Ta#39 has been transferred to spent target storage vault. Ta#39 was placed into pail #106 and placed into spot of 4C of the spent target vault. The pail measured 95.8mSv/hr upon removal from the hot cell. See attached PDF for details.

I have inspected the service tray water block and suggest that they SHOULD be cleaned/polished before we install the new source tray.

The water blocks have slight water scalling to the inside of the ID of where the c seals locate.

I have taken two close up  pictures of each water block for reference and to document their current state. They can be found at http://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-10841
 

TM4 has been disconnected in ITE. All water lines on TM4 have been purged. ITE is venting now.

Leak checked TM3 without source tray in CS this morning. The CS and TM3 vacuum: IG1(top of the TM3 service cap)4.9x E-7Torr, IG2(diagnostic box  primary)1.9XE-6 Torr. IG1S (secondary vessel)7.9X E-7Torr. The leak detector was at 0.0XE-4 torr and 0.0XE-9 atm.cc/sec level during the leak checked. All water lines quick connector fittings, NPT thread fittings, water cap seals, blue insulator seals, bellow, gauges seals, turbo-pumps, all blanket panels,and TM3 to CS vessel seal have been sprayed with helium and leak checked. No leak has been found. The TM3 is leak tight in CS.

CS water cooling and vacuum system have been turned off at 10:00 AM this morning.The TM3 will be disconnected and moved to silo tomorrow morning.

to reduce the radioactive shining from  SHC Ta# 40 target.

TM4 has been connected in ITE. All turbo pumps have been started now. The pumping down on TM4 and ITE is good so far. The water interlock check on TM4 is done,and everything is fine. The ITE  IG1 still couldnt be turned on even if we replaced a new TM4  IG1 at CS. The problem is on the connecting cable from ITE to electrical room or gauge controller. I talked with Friedhelm  and vacuum group will be noticed on this problem.

Five spent targets have been removed from the storage vault and placed into the mini storage. The target placed into the mini storage are UO#3, UC#'s  3,4,5 and SIC#23. See attached PDFs for vault details.

All the F-308's have been torqued up  and the locks installed. Ready to be moved.

TM#3 and its new source tray have been both moved into the south hot cell.

I moved5shielding blocks from ITE to block storage area, This is a job for preparing ITE vacuum surge investigation and leak check.

The water block sealing surfaces on the module-side of TM3 were polished this week by Chad Fisher, using his air-ratchet controlled rotating head tools (single and double-surface polishing tools).

Photos of the polishing tools in-use are attached (from August 16 - 21, 2013)

Scotch-brite pads were used, followed by 2000 grit sandpaper, then white felt with isopropanol, then lint-free dry polishing pads, each on detachable heads that are used with the polishing tool.

The module-side water block surfaces were inspected by Grant Minor on 21 Aug 2013 using a level telescope and camera looking through the hot cell window.  Results can be viewed here, with photos indicating which block is being viewed in sequence.

https://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-11251

After a great struggle with the water block jigs, the TM3 source tray was finally advanced fully into the service tray and all water blocks were connected and torqued to spec in the hot cell by Chad Fisher.

Notes and description of problems encountered during the installation:

- The water lines for the optics tray interfered with the module-side water block jig, and had to be bent out of the way to clear while advancing the tray (see attached photos)

- The water block jig on the source tray side was too low relative to the module side, and had to be eventually unbolted completely from it's mounting bracket in order to raise it up into alignment

- A piece of aluminum plate was placed under the jig, and the pneumatic table was raised in order to move the jig upwards

- After many repeated attempts to engage the blocks by pressing the jigs together, it was discovered that some of the blocks had rotational misalignment with their respective counterparts on the module side, preventing the pins from engaging properly

- By looking through the bolt holes on several of the blocks, it was possible to determine which direction they had to be rotated

- Chads polishing tool was used to apply some torque to rotate the source-tray-side water blocks slightly so proper alignment of the pins could be achieved

- See the attached photo which indicates which blocks had to be rotated (blocks 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11)

- The blocks had the bolts installed and were also torqued in the numbered order shown in the attached photo

Next steps are to remove the water block jigs, re-connect the loosened brackets for the remaining water lines (entrance window, optics tray), re-install the containment box and associated VCR connectors, video inspect, and leak check.

While continuing on the TM3 Rev 3 source tray installation, Chad noticed today that one of the steerer wires is broken and has come out of the thermocouple-style connecter block (see attached photos).

From drawing ITA2826 (Rev D02 attached) it is likely that this is for either the "upper" or "right side" steerer plate.

Today Chad finished making all connections to the new source tray, except for:

- steerers - broken wire, must be repaired at a later date

- IMG gauge - bracket required, old bracket thrown out with previous tray by accident, see ITA3301, must be installed at a later date

- entrance window - the window lines on module side were left blanked-off for leak checking, containment box must be removed in the next few days to complete steerer repairs so these lines were not connected to save work from having to be repeated

The containment box was replaced, and TM3 was moved to the CS for pump-down and leak checking (see other e-log).  David reported at 6:15 pm that the turbos were turned on at the CS and the vacuum looked normal (so far).

As stated above, Chad realized today that he had thrown out the old IMG gauge bracket with the previous source tray, and a new one must be manufactured.  The assembly is described by ITA3301.  Three components must be manufactured (ITA3302, ITA3303, and ITA2673).  A stock split-ring clamp for ITA2673 (MDC #716001) was graciously donated by Dimo Yosifov.  Grant Minor submitted a work order to the machine shop today for 2 each of ITA3302 and ITA3303.

Target Module 3 with no target, and a partially-installed Rev-3 source tray (no steerers connected, no IMG connected, entrance window lines blanked off on module side and not connected to containment box) was transported successfully to the Conditioning Station by Travis Cave and David Wang at around 4pm today.  David attached the vacuum system for start of pump-down to prepare for leak checking.

A huge leak had been found on HS circuit during 60 psi helium pressurize test. Other circuits are free of obvious major leak at present .We will test them again once the TM3 is back to CS. See attachment for details

The heat shield circuit was pressurized with air (15-20 psi) and snoop applied to the water block joint and brazes. Bubbles formed at the joint between the two water blocks indicating that the leak is a c seal problem. Pictures attached but also on docushare Collection-11285.

chad fisher wrote:

The heat shield circuit was pressurized with air (15-20 psi) and snoop applied to the water block joint and brazes. Bubbles formed at the joint between the two water blocks indicating that the leak is a c seal problem. Pictures attached but also on docushare Collection-11285.

 Last night prior to this leak check the Heat Shield was pumped on and helium sprayed on the circuit. The pressure was 0.0 x 10^-4 Torr. The leak was traced to water block. response time was 2 seconds and went from 5.5 x 10^-8 to 1.6 x 10^-6 atm*cc/sec. There was also a response without spraying helium (drift from the nozzle). The results of this testing prompted the testing completed in Chads elog.