1. ONLINE INTEGRATION OF RADIATION SAFETY WORK CONTROL FORMS
2011 Accelerator Reliability Workshop
iThemba LABS, Cape Town, S. Africa
Jonathan Warren April 14th, 2011

2. Online Integration of RSWCFs
Overview
What is an RSWCF?
Paper-based vs. Electronic RSWCFs
Work Flow
APEX and CATER
Electronic logbook
Future Projects
Online Integration of RSWCFs
04/14/2011

3. Radiation Safety Work Control Forms
Radiation Safety at SLAC
Objectives
Prevent excessive beam induced radiation from being present in occupied areas
Eliminate radiation hazards when personnel enters the accelerator housing
Safeguards
Shielding
PPS - Personnel Protection System
BCS – Beam Containment System
BSOICs – Beam Shut-Off Ion Chambers
Online RSWCFs
04/14/2011

4. Radiation Safety Work Control Forms
Maintenance and modification of safeguards will be necessary
Integrity of safety systems are of the utmost importance
SLAC uses RSWCFs to control work that is performed on these devices
Online RSWCFs
04/14/2011

5. Presentation Title
4/21/2018

6. Paper- based RSWCF
Presentation Title
4/21/2018

7. Paper-based RSWCF Online RSWCFs 4/14/2011 Pros Already Done Cons
Accessibility
Repair Time Lag
Readability
No history log
Wastes paper
Online RSWCFs
4/14/2011

8. Online RSWCF - List of Requirements
Accessible yet secure
History – Audit trail
Documentation Configuration Control
Work Flow
Electronic Signature
Online RSWCFs

9. List of Requirements (cont.)
Error Handling
Read-Only Version
Timeout
Integration with CATER (Comprehensive Accelerator Tool for Enhancing Reliability)
Extensive checkout before releasing into production
Online RSWCFs
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13. Online RSWCFs
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14. Online RSWCFs
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15. Online RSWCFs
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17. CATER
Web-based tool for reporting and tracking problems and scheduling maintenance
Oracle database
Developed using Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Online RSWCFs
4/14/2011

18. New CATERs
Presentation Title
4/21/2018

20. Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Free Product
Web-based –No software installation
Declarative low-level programming
Driven from the database
Ideal for programmer with basic understanding of relational db, including SQL (PL/SQL knowledge helps)
Must use Oracle db
Online RSWCFs
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21. APEX
Online RSWCFs
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22. Electronic Logbook
Online RSWCFs
4/14/2011

23. RSWCF search page (Read-Only)
Online RSWCFs
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24. RSWCF search page (Read-Only) cont.
Online RSWCFs
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26. Future Projects Email notification for status changes
Tailored for AOSD namely LCLS and FACET (coming Summer 2011)
Other groups at SLAC to use the new RSWCF
XFD
NLCTA
SSRL
SPEAR3
GTL
Online RSWCFs
4/14/2011

27. Future Projects cont. Thorough integration of CATER and the MCCelog
Others (not listed or not thought of yet)
Online RSWCFs
4/14/2011