift Mechanism Refurbishment (Phase 1 of 2) - Complete
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The following items from Phase 1 of 2 of Bridge Lift Mechanism Refurbishment (O504) are complete:
Replacement of pneumatic tubing
Replacement of hydraulic cylinders for lifting, and procurement of spare
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newly refurbished system has been tested by Dan McDonald (June 16, 2021) and verified as functioning. |
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