 Thursday, September 15, 2022, 11:25, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , UC#38, Spent Target Move 
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The spent target UC#38 was packed into pail #274 and placed in spot 1A of the vault. It was 33.3mSv/hr when removed from the north hot cell. See
attached PDF for more vault details. |
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Thursday, October 13, 2022, 09:32, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , SiC#44, Spent Target Move
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Spent target move done. The SiC#44 was moved from the north hot cell to the spent target vault. It was placed in pail#275 and placed in spot#4A.
It was 42.6mSv/hr when removed from the north hot cell. See attached PDF for further details about the vault.
Please note we will only have two free spots in the vault at the start of the |
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Thursday, November 03, 2022, 10:08, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , UC#39, Spent Target Move
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The spent UC#39 target (pail #276) was removed from the north hot cell and place in the spent target vault (spot 4B) it was 14.4 mSv/hr when removed
from the north hot cell. See attached PDF for further details. |
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Thursday, November 24, 2022, 11:32, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, TM4, C#4, C#4 Spent Target Moved to Storage Vault
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C#4 spent target was moved to the storage vault, in pail 277. Dose rate at approximately 1 m when leaving the hot cell was 164 mSv/h. The pail has been
placed in vault location 4C. See updated vault layout attached. |
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Friday, December 16, 2022, 16:35, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , , Pails measured, moved to mini-storage vault
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The following five pails were moved to the mini-storage vault today under work permit I2022-12-16-1:
#239 (formerly vault location 7A): 1.38 mSv/h @ 1m
#245 (formerly vault location 6B): 1.56 mSv/h @ 1m
#264
(formerly vault location 6A): 748 uSv/h @ 1 m
#267 (formerly vault location 1C): 708 uSv/h @ 1 m
#268 (vault location 7C): |
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Friday, January 06, 2023, 09:41, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , , Pails moved to mini-storage vault
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The following three pails were moved from the main storage vault to the mini-storage vault:
1. #211, Ta#58 (formerly vault location 3C)
2. #217, ZrC#8 (formerly vault location 3A) |
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 11:34, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , UC#40, Spent Target Move
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UC#40 was moved from the north hot cell to the spent target vault. It was placed in pail #278 put in spot 1B and was 15.6 mSv/hr when removed from
the north hot cell.
Also Ta#62 in pail #256 was moved from spot 7B back to 7A where it was originally located. This pail in the future will have to be repacked due |
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Monday, January 30, 2023, 11:30, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , UC#41, Spent Target Move
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| The spent UC#41 was moved from the south hot cell to the spent target vault, placed in spot 1C, in pail #231. See attached PDF for details. |
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Friday, May 12, 2023, 09:56, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , , Emergency Close Mechanism Test
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The emergency close mechanism for the Storage Vault door was tested by Travis Cave, Nadia
Jorgenson, Adam Newsome, and Jason Zhang. The door was opened to its fully open limit, then closed with the emergency system.
The test was successful. |
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Tuesday, June 06, 2023, 15:10, Antoniette Yap, Spent Target Vault, Maintenance, , , Annual Inspection of Main and Mini Storage Vaults
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The annual inspection of the mini-storage vault and main storage vault was completed June 23, 2023. The following items were checked:
Cabling and cable management
Connectors
Controls box - internal wiring and components, functionality
Limit switches - functionality, wiring, mounting
Motor
Bearings
Set screws
Miscellaneous |
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 09:51, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , TiC#5, Spent Target Move
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TiC#5 moved to the spent target vault from the north hot cell. Placed in pail#279 in spot 3A, 40mSv/h when removed from NHC. See attached PDF for
further details. |
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Friday, July 28, 2023, 10:09, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Maintenance, , , Main Storage Vault: Bearing Lubrication
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Bearings for the main storage vault door were lubricated on 2023-07-28. It is unknown when this was last done. It is suggested that this be a recurring
maintenance task every two years. |
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Friday, July 28, 2023, 10:21, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Maintenance, , , Mini Storage Vault: Bearing Lubrication
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The bearings on the mini storage vault were lubricated. It is suspected that this has never been done. It is suggested that this be performed every two
years.
A draft procedure will be created for this job, but at a high level, this process involves: |
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 10:45, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , TiC#6, Spent Target Move
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TiC #6 moved from north hot cell to spent target vault placed in pail #232 put in spot 6A and the field was 151mSv/hr when removed from the north
hot cell. See attached PDF for details about spent target vault. |
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Friday, September 01, 2023, 10:36, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , UCx#42, Spent Target Move
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UCx #42 moved from North Hot Cell to Storage Vault in Pail #282. Placed in slot 6B. Tray 6 is now full. Pail measured at 34.9 mSv/h at ~1 m upon
removal from the hot cell. See attached updated spreadsheet. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2023, 11:16, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Development, , Ta #58, Investigation of Pail 211 (Ta #58)
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Upon attempting to lower Pail 211 into their tile hole, CNL encountered issues with the pail getting stuck. They shipped the pail back to TRIUMF and
requested we perform an investigation. The investigation report is attached.
The pail contents must be re-packaged into a new pail. |
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Friday, October 06, 2023, 10:47, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , Nb#11, Spent Target Move
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The spent Nb#11 target was removed from the south hot cell and place in the spent target vault. It was placed in pail #283 and place in spot 7B
is was 65.7mSv/hr upon removal. see pdf for further vault details. |
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 12:12, Travis Cave, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , , Spent target measurements
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| All 20 targets in the vault were measured. The target spread sheet updated. See attached PDF for details. |
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Friday, November 17, 2023, 11:12, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Standard Operation, , , Four pails moved from main storage to mini storage
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The following four pails were moved from the main storage vault to the mini storage vault, to stage for shipping in Jan. 2024:
1. Pail 260 (SiC#41), Tray 5B
2. Pail 271 (SiC#42), Tray 2B |
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Friday, November 17, 2023, 11:28, Adam Newsome, Spent Target Vault, Maintenance, , , Storage vault: issue observed with door opening
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During operation today, it was observed that the main vault door had issues opening.. typically when the door was around 80-90% opened, it would stop
motion. Note that this issue has allegedly been present since early 2023. It appeared that the motor was still spinning but the clutch was slipping. This
issue was consistent and observed multiple times when trays 2, 5, and 6 were engaged (note these are all on the same side of the vault). It was overcome |
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