Chad and I leak checked HS line on TM1 with ThO#1 target installed. The LD pumped down to base leak rate 0.0xE-9 atm.cc/sec, base leak rate 0.0xE-4 torr. The pumping down process is normal. Chad sprayed helium on both VCR joints (each for 2 seconds) , and he did a flush spray around the target for 5 seconds. No any response had been found on LD during and after the spray( 40seconds waiting time). The target is leak tight.

Chad and I leak checked TM1 HS and UC9# VCR fittings. No response had been found on leak detector during the test. I will do helium pressure  test on it at CS later.

Chad and I leak checked TM1 HS waterline with new target installed at SHC. The LD base LR:0.0xE-9atm.cc/sec, base pressure: 0.0xE-4 torr. Chad sprayed helium on both VCR fittings and flushed helium around the target. No response has been found on leak detector. The target HS line is leak tight so far. I will do helium pressure test on this line at CS on next Monday.

Chad and I  leak checked the TM1 HS line with new target installed. Base leak rate 0.0xe-9 atm.cc/sec. No any response has been found on LD. The line will be pressurized at CS with helium tomorrow.

 TM1 with UC#2 had the target installed, the heat shield line was pumped on and achieved a vacuum of 0.0 x 10^-4 Torr and a  leak rate of 0.0 x 10^-9 atm cc / sec with no response when sprayed with helium. An electrical check was completed by David and myself all values were withing tolerance.  The module was then moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station where it will start pump down. The move was uneventful every operated as it should and there were no crashes minor or large. It was attempted to fill the containment box with argon prior to closing it but assuming that didn't work I estimate the target was exposed to air for a total of ~4 hours during installation and move. 

Today a leak check on TM1's external seals and the heat shield line was completed by David Wang. After 16 hours of the turbo pumps running on the conditioning station stations pressures were 3.6 x 10^-6 T, 1.2 x 10^-5 T, and 1.8 x 10^-6 T for the containment box, secondary vacuum, and service cap respectively. This is a significantly quicker pump down after the cross with small turbo pump was installed on the vacuum vessel. The base pressure of the leak testing cart was 0.0 x 10^-4 T and the leak rate was 1.2 x 10 x 10^-8 atm cc / sec. There was no response from the external test where the module was sprayed with helium. The heat shield line was pressurized with 80 psi helium which caused the leak rate to climb to a maximum of 2.5 10 ^-8 atm cc / sec but dropped to 1.9 x 10^-8 atm cc / sec and was stable there, the total test time was 2 minutes. This test was repeated another time and had similar results.  These results although showing a slight increase in the detected leak rate are withing acceptable and indicate that the module is leak tight. 

At 9:30 the HV check and conditioning started (~17 hours turbos on), the secondary vacuum, containment box and service cap had the following pressures in Torr respectively, 1.0 x 10^-5, 3.2 x 10^-6, 1.6 x 10^-6.  The voltage was steadily raised with virtually no current up to 28.5 kV which was achieved at 9:50. When raised to 30 kV the current increased significantly to ~300 uA and a large amount of sparking occurred. The voltage was dropped to 0 volts for 2 minutes and then was returned to 30 kV at 10:03, the current draw was around 200 uA and climbing. After a few sparks and time the current had dropped to 120 uA. This indicates that the module is still conditioning and matches what is observed by the control room when the module is in ITW. The module was deemed acceptable for this current run and was then vented with argon this took about 2 hours.

The module was then remotely moved from the conditioning station to ITW. When first attempting to transfer the controls to the remote control room they were not transferred and when testing the up command as per standard procedure the module dropped down slightly. David Wang went to lock out the target again and the controls were successfully transferred. A note of this was made in the log book. Apart from this the move went smoothly.  

A leak check was performed on the module on October 27/10/2011 by David Wang and was reported to Bevan Moss but it never made it into the Elog system. This entry is to summarize the results of that testing. All circuits were pressurized to 80 psi with helium and every line except the tube heater (+) showed no or small responses as experienced before. The tube heater line had a slightly larger response under the conditions summarized below:

Varian 959

Base Pressure                   7.0 x 10^-3 Torr

Base Leak Rate                  7.5 x 10^-9 atm cc/sec

Gauges

IG1                                         2.0 x 10^-6 Torr

PNG5                                    9.6 x 10^-6 Torr

PNG4 (C.S.)                        2.4 x 10^-5 Torr

Convectron (Back line) 20mTorr

 The leak rate quickly climbed to 3.0 x 10^-8 atm cc/sec then constantly climbed to 1.4 x 10^-7 atm cc/sec for 2 minutes. David repeated this test again at the end of the leak test and found the same results. In the past we have called this a leak and attempted to find its location and repair it. David believes that this isn’t a real leak as we have been able to achieve very good vacuum on TM4 all year and that we do not normally touch the feed through stem on this circuit. This result makes me nervous as the total differential is roughly the same as that we found on the UCx#2 run(which was at a higher vacuum).

The result of this test caused the module to move back to the hot cell for further more localized leak checking.

 A leak check was performed on the module when it was in the conditioning station today. There were no external leaks found. When the coolant lines were check a small leak was found in the heat shield circuit. Base leak rate was 6.7 x 10^-9 atm cc /sec and rose to 4.1 x 10^-9 atm cc /sec quickly (~3 seconds) and remained there for the 2 minute test. The remaining lines had small responses as usual but the highest response was in the low 10^-8 atm cc /sec range. The pressures were recorded as 1.2X10^-6 T, 2.7 x 10^-6 T and 1.1 10^-5 T in the service cap, containment box, and secondary respectively. The module was then vented with argon which took ~1.5 hours, vessel was pressurized to ~ 1 psi. A panel was then removed to leak check the feed through stem of the heat shield pressure of the line was recorded to be 0.0 x 10^-4 T and a leak rate of 1.3 x 10^-8 atm cc/sec was achieved. The stem was sprayed and no response was found. Swipes of the were taken of the panel (150 counts) and the containment box (3000 counts). The panel was then returned and the vessel roughed out for the weekend, it will be vented and moved to the south hot cell on Monday where the VCR fittings will be checked again and then tightened.  

All water circuits except Coil 1 were leak checked by David and Anders. No obvious signals were detected except some small possible responses. See attached notes for details.

Link to previous target information: https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/RH-ISAC/1039

Monday, March 25, 2019, 10:00: Target electrical checks (See Attachment 1)

Tested for TM2 

 A copper bar jumper (ITD0488) was installed on the TGHT, TBHT and COIL conductors on the taregt hall side for TCS testing.

Jig for installation of target through hot cell roof has been assembled and placed in the target hall.

New gaskets and fasteners have been inserted into the south hot cell in preparation for installing the dummy target onto TM3 tomorrow.

 This is a link to all of the issues with the NHC manipulators that I know of

https://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-27663/Document-180176

When I tried to raise the anode voltage in cathode bias mode on May 23 evening, I found the target or tube shorted to HV common. Investigations in the faraday cage today showed the same. I removed all the new electronics (resistors, gemovs, etc) from the power supply to no effect, so I disconnected the TGHT supply and pushed it away from the busbars. There was still a short. David Frank and I then went down to the pit and disconnected everything to measure the module. The module itself showed no short, and the bus bars in the chase for TGHT showed no short, though the ones for TBHT still showed the short.

David and Frank reconnected the module and I disconnected the TBHT supply in the faraday cage, then I found no shorts to TGHT/TBHT. When I reconnected everything there were still no shorts. There must have been a short in the TBHT line in the faraday cage, and another short in the TGHT line in either the faraday cage or on the module top. Both these shorts got resolved by taking everything apart. Still not sure how it happened.

Next I found I could not raise the anode voltage above 230V, it looked like it was current limiting but since the current limit was high, I figured it had something to do with the new electronics installed. I disconnected them all the in cage and that solved the problem, and then reconnecting the gemovs that go from the PSU terminals to HV common caused the problem again, so I left those disconnected.

 The filament on IG1 for TM3 was replaced by myself and Edi. The old filament did not appear to be damaged but the controller claimed it was. The current gauge on TM3 is a single filament, ideally it would be upgraded to a double.

Upon attempting to lower Pail 211 into their tile hole, CNL encountered issues with the pail getting stuck. They shipped the pail back to TRIUMF and requested we perform an investigation. The investigation report is attached.

The pail contents must be re-packaged into a new pail.

Note: the F-308 is currently sitting in the Meson Hall warm cell at approximately 250 uSv/h at 0.5 m.

Dose for primary worker (Chad Fisher) who inspected the cable, unbolted the flask lid, and handled the pail briefly: approx. 104 uSv

Dose for secondary worker (Danka Krsmanovic) who swiped the pail and flask to check for contamination: approx. 70 uSv

More photos available upon request from Adam Newsome.

Repacked nSiC#1 in SHC and moved it to mini storage vault. Transferred UCx26 and UCx28# from vault to mini-storage. See attachment for vault and mini-storage inventory.

David Wang and I accessed the NHC today to check if the proposed duct routing (IRH1618) will interfere with servicing or replacement of the TCS turbo pump.  A piece of plywood was placed in the future position of the NHC/TCS partition wall (IRH1609), and a ducting elbow was placed at the approximate position of the nearest elbow to the turbo pump.

David concluded that the ducting in the proposed location will not have any significant effect on replacement of the turbo pump, and he does not expect replacement will be difficult to perform after installation of the wall and NHC ducting.  Standing at floor level towards the east side of the TCS space and reaching upwards seemed to be the best way to reach the turbo pump flange bolts.  It was also noted that there was sufficient room in the TCS space for two workers to be in the area.

Insulators ITD0053 and 54 have been replaced. All fasteners torqued to 56 in lbs.