 Thursday, February 09, 2017, 15:21, Isaac Earle, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, HE2 Probe Removed
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The HE2 probe was removed from the cyclotron today following the
procedure in Document #126165. An orbital bridge position of 247.35° provided better alignment than 247.2
from the procedure. The probe signal head was intentionally left in the "up" position by Diagnostics Group which did not cause any issues |
Monday, February 06, 2017, 20:32, Jason Kapalka, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, 2017 Cyclotron Elevating System Maintenance 
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The Cyclotron Elevating System planned maintenance work this year was performed on Jack Station #3, #8, #9, and #10.
Start date: January 10, 2017
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 14:41, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Shield installation
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| 200, 400, 500, 600, and a pallet of 700 series of shield have been installed in the cyclotron. |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 11:30, Dan McDonald, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Jack station 10B 14x
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Annual jack maintenance : Jack 10b upon inspection it was found that the output shaft seal on 10b was in need of replacement. In past years RH personal
had to remove a LoveJoy coupling which required cutting of the coupler due to galling and possible interference tolerances being out. We sourced sample
split seals from Motion Canada that can be installed with out coupling removal we will install and monitor to determine the effectiveness and the possibility |
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Thursday, June 30, 2016, 13:47, Dan McDonald, Trolley, Maintenance, Lift trolley
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Maintenance has been performed on the lift trolley, re sealed the main drive gear box it was quite dry inside and in need of new seals and lubrication.
Inspected the vertical gear box and resealed it, re tensioned the vertical drive chain after removing gear box and finding since last year the chain
had become somewhat slack causing it to rub on the frame. Purchased a new LED light bar to replace the aging and failing flourescent light that was in |
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Thursday, April 07, 2016, 11:04, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Closed the shield door
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| The shield door on the B2 level of the RH building has been closed. |
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 13:56, Dan McDonald, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid Down 2016
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Lid down Started at 12:15, station and count numbers. Lid went down with out incident as station 1 and 7 show the counters will need replacing. We are
going to change counters before the end of this shutdown to ensure proper orientation in case of emergency lid up scenario.
Start 12:15 |
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016, 17:09, Ron Kuramoto, Cyclotron, Development, EX4N new housing installation
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The new EX4N housing assembly drawing TEC0071 (unfinished) was installed and connected to the EX4 tank side port flange over a 3 day period from Feb29
– Mar 2, 2016. This was a hands on installation spread amongst 5 people with the total accumulated dose was 2.97 mSv. See W/P C2016-02-29-5
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Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 13:27, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Ex 2C install
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| EX 2C has been installed back into the cyclotron. |
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Thursday, February 25, 2016, 11:41, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Ex 2C removal
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| Ex 2C has been removed from the cyclotron. A trip into the tank was needed to free the probe, hung up on the usual spot. |
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Friday, February 19, 2016, 10:17, Isaac Earle, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, HE1 Probe Installed in Cyclotron
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The HE1 Probe was reinstalled into the cyclotron this morning following Section 3.2 in Document-126165 (to be reviewed and released after camera
view screen captures added). The procedure took approximately 1 hour from when the trolley was moved into the cyclotron tank until when it was removed.
Camera view screenshots were captured throughout the procedure and the probe head was inspected with the left outrigger camera after installation |
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 16:32, Isaac Earle, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, HE1 Probe Removed from Cyclotron
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The HE1 Probe was removed from the cyclotron this morning following the procedure in Document-126165 (currently in draft status, to be released after
the probe has been reinstalled). The procedure took approximately 2 hours from when the trolley was put into the tank until when it was removed from
the tank with the probe. The procedure took from 8am - noon including putting the bridge into the cyclotron, and removing the probe from the trolley |
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 14:53, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, shadow shields
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| All cyclotron in tank work is completed. |
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Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 14:48, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, shadow shields
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| All shadow shields have been installed. Ladders, the pothole covers and the second rad survey will be done tomorrow. |
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Friday, February 05, 2016, 14:57, Travis Cave, Service Bridge, Maintenance, outrigger problem
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| outrigger 1 had a power failure, bridge was removed power restored and outrigger parked, outrigger will be looked at once the shield are done hopefully. |
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Friday, February 05, 2016, 14:55, Travis Cave, Shielding, Standard Operation, shadow shields
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| all 200, 400, 500, 600, and some 700 series of shield are in. |
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Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 08:16, Dan McDonald, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Cyclotron lid up
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Lid up procedure Started at 12:00pm. Initial numbers. # 1-47,2-49,3-45,4-47,5-47,6-47,7-49,8-45,9-50,10-50,11-51,12-49. After a number of unsuccessful
attempts at jogging the system and trouble shooting it was decided to suspend operations record numbers and resume on Feb 2nd. Final numbers for
Feb 1st #1-1289,2-1297,3-1288,4-1295,5-1283,6-1298,7-1287,8-1289,9-1290,10-1296,11-1287,12-1296. |
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 10:51, maicodallavalle, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, 2016 Cyclotron Elevation System Maintenance
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The Cyclotron Elevating System Shut Down work done this year was done on Station #9 and Station #10.
Work done on Station #9 |
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 17:59, Grant Minor, Elevation Jack, Development, Upper Bearing Fall Protection Installation - Stations 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, & 12 22x
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The installation of the upper bearing fall protection equipment was completed last week by Dan and Maico.
- Full safety platform assemblies (ref. TRH1217) were installed on stations 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
- Short safety platform assemblies (ref. TRH1248) were installed on stations 2 and 8 to avoid interference with the lights |
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016, 09:58, Travis Cave, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Opened the shield door
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| The shield door on the B2 level has been opened. |
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