CAT Chat Minutes
March 4, 2002
User Operations
Glen Decker reported the status of the storage ring. The APS is
currently in the middle of studies/machine intervention and will follow with
non top-up user operations. Availability is approximately 98% and the mean time
to beam failure is 33.4 hours. Recent problems include problems with beam
motion, bpld (beam position limit detector) system and the PAR (particle
accumulator ring) extraction kicker. Non top-up operation will start on
Wednesday, March 6, and continue until midnight of March 12. During that time,
high emittance lattice will be used with 20-hour lifetime filling twice per
day.
All work requests for cryo pump maintenance during this coming maintenance period have to be submitted by COB Friday, March 8.
General Information
The DOE HQ ISM and Emergency Management scoping team
visit went very well. In general, the team was pleased with what they heard and
saw at the APS. In mid-April, we will receive a more detailed plan of the areas
that they will focus on during their two-week return visit in late April.
A chemical incident occurred and was reported in a prompt manner. Please make sure all chemicals are checked on a weekly basis to ensure all bottles and other areas meet ANLs safety regulations. Safety inspections will occur this month for LOMs 432-438.