SiC#27 has been installed onto TM4. Fit was very good. All electrical connections double checked with mirror.

Pictures can be found at: http://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-8530
 

TM#4 with SiC#27 has had its electrical check. See attached PDF for details.

Chad and I leak checked the heat shield circuit after sic 27 target  installed. It took 20minutes  to pump down the circuit to the leak detector bottom scales. The leak detector is calibrated today,and all the vacuum lines and connections are leak checked by spraying helium. Chad sprayed helium to each vc fittings for 2 seconds. There is no any response on leak detector . The test repeated one time and the result is same. Chad flushed  helium around the target for 10 second .This time leak detector also have no respone.  The heat shield circuit is leak  tight at this stage . We will move TM4 to conditioning station and pressure helium test the circuit.

Ta#38 has been placed into the south hot cell. Swipes of the tool port were taken there was a count of 600 on the floor and 150 on the walls and top. 

Nb#6 was removed from TM1...it looked very clean.

Ta#38 was installed onto TM1...fit well.

Isaac Earle did this change with supervision in an effort to cross train.

TM1 containment box was checked for damage from the "bump" it got during yesterday's move. There was new scratches on the shutter side panel. Picture to follow.

The front containment box panel was "difficult" to remove...it required a good pull to get off.

Chad and I did a leak check on heat shield circuit after target is installed on TM1.The leak detector pumping down is smooth. The base leak rate is 0.0xE-9 atm.cc/sec. The base pressure is 0.0xE-4torr. Chad checked helium flow downstairs and sprayed helium to each joints for 2 seconds.The first joints is good and there is no any response on leak detector.we double checked it again and got the same result. On the second joint, Chad sprayed helium 2second. After 15 second of spraying,the leak detector got a response which climbed to 3.2xE-8 atm.cc/sec max,and back to 2.5 XE-8 atm.cc/sec. Chad tried to tighten the fitting. During his tight, the leak rate response to 7.5x E-8 atm.cc/sec momentarily. After the tightening ,the leak rate back to 0.0x E-9atm.cc/sec whic is the base.So we sprayed the helium to the joint again.This time ,there is no any response on leak detector. We checked this joint  again and got the same result which is no response. Finally, Chad flush the helium around the target for 10 second ,and during 45 sec observation time there is no any response on leak detector. I would say the heat shield circuit is leak tight so far. I will do a helium pressure test on it once the TM1 is moved the CS.

Megger check values were low but still within operational range.

Megger checks were exceptionally high (good).  Readings taken less than 2 hours after reading low values from end of run on Nb#6.  Tests on Ta38 will be repeated at conditioning station later.

(Copy of e-mail correspondence sent June 20th 2012)

After some discussions this morning I’ve decided on the following best path forward for TM3 at the Hot Cell leading up to the Canada Day long weekend.

General Goals:

-          Blank-off TM3 water line terminations (coil, heat shield, water-cooled window)

-          Test sliding tray removal tool to determine fit on TM3 chassis

We will skip the Conditioning Station leak tests and return TM3 directly to a silo for the following reasons:

-          We will have a visitor next week and this will impact Chad’s time available to do Hot Cell work

-          Helium pressure leak checks on the blanked-off circuits are only one small portion of a large set of diagnostic tests (leak, electrical, HV, etc.) that must ultimately be performed on TM3 to determine its fitness. This full set of tests must be carefully documented in a procedure and executed systematically when there is adequate time at the CS to do all of them, with results recorded.  There is currently not adequate time for this work between now and Canada Day.

-          If we were to detect a leak from one of these tests, it would not tell us anything about where the leak is in that given circuit (there are multiple possible points).  The service cap would have to be opened regardless, which we don’t have time for.

-          The aforementioned bullets above lead me to conclude that the extra work required for two module moves for one set of partial leak checks is not a value-added exercise: In other words, the module will have to go back to the CS, regardless of what we do over the next week for more tests.  The time savings of trying to squeeze it in next week are really negligible and it makes for a tight schedule for not much benefit.

Chad:  Please prepare a detailed work plan for your hot cell jobs including a list of the tools required and what leak checks you will do specifically after you have installed the blank-offs.  You may refer to existing procedures if you already have these written.  I would like to review this plan and I am expecting that an e-log will be filed daily and this work plan should be referred to as an attachment.

Proposed Schedule Jun 20 to 29

Wednesday Jun 20 (1 working day)

-          Setup for TM3 move from Silo to HC (Travis, David)

Thursday Jun 21 (1 working day)

-          TM3 moved from silo to HC (Travis, Don Dale, David)

Friday Jun 22 to Wednesday Jun 27 (4 working days)

-          Chad performs the following HC work on TM3:

·         Removes containment box

·         Installs water-line blank-offs

·         Checks Sliding Tray Removal Tool Fit

-          Vacuum leak checks of blanked-off lines at the HC (Chad, David, VG)

-          Chad buttons up TM3

-          In parallel - David performs block moves as required

Thursday Jun 28 (1 working day)

-          TM3 moved from HC to Silo (Travis, Don Dale, David)

Friday Jun 29 (1 working day)

-          Contingency

RH Group: Please move ahead with the work as outlined above.  Please comment if you have any concerns or proposed changes to this plan.  Thanks very much to all for your assistance,

Grant

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Grant Minor, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.

TRIUMF Remote Handling Group Leader

Nuclear Engineer

4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

BC, Canada, V6T2A3

gminor@triumf.ca

(604) 222-7359

http://www.triumf.ca/profiles/4557

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TM#3 has been moved from the south west silo to the south hot cell for the start of its second refurb/repair. The fields of the module when it was lowed in was 2msv/hr.

Started refurb of TM3.

Planned activities:

Inspection

Water line blank off

Started 1:00pm

• Video inspection before containment box removed - noticed discoloration on top right (if looking from h/c window) 4" insulator
• Containment box cover removed
• Containment box removed

As I am much older, wiser and handsomer then last time I removed this style of box, I realised there was a better, safer procedure for the removal...I will be updating the doc. accordingly.

End 2:25 pm

Here are the pictures from today...there is video too but it is not uploaded yet.

On Friday, June 22 the following work was carried out.

• Further inspection of the source tray.
• Testing of existing tray removal and installation tool...it works fine, there was just a specific method for proper coupling to the target module. There was no documentation for this tool, so it took a little bit of insight with the drawings and a little trial and error. A document should be written for this tool so its proper use is documented...I will do this.
• Blank-offs installed on heat shield water lines.
• New gaskets installed on window water lines.
• Containment box re-installed.

Pictures can be found at: http://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-8639

Chad and i did a leak check on TM3 heat shield and window circuits.Both circuits are pumped easily down to the bottom leak rate and base pressure on the leak detector. There are two VCR caps on heat shield circuit. Chad sprayed helium on both of them   ( tested individually,2 seconds every time ) . There is no response on leakdetecor during 45 seconds waiting time. On window circuit there are 2 VCR joints. Chad sprayed helim on these joints(2seconds for each), and no response on leak detector. All joints  are double checked(sprayed twice on each of them). The result is they are leak tight.

TM#4 with SiC#27 moved from the east station to the south hot cell. Fields at East MAA were 127mSv/hr and the fields at the south hot cell was 77.5 mSv/hr.

Electrical check of TM#4 with  UO#3 attached at the south hot cell see attached PDF for full results. It has been noted that the Anode to 60kV common is of a low value after consulting with Friedhelm Ames it was determined will will run with what we have.

Today (Wednesday July 18th) at around 4:15 pm I was taking a small tour group from VECC into the Target Hall. In the process of discussing the mechanical design of the Target Modules and South Hot Cell turntable I inadvertently lifted the Aluminum Hatch Cover of the Hot Cell about 2 inches in an effort to explain something. This tripped the ventilation alarm before I realized what I was doing. I evacuated the visitors from the Target Hall, checked booties and gloves at the check station before having the visitors step over the boot box. I called operations and let them know what I had done. The Target Hall was locked out and is awaiting a survey for the morning of July 19th before work can proceed.

Today (Wednesday July 18th) at around 4:15 pm I was taking a small tour group from VECC into the Target Hall. In the process of discussing the mechanical design of the Target Modules and South Hot Cell turntable I inadvertently lifted the Aluminum Hatch Cover of the Hot Cell about 2 inches in an effort to explain something. This tripped the ventilation alarm before I realized what I was doing. I evacuated the visitors from the Target Hall, checked booties and gloves at the check station before having the visitors step over the boot box. I called operations and let them know what I had done. The Target Hall was locked out and is awaiting a survey for the morning of July 19th before work can proceed.

TM#1 with Ta#38 has been moved from the west target station to the south hot cell, no problems with the move.

Starting at 11:00 am and finishing at 12:10 Ucx#4 previous target was removed and UCx#4 installed and leak checked on TM1.

During module move to the hot cell UCx#4 was housed in a bag under argon.