Information and Follow-up Items
Early today, Monday, February
25, I was unable to send e-mails along with receiving outside e-mails. Was
there a network problem?
User Operations
The availability
overall for the run stands at 96.4%, mean time between faults overall is 25.11
hours. During the past week, the availability has been at slightly over 98%,
with a MTBF ~ 30.84 hours. At the end of last week, there were 4 faults leading
to less than an hour of downtime.
General Information
A DOE headquarters team from the Office of Oversight
will be visiting ANL on a 3-day scoping visit beginning this Tuesday. The team
consists of 14 people and they will be reviewing implementation of ISM and
emergency management. The group will interact with APS personnel; have group
discussions, and perform tours of various ANL facilities, including the APS.
The purpose of the scoping visit is to investigate areas that will be reviewed
in depth during a second visit beginning on April 29. At that time, a team of
20 will return for a two-week period.
All APS users should be aware that recently, Sector
20, PNC, discovered two contaminated helium gas tanks. PNC has contacted the
vendor to let them know of the contamination. Notify your floor coordinator if
you suspect that you have received contaminated helium gas.