ISOLDE Technical Coordination Meeting

Tuesday 5 Aug 2025, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

508/1-001 (CERN)

14:00 → 14:05 General news, agenda review, minutes approval

Speakers: Erwin Siesling (CERN), Joachim Vollaire (CERN)

14:05 → 14:20 Operation Report - REX/HIE ISOLDE update

Speakers: Alberto Rodriguez (CERN), Eleftherios Fadakis (CERN), Emiliano Piselli (CERN), Erwin Siesling (CERN), Joachim Vollaire (CERN), Miguel Luis Lozano Benito (CERN), Simon Mataguez (CERN)

ISOLDE_W31(1).docx

ISOLDE_W31(1).pdf

14:20 → 14:30 RILIS report

Speakers: Anjali Ajayakumar, Cyril Bernerd (CERN), Joachim Vollaire (CERN), Jordan Ray Reilly (The University of Manchester (GB)), Katerina Chrysalidis (CERN), Manikanta Elle (KU Leuven (BE)), Reinhard Heinke (The University of Manchester (GB)), Sebastian Rothe (CERN)

14:30 → 14:40 MEDICIS & Building 179

Speakers: Charlotte Duchemin (CERN SY/STI/RBS), Edgars Mamis, Joachim Vollaire (CERN), Laura Lambert (CERN), Manikanta Elle (KU Leuven (BE)), Matthieu Deschamps, Patricija Kalnina (University of Latvia (LV)), Ralf Erik Rossel (CERN)

Last Week

• Shipping of Ra-223 to Rennes, France
• Investigation of recent FE vacuum trips
  
  • Table switch
  • Target failure - #880M
• Irradiation of 2nd batch Indian ThC (896M) for testing and collections
  • Target change Thursday afternoon
  • ~2E+18 direct PoT with ~1 uA intensity (2200e+10 ppp)

 

This Week

• Collection of Ra-225 to CMI Czech Republic
• Indirect irradiation of #769M Ta foils for Eu-145 
  
  • Derogation beyond 2 uA on HRS Wednesday-Thursday may be effective for ISOLDE target irradiation.
  • MEDICIS target cannot receive higher current than 2 uA. Robot operations on stand-by. 

 

Next week

• Shipping of Ra-225 to CMI Czech Republic
• Investigation with Julien Parra-Lopez in MEDICIS separator rack to remove the Pin 7 direct connection.
• Collection of Eu-145 for NPL
  • MELISSA lasers needed for Eu-145 (11.08-15.08)
  • Collect 10-30 MBq
• ThO2 shipment from SCK-CEN is delayed and might not happen on foreseen schedule.
  • Outgassing was planned from 11th august
  • Target material tests were foreseen on MEDICIS frontend from 15th - 28th august.

14:40 → 14:50 Targets, Schedule and Physics

Speakers: Hanne Heylen (CERN), Isabel Frank (CERN), Matthias Alexander Grasser, Simon Thomas Stegemann (CERN)

14:50 → 14:55 Hall activities / Mechanical workshop requests

Speaker: Oscar Fjeld (CERN)

Last week:

• Mounted ISCOOL switch
• Machining for VITO
• Secured gas bottles in gas point 
• Investigating SPEDE mounting how to extend the tubes
• Machining supports for SPEDE

 

New requests:

• Machining for LN2 connectors (Dewar)

 

14:55 → 15:00 Safety, AOB, visits

B197 worksite - updates and look ahead

Speakers: Alexander Schmidt, Alexandre Dorsival (CERN), Elodie Aubert (CERN), Hanne Heylen (CERN), Line Le, Melania Averna (CERN), Mia Au (CERN), Nadine Conan (CERN), Oscar Fjeld (CERN), Simon Mataguez (CERN)

ISOLDE-_Primary_Area_-_Fire_Safety_and_Ventilation_Upgrade Fire Detection & updates August 2025 .pdf

ISOLDE-_Primary_Area_-_Fire_Safety_and_Ventilation_Upgrade Fire Detection & updates August 2025 .pptx

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