Five spent targets have been moved from the storage vault to the mini storage vault. The five targets are as follows: SiC #25, Ta #34, Ta #32, Ta #31, Nb #4. See the attached PDFs for full details.

Once the test stand was vented and all lines purged Anders Mjos and myself jigged up the water blocks and proceeded to remove the TM4 SiC#31 target used during the testing, Einso lens and steerer.  Once these components where removed we transferred the source tray to the transport plate and moved it to the alignment area.

 On August 22nd TM1 was vented with Argon in the conditioning station. It had been pumping with just the roughing pump over the weekend so the UCx#2 target would not be exposed to oxygen. The move went without incident and took roughly an hour to complete. Once at the hot cell the panel was removed by Tom Lyth and a leak check completed with Bevan, David Wong, Grant Minor, and Tom Lyth present. The connections to source tray were checked starting at the top. Each connection was checked on either side of the VCR and at the center through the hole in the nut. For both connections on the source tray there was no response from the leak cart which was at a pressure of 0.0 x 10^-4 T and had a baseline leak rate of 0.0 x 10^-9 atm cc / sec. The leak check then proceeded to VCR connections on the Target. A leak was found on the upper VCR connection of the target and was repeatable. This leak was detected at the hole of the VCR nut connection by priming the line with helium and placing it next to the hole in the VCR connection. Response time was between 5 and 10 seconds to a maximum of 2.6 x 10^-8 atm cc / sec. The lower connection also appeared to have a small leak rate of 4.4 x 10^-9 atm cc/ sec but could be a result of helium drift. Unfortunately the target is not design to be repaired with manipulators and required the target to be removed from the south hot cell and repaired in the anteroom. The anteroom was prepared for the target by lining much of it with plastic so to prevent the spread of contamination. Once the target was in the anteroom it was leak checked again, the base pressure was 0.0 x 10^-4 and the base leak rate was 0.0 x 10^-9. A response from the upper connection again was detected in the 10^-8 range but no leak was found in the lower connection. It was attempted to tighten the joint to stop the leak but this caused it to increase to the 10^-7 range. This increase in leak rate is as expected from past experience because copper gaskets are used rather than silver plated ones. The heat shield cover was loosened and the gaskets from from both joints were replaced with the silver plated ones. The target was then leak check and passed with no response once again with a full pump down. The target was had an electrical checked with the megger and was within spec. The target was then placed in an argon bag and returned to the hot cell. The bag was damaged went placing it in the hot cell and there were not any acceptable options for leaving the target over night. The target was removed and and placed in 2 bags filled with argon for over night.

On August 23rd the target was removed from the argon bags that were still inflated and returned to the hot cell. The target was re-installed on the target module by Grant Minor, Tom Lyth, an Bevan Moss. One VCR gasket fell off during the first attempt and it appeared that the right target leg may have been slightly bent at some point. Other than that the installation went smoothly but slowly. The heat shield line was then leak checked once again by Grant, Tom, David, and Bevan and no response was detected from the source tray or target VCR connections, the base leak rate and pressure once again achieved the minimum detectable levels. The target module passed the electrical check with the megger, this test was completed by Bevan and Pierre Bricault. The module was then moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station. Roughing was started at 3:00 and the turbo pumps were turned on at 3:45. The module was left to pump over night.     

Move of TM#1 with the TaC#1 target has been moved from the south hot cell to the west target station.

TM#1 has been moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station. Move went well.

TM#1 has been moved from the NE silo to the Conditioning Station.

Move completed, move went well.

Move went well no problems readings at East Target Station were very high at 500mSv/hr.

Move of TM#4 with Ta#36 from East target station to south hot cell, move went well.

TM#1 with UCx#2 has been moved from the west station to the south hot cell. Move went well.

 A Motorla CP200 portable two-way radio was tested today for use inside the ISAC hot cells.  A High Technology Communications Throat microphone PRO model from Planet Headset was used with the radio.  Chad entered the NHC wearing the throat mic and radio under a air supplied hood to mimic real world conditions.  Communication was clear with the other person in the NHC service area, in the SHC service area, at various locations on the B1 level, and even with an operator in the TRIUMF Main Control Room.

This testing satisfies RS 104 of the NHC requirements specification (Document-131915, Release 1)

The conditioning station was ramped down overnight and David ramped it back up this morning. Currently trying to get it to sit stable at something higher than 55kV.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 08:11 : Sitting at BIAS / EL = 53.9 / 28, 2 sparks to ground, one turned off TP2

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 08:53 : Been at BIAS / EL = 56 / 28 for >10mins with no real sparks. Will continue up.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 08:54 : Spark to EL at 56.1

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 09:34: Sitting at 55kV for 40 mins. 2 sparks to ground, 1 spark to the EL.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 09:49 : Leaving it at 56.6 for a while

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 09:56 : Either there was a spark to IG1S or there is a vacuum limit that does not accept a 1.2e-6T spike. Everything turned off, but everything seems to still be working.

 TM#4 has been moved from the south hot cell to the east target station, and TM#2 has been moved from the south silo to the south hot cell.

 Modules were moved, ITW EX2 was moved from the conditioning station to the west target station and TM#2 ,with nSiC#1,  was moved from the west target station to the south hot cell.

I have installed the module side water block jig.

 The sealing surfaces of the module side heat shield water block were polished on September 9th in the morning using Chad's polishing tool with the following attachments:

- Scotchbrite pads  (30 seconds)  (after this step indium material from the previous seal was no longer visible on the sealing surface)

- 2000 grit sandpaper (30 seconds)

- Felt material with isopropanol (30 seconds)

- Lint free pad (30 seconds)

After the final step the surface was rinsed with isopropanol and air dried using canned air.  The water block blank-off was then installed with the manipulators, tightened until snug using the air ratchet, then tightened an additional 1/4 turn while the water block was gripped firmly using one manipulator.  The seal was leak checked and passed successfully.

TM#4 with UC#14 was moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station.  Here are the results of the electrical check of the module with the UC#14 target while at the hot cell.

TM#2 with no source tray has been moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station.

TM#2 with no source tray has been moved from the conditioning station to the north east silo.

TM#4 with Ta#45 has been moved from the east target station to the south hot cell.