Argon venting TM2 at CS.

Argon vented ITE station. ITEVV1S and ITGT SV3 were closed after venting.

Around 7pm tonight I opened the main valve approximately 1.5 turns on the Argon bottle used for venting ITE, located in the ISAC electrical room. The cylinder pressure gauge increased to about 1500 psi. I adjusted the secondary regulator (pressure relief valve) until it read 2psi. I opened the needle valve in the vent line completely. The pressure on the pressure relief valve dropped slightly and I adjusted it again until it read 2psi. The Argon supply should be ready for venting ITE w/ TM4. The station should be vented around midnight to prepare for TM4 disconnect tomorrow morning. If there are problems with the venting process, an operator should check the pressure on the secondary regulator / pressure relief valve to ensure it is reading 2psi. - Grant Minor

West target station is setup to use argon for tank venting.  There is 1200 PSI remaining on argon bottle in electrical room.  That is sufficent for venting west target station to atmosphere twice.  ISAC Operations has been previousily contacted and their procedures for venting remain the same except that they can not rely on ITW:CG4S to determine when at atmospheric pressure.  I have asked them to contact me if an unscheduled vent is required.

 Argon venting has started. It will be left to vent over night. 

TCS is argon vented. TM4 is disconnected at TCS.

The following variable have been added to the archiver (as per work request)

TCS:TS5:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:EE:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:COIL1:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:TBHT:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:TGHT:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:MSP:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:HVC1:RDTEMP 
TCS:TCM1:HS:RDTEMP 
TCS:FC:SCALECUR 
TCS:COL:SCALECUR 
TCS:TK2:RDLEVEL 
TCS:TK2:RDLEVEL 
TCS:DIF1:RDFLOW 
TCS:CHILL:RDHRS

The archiver was restarted.

Black "radio active" materials cabinet has been emptied, items bagged and removed from the anteroom. Cabinet itself has been swiped inside and out and also been removed from the anteroom. Most items have been removed from the anteroom now save some cardboard, rolls of plastic etc.

Some items have been removed from the anteroom in preparation for painting. Items have been placed on plastic in the south hot cell service area. No contamination found so far.

The wave guide from TM3 has been surveyed, swiped and removed from the anteroom and transported to rad waste for disposal. The wave guide has been stored in the anteroom since its removal.

Remaining items from anteroom have been bagged and removed (save the boot boxes, 1 garbage can and 1 coverall garbage can).

Room is ready to be surveyed so it can be deemed a non-boot box area for painting.

 September 3rd

David Wang and myself lowered the leak testing cart into the Ante room and prepared the ante-room for the leak testing of TM3s line. David and Grant then entered the anteroom and inspected the old c-seal and leak tested the the heat shield line. The line pumped down to the lower limits of the leak detector and there was no response from the cart. A presentation with the results of the C-seal inspection results was completed by Grant Minor and email for a design review held on the 4th.

September 4th

David Wang and myself removed the leak detector and surveyed the anteroom and cart. The following results were found with the high spec gamma detector.

Leak Detector body and cart 0 

Leak Detector wheels 200 cpm

Floor off of plastic 300 cpm (there was contamination before)

Plastic in front of HC opening 2000 cpm

Working table after plastic was removed < 50 cpm

Tool box < 50 cpm

First tacky mat 2500 cpm

Second tacky mat 200 cpm

outside of door tacky mats 0 cpm

David then laid fresh plastic on the floor around the HC opening and covered the exposed floor as well.

Following this Travis and David measured the lengths of the wiring and attempted to separate the wiring harness from the Ultem block. It was found that the block was pinned and could not be separated, a new block will need to be made. The measured the following lengths:

Steerering - 26" to 27"

Collimator - 32" - 33"

PNG - 60"

The TM2 containment box was removed this morning for installation of the 9 pin connector...connection.

The 9 pin connector copper tube connection was made and Anders advised on routing of the cable to the banana plug water block connection.

Short was diagnosed (short disappeared when water block was pushed slightly towards center of module) and thicker Ultem spacer installed and tested again. All good.

An annual electrical and mechanical inspection was performed on the SMP today by Adam Newsome, Travis Cave, Eric Lahe, Maico Dalla Valle, Antoniette Yap, and Jason Zhang as per Work Permit I2023-06-21-4. The following items were checked:

• Check condition of wiring for physical/radiation/UV damage
  • OK, no signs of significant damage
• Check for cable tray debris or damage
  • There were multiple items in the cable tray which do not belong there - misc. pieces of wood and metal... these items were not disposed of but should be in the near future
• Check inside control panel: components and wiring, labeling
  • Labeling intact, components in good condition
  • Misc. random wires pulled to check... one ground wire was loose - it was tightened
• Verify camera views
  • This was not inspected in detail but signal status was checked, and is checked prior to remote operation
• Check connectors for damage
  • All connectors OK
• Check pendant for damage and verify labeling intact
  • Pendant OK
• Lid open/close test
  • Lid was opened and close multiple times - smooth operation, no concern
  • Lid close logic was checked - OK
• Vessel rotation and limit switch check
  • Both CW and CCW limits were checked, functioning
  • No concern on rotation - chain drive, rotary limit switch, and cable reel all functioning normally
• Lubricate chains
  • Not done - should be done next year
• Inspect tensioners
  • Done - OK
• Tighten fasteners
  • Not all fasteners were checked - washers will be replaced soon so this was not deemed necessary
  • Approximately 50 washers are missing for socket head screws in slotted parts. Not safety critical but they should be replaced soon.
• Visual inspection
  • All OK

Overall the inspection was successful.

The ITW Faraday Cage has been cleaned, this is part of Winter Shut Down job happens in ISAC-1 Electric maintenance room annually.

 David and I cleaned both cages in ISAC1 electric room, all done.

An annual mechanical inspection was performed on the SMP today by Dan McDonald and Nadia Jorgenson. The following items were checked:

• Lubricate chains
  • Not needed
• Inspect tensioners
  • No issues found
• Tighten fasteners
  • A few slightly loose, most are in need of washers, see attached pictures
  • Could use some shims in a few places, see attached picture
• Inspect components during rotation - chain drive, rotary limit switch, and cable reel etc.
  • No issues

An annual electrical inspection was performed on the SMP today by Travis Cave and Nadia Jorgenson as per Work Permit I2022-06-30-2. The following items were checked:

Electrical Inspection of Safe Module Parking:

• Check condition of wiring for physical/radiation/UV damage
  • OK, no signs of damage
• Check for cable tray debris or damage
  • Some objects stored in the cable tray but nothing concerning, no damage noted
• Check inside control panel: components and wiring, labeling
  • Labeling intact, components in good condition
  • Wiring in good condition
• Verify camera views
  • Checked, no issues
• Check connectors for damage
  • All connectors OK
• Check pendant for damage and verify labeling intact
  • Pendant OK
• Lid open/close test
  • Lid was opened and close multiple times - smooth operation, no concern
  • Lid close logic was checked - OK
• Vessel rotation and limit switch check
  • Centre, CW and CCW limits were checked, functioning

Still to be done – Mechanical Inspection:

• Lubricate chains
• Inspect tensioners
• Tighten fasteners
• Inspect components during rotation - chain drive, rotary limit switch, and cable reel etc.

The annual inspection of the mini-storage vault was performed today. 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 fasteners (some loose, but were tightened)

Everything appears to be in good working order.

Note: in the near future, the bearings should be greased. This is planned to take place during the next inspection of the main storage vault.

Annual ITW water signal interlock check has been done. Renee helped me on it. Everything works fine.