Conveners
Poster Session
- Chair: Jon Bonofiglio (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)
Remote operation, teleworking, social distances, are just a few new concepts that have changed the way we are now operating. New policies and procedure upgrades are in place that have had an impact not only on operations but also how maintenance activities and user interface take place. What we experienced and how we have adjusted at Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source.
Historically, the operation of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) was done by so-called volunteer operators. The group consisted primarily of the accelerator physicists, engineers, and technicians within the Accelerator Operations and Development group. In June of 2019 that changed when the first group of full-time operators started at the CLS. By the time the hiring was done there were 10 new...
Three dimensional beam injection is an one of major technical challenges for new muon g-2/EDM experiment at J-PARC. In order to validate a basic concept of this injection scheme, we have developed a compact beam line which includes electron gun and solenoid magnet for storage 80 keV electron beam. Although, entire beam line length is 2m only, we have three rotating quadruple magnets to apply...
A high-power pulsed modulator was burnt at the accelerating structure assembly room adjacent to the electron positron injector linac building in KEK. It is considered that a capacitor in the pulse forming network was broken and caught fire. The container of the capacitor was plastic material and was filled with insulating oil that are combustible. The fire generated much carbon soot and...
The pandemic has shifted the workforce around the world. With a relatively new operator group at the CLS, our group will present how we dealt with the pandemic right from the start. We will explain our situation involving the facility, working with staff and other important situations that have fallen on us during this time and how we adapted to rapid change that better prepared us for the...
At the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), carbon-ion therapy has been carried out since 1994, and a total of more than 13,000 patients have been treated to date. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, all medical facilities are required to have robust measures against infectious diseases. In our facility, operators who work in the medical setting have...
ALBA is a 3 GeV, 3rd generation, synchrotron light source located in Barcelona (Spain), which is operating with users since May 2012. ALBA provides more than 4.000 hours of beam time per year to eight operational beamlines. Additionally, two beamlines are in commissioning and three in construction. The Operator’s group is composed of eight operators and their career profiles are wide ranging....
Under the COVID-19 pandemic, shutdown due to an increase in the number of infected patients among accelerator operators was a concern that needed to be considered, and measures needed to be taken to ensure the safety of accelerator operators and to preserve operational performance.
In HIMAC, the accelerator operators were divided into two groups and isolated from each other in order to...
As the pandemic hit the world we found ourselves in a very different landscape
that nobody was familiar with or prepared for. With the first COVID-19 case in
the country, the way we lived our lives was turned upside down and inside out.
Accelerator operation was no different. Things we took for granted, such as
having at least one operator on site, were no more.
However, with users on the...
A brand-new three-dimensional spiral injection scheme will be used to inject and store muon beams into the solenoid-type storage magnet for the muon g-2/EDM experiment at J-PARC. Since this is the first instance to employ this scheme, therefore a prototype experiment is underway at KEK. The prototype experiment is utilizing an 80 keV electron beam to inject and store into the solenoid magnet...
After the initial response to the COVID pandemic, there was a concentrated response from the lab at multiple levels to restructure where possible in the interest in safety. Because of this response, many new practices were established to ensure smooth operation and safety. The establishment of a task force, reduced staff on site, reduced interaction between those on site, masks, gloves, and...
SOLEIL is the French third generation synchrotron light source in operation since 2007 and providing photon beams to 29 beamlines with a maximum intensity of 500 mA, 5000 hours per year.
For about ten years, the eight operators of the operation group have developed their own programs, first in GlobalSCREEN and then in LabVIEW and python, to ensure their main functions, namely to drive the...