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MICE PM report – status of Phase II

• Target update• Spectrometer solenoid• FC & coupling coils• Schedule considerations• Project accommodation & management

• Don’t have time for a detailed status report, have a look at: http://mice.iit.edu/mico/

UKNF/MICE PSAG, 11th January, 2010

Target update• Running with online target finished for this year at end of

user run, no dust or debris observed at viewport – running completely trouble-free

• Everything for T2r and T3 is done except plastic bearing liners:• Torlon material was machined last week – not preferred

material, as it contains PTFE, but will give valuable data/experience for offline running in R78

• Vespel delivery (preferred material) has been sad tale – repeated missed deliveries, but alternative billet has been found and ordered

• Still a good chance we can make mid-lateJan for T2r offline build-up in R78

• Stator research/re-work is making reasonable progress• Comprehensive target controls rack is complete at Sheffield

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Spectrometer solenoid• Review at LBNL generally went OK:

• Recommended that given the circumstances, adding the fourth CCR to magnet #2 was the right approach

• Thermal FEA study of magnet must be progressed urgently• Operating margin must be evaluated accurately at

cooldown• The modifications to magnet #1 should proceed as

planned• Present status:

• Magnet #2 (the first one we get) is in final stages of leak-checking this week

• Cooldown begins 18th January• Powering tests occupy, say 25th January to 20th February*• Ship to FNAL end February** AN’s interpretation only!

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Spectrometer solenoid

• What happens at the cooldown/powering:• MICE has agreed some acceptance criteria via its

Technical Board:• Must sustain design current for min 24 hours• LHe top-ups > six weeks apart (this is ‘not quite’

agreed yet)• Declaration of conformity is completed• An as-built installation drawing and specification is

completed• We hope this decision point arrives around mid-

February, if all is met and field mapping goes OK, then we get magnet #2 around mid-May.

• If not, we may have to face a ground-up rebuild (one year) and magnet #1 will overtake

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4th single stage CCR

HTS lead area

This plate needs moreCross-section *

These connections underClose scrutiny *

*This is where the work is

FC, LH2, CC

FC:– Design work on the FC making good progress at Tesla– Some nagging doubt that the integration between the LH2

absorber and the FC is not properly understood– Is being dealt with by Technical Board – would prefer to

bring the engineering responsibility to STFC– FC delivery still promised for July/August, 2010– Request at CM to place solid absorber(s) in FC at Step IV– Some minor design/manufacture work to accommodate,

will be done by OxfordLH2:

– Going well at AS scientific– Parts have arrived to complete the gas panel– Very clear that we have to resume work on the vent

system during 2010 to be on time

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FC, LH2, CC

Good progress also with the CC:– Problems in China are being solved:– Engineering drawings of magnet will be done on time– Project management structure at HIT is being re-built– Aim is to let magnet contract to Qihuan by time of

Riverside Collaboration Meeting (late March, 2010)– One set of RF cavities (four + one) have been

delivered to LBNL – are being polished just now– Real delivery dates of CC magnet will become clear as

order is placed

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Schedule considerations

No real changes from last month, ie:– Steps II &III are combined and will aim to be ready for

February, 2011– Significance of Step III.1 is being evaluated by MICE– Have realised though that we need to be working on the

H2 vent system during 2010 to be on time for Step IV– Integration steps are now well understood and detailed– We’re critically dependent on the big subsystems , just

three dates.....– Next step is to make the plan for the above 2010/2011

period, most of it exists, but some knocking together needed

– All the UK preparations for Steps II &III are in place, or will be done by Feb/March (CCR water system and floor drilling, CCR compressor racking)

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Project Accommodation

• Looking ahead to Steps V & VI, we will need more space at RAL for:

• Pre-integration, especially RFCC modules• Storage of tooling, materials and finished modules.

– Ideally need ~ 350 sqm with 15 tonne crane access– Have expressed interest in R79– But R40 is excluded– What are the plans for R12 when workshop moves to

R79? – R9 might also be available, would be ideal given

proximity to UKNF equipment in R8– Have discovered Blueprint accommodation committee,

Justin Greenhalgh is rep for EID – have booked meeting.

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Project Management• Practical steps have been taken to appoint Project Planner:

• Contact made with Mark Smith company (Andrew Bowyer), waiting for suitable meeting date – had the meeting – very positive

• Had meeting/MICE visit with UKAEA (Roy Manning), but need to follow up (have followed up)

• Need to see a few more – no we didn’t• No commitments made – have stated that we’re waiting for

financial approval• Two sensible offers now received from both firms

• Hope is to parcel up the project monitoring and control function as one discrete task, full time at first, but hopefully becoming part-time

• It’s a costed line in the C&S review• So far efforts to find a person within STFC or MICE have not

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Living within our means (from last PSAG)• FY 09/10 must finish on budget• Progress on the cuts:

– Stop LH2 October (done – end November)– Stop RF power in October (ditto)– Stop PPS in November (done)– Reduce TD effort bookings to skeleton level for three

months (done)– Reduce Merit-Merrell/S&T costs by 50% - (done)– Hope we can resume normal service early 2010 – still

hoping, but see below!– Target development and Step II infrastructure will be

preserved• Valuable design and technical staff have now moved to

other projects – this is a very uncomfortable situation

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Concerns & risks

• Just one this time• 2 MVA transformer upgrade is now more serious, but thanks

to Ken’s efforts there might be some good news• Additional CCR compressors for spectrometer solenoid might

mean Step III is at risk rather than Step IV – clearer after review

• DL group is currently doing the exercise – in progress

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