TM3 has been moved from silo to NHC. The move is successful. NHC ram stand and NHC protection railings are checked and installed. Everything works fine.

2021-03-05. TM3 has been moved from NHC to silo. The move is successful.

By Curtis. See Work Permit I2021-03-24-1 for details.

A contractor on site today for chiller maintenance. CP2 and CP3 circuit is leaking and shall not be used. CP1 can still be used. The contractor will contact Plant Group with a quote for repair and upgrades.

Tank refilled from 12 in to 25 in using the new valve.

Leak checked TM2 service cap at TCS. helium pressure checked containment box window and HS cooling lines.  No leak on service cap and waterlines.

Remotely remove TM4 (ta# 62) from SHC to TCS.  The moving is smooth.

TM4 was moved from the South Hot Cell to the Conditioning Station.

Helium pressure test on TM4 HS line at TCS is done.  LD base leak rate 0.0 xE-9 atm.cc/sec. Helium pressure 70psi. HS line had been helium pressurized for 5 minutes during the test. No response on LD. HS line with Ta#63 is leak free.

TM2 is in the TCS without containment box for HV testing following the installation of the IGLIS wiring.

Not great results so far - sat at 42.5kV for nearly 2 hours, current around 200uA and occasional sparks. I did not have time to go higher, will do this tomorrow. The sparks could be conditioning but it looks a bit suspicious to me. We will see if the ramp up tomorrow is very easy and how high we can go. I have data from HV testing of TM2 in December for comparison.

The EZL was reacting to all sparks, so I went into the target hall to see if it was sparking on the module top, but there was no sparking there.

Possible mitigations:

1. Re-do the connections on top of the service cap to remove the extra length on the wires inside the service cap and inspect the routing carefully to make sure nothing is in the wron place.
2. Inspect the wiring in the source tray to see if there is evidence of sparking in a certain area.

Second round of testing Tuesday April 5 2022:

Much better results, seems most of the sparking was conditioning. Went right up to 42.5kV with no issues. Spent quite a while getting up to 50kV, and didn't leave it there for more than a couple mins. May be running into the limitations of the HV cage at this point. Bias current was much lower, something like 140uA at 45kV.

Third round of testing Wednesday April 6 2022:

Ramped easily back to 45kV, a little more sparking above that. Sat at 47kV for ~30mins with no sparks. Won't try to go higher in case of issues with the cage. Will try to condition up to 50kV in the station. Other than the possible low megger value between B and C, all looks good.

With Ta#64 installed , TM4 HS line was helium pressure tested at TCS. base leak rate is 0.0XE-9 atm.cc/sec. HS line tested leak rate is 3x E-7 atm.cc/sec on 5 minutes 50 psi helium testing. Leak check result wasgood at NHC by helium spray method. We decided to apply water to HS and all other water lines still. The vacuum status is closely being watched. So far, TCS pumping down trend is still good. HS line supply water valve was switched on and off couple of times at TCS IG1 1.15 XE-6 range, and no vacuum spike was observed. More information will be logged in during the TM4 and target conditioning stage at TCS. 

HS line helium pressure test is done at TCS. No leak. I also leak checked gasline adapter and fittings on TM4 top. No leak.  1/4 copper gas line between module and ITE was leak checked yesterday. It is good.

TM2 with UCX#39 HS line helium pressure test is done at TCS. 70 psi helium 3minutes. No leak @0.0XE-9 atm.cc/sec.

TM4 HS line helium pressure test is done. 70psi helium pressure@ 3XE-8 atm.cc/sec . No leak.

During the last ITE run with the SiC#44 target, the ITE:TBHT controls card was fried twice. The first time we put in our spare, and the second time we just continued to run without controls readback. For the C#4 run starting Oct. 19, we used the conditioning station supply. As soon as one of the other supplies is fixed, we will install it in the conditioning station. The equipment list (https://triumfoffice365-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/cbabcock_triumf_ca/EQPffP4p1P9JqEDWIHGRPfsBVDSQjMCv-M8ZNg4ngkyGHw?e=fnLVYe) tracks these movements.

Helium 70 psi. tested 5minutes at base leak rate 0.9 xE09 atm.cc/sec on HS line.  No leak.

TM4 was moved from the North Hot Cell to the Target Conditioning Station with UCx#41.

Plant group and us  finished TH floor mopping and garbage collections last Wednesday. Th moping head had 800 count after using. all garbage were bagged , checked, tagged, and sent to radwaste area.

TCS cooling water system was started and tested this Wednesday. Chiller compressor 2 and 3 was in operation cycle twice without issue. TCS:TK2 was refilled to 28 inches. Water system works fine. system was switched off after test.

TM2 HS line helium leak check is done. leak detector base LR 1.8xE-8atm.cc/sec.  helium pressure 70 psi. 5 minutes test. no change on LD leak rate.    I spray lots helium to gas line adaptor and fittings. No leak.has been found  at this base leak rate level.  Since the TCS MP1 has some  issue ,this time the base leak rate on LD only can get to 1.8Xe-8 atm.cc/sec at this moment instead of 0.0xE-9.  The low E-8  level is not perfect, but  i  have no concern on it.

TCS MP1 is replaced due to poor performance( system shows unstable and high reading on TCSCG1A and high TP1,TP2 current draw) . The pump is edward 15i scroll pump. Since vacuum group has no same spare pump, i have to use SMP roughing pump SMP:MP1 which is a  same pump to replace it.. After the replacement ,the TCS:CG1A and TP1, TP2 current draw are back to normal. The original TCSMP1 was surveyed. Swipes on intake and exhaust port are 300 counts and 1000counts. RAM contact field measurement are from 0.2 to 0.5 usv/hr. It is stored in TH. We will try to refurbish this pump first and use as for SMP:MP1. If we can not refurbish it, a new 15i pump will be purchased for SMP:MP1.

2023-05-31: Opened pump tip seal chamber and swiped chamber inside. The contamination level :1200 counts on 44-2.  The tip seal and tip seal chamber o ring need to be replaced . Checked gas ballast knob. The O-ring inside knob is in good condition. Checked exhaust port o-ring. it is in good condition. spare part PO will be issued soon.

2023-06-14:Tip seals and o-ring have been replaced on original TCS:MP1. After, it was tested at TCS for 48 hours. The pump is much quiet on operation, and the pump body temperature is mild. The final  inlet pressure this pump could get with TCS PV1 closed is about 23 mtorr.  The result is good. I installed it back to TCS vacuum station and reinstalled SMP:MP1 back to SMP vacuum station.