MOM Report Linda R. Coney MICE Operations Manager University of California, Riverside MICO March 30, 2009

March 23, 2009Commissioning Needs-Coney2 Commissioning Needs Working Decay Solenoid – Stands.. —Ready for MLI installation —Repair/testing under intense time crunch – o We are arranging to work over Easter weekend holiday – 4 non-expert watchers with expert consultation o Schedule being set up including watcher guidelines —Worth bringing in PSI expert(s) o Mike Courthold working with Walter Gloor to arrange for Quench Detector expert to come to RAL Working target – Stands.. —one in R78 for demo —one in ISIS for data

March 23, 2009Commissioning Needs-Coney3 Issues Detectors – —luminosity monitor o What need and why? o Who will build it? – Brunel has expressed interest —Tracker cryostats o Power cut – lost vacuum and warmed up o Cryostats 2,3,4 good vacuum and no He leaks o Cryostat 1 leaking He from cassettes – need find specific leak locale o Install emergency shutoff valves on cryostats —CKOV o Installation of new temp and humidity monitoring devices this week o Need network connection and power in the DSA Get Decay Solenoid magnet-on lights working —reposition light on top of turret; check light in ISIS vault – will be done this week

March 23, 2009Commissioning Needs-Coney4 Issues Documentation inventory/overhaul - ongoing —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 – will be done w/in next 3 weeks —Need connection to GRID from MLCR – in progress Need beamline magnet on to test alarm handler