MOM Report

Linda R. Coney M ICE O perations M anager University of California, Riverside MICO April 6, 2009

Commissioning Needs

• Working Decay Solenoid – Stands.. — MLI installation done — Pumped down over the weekend — Cooldown commencing today

Huge Progress Made

— Many thanks to Mike Courthold, Matt Hills, Willie Spensley and Co. — Watch over Easter – cold by week from Wednesday? — Worth bringing in PSI expert for Quench Protector o

Who is coming? When will they be here?

• Working target – Stands.. — one in R78 for demo — one in ISIS for data April 6, 2009 Commissioning Needs-Coney 2

Issues

• Detectors – — luminosity monitor o o

Brunel & Paul Soler working on this Case for it will be made by Alain Blondel at video conference

— Tracker cryostats o o

Cryostat 1 He leak gone – see discussion by Malcolm Ellis Install emergency shutoff valves on cryostats – this week

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Install exhaust filter – this week

— CKOV o o o

New temp and humidity monitoring device installed Need network connection and power in the DSA – have temporary HV power supply crate died – replaced w/new one – testing now

• Get Decay Solenoid magnet-on lights working — reposition light on top of turret; check light in ISIS vault – will be done

this week

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Issues

• Documentation inventory/overhaul - — Instructions for shifters – things are in flux, old documentation

needs updating

— Safety – need all relevant documents in one obvious place • Computing — Need network connections to progress in Hall — Still cannot print on OKI printer in R76 — Need Windows PC in MLCR – done next week — Need connection to GRID from MLCR – in progress • Need beamline magnet on to test alarm handler — Pressure regulators installed on Q7-9, water pipe connections made in

trench ongoing

— Water restored to magnets – end of this week April 6, 2009 Commissioning Needs-Coney 4