ISOLDE Technical Coordination Meeting (LS3)

Tuesday 20 Jan 2026, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

508/1-001 (CERN)

14:00 → 14:05 General news - Review of minutes

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

14:05 → 14:15 Safety matters

14:15 → 14:20 IBDRS project - activities update

Speakers: Ana-Paula Bernardes (CERN), Joachim Vollaire (CERN)

B170_water_2024.pdf

B170_water_2024.pptx

IBDRS_reporting_S03_26.pdf

Pictures_Activities.pdf

Pictures_Activities.pptx

14:25 → 14:30 Ventilation primary areas upgrade

Activities to be coordinated with platform installation:

1. Gate, fences and turnstile ( postponed to end of March to avoid coactivities )
2. EN-CV RW disposal - it will be advised as soon as we have a date for it
3. Equipment transfer from 170/3-402 to 197/2-401 TBC
4. Fire detection control rack installation on the platform - TBC

Speakers: Joachim Vollaire (CERN), Melania Averna (CERN)

14:35 → 14:40 RILIS Laboratory upgrade project - activities update

Speakers: Katerina Chrysalidis (CERN), Laura Lambert (CERN), Sebastian Rothe (CERN)

• Cable identification ongoing, already had many visits on-site with cable owners
  • If you know you have cables around this area and have not been contacted by myself (Laura), please get in touch with me!
• Equipment protection during dismantling works:
  • The roof of the RILIS lab is very dirty and full of dust, we anticipate a lot of dust during the dismantling process
  • A cleaning will be coordinated prior to dismantling to try to minimise this
  • As well, equipment owners will be asked to protect their own equipment, we are aware a lot of this equipment is very sensitive, so I would highly recommend protecting it with some plastic covering to protect from dust
    • The planned dismantling for the green cage and light structure is for ~3 weeks sometime in May or June
    • The planned dismantling for the I-beams starts in Sept
• With the above in mind, I would like to ask people to please get in touch with myself, if people plan to perform any work on any of the equipment that is below or near the RILIS structure, so that we can coordinate well the works
• Two detectors PAXIS301 (below RILIS) and 303 (inside RILIS) have been dismantled in anticipation of upgrade from RAMSES to CROME

14:40 → 14:45 Experiments related activities in the hall

Speakers: Erwin Siesling (CERN), Hanne Heylen (CERN), Oscar Fjeld (CERN)

Upcoming

• Wisard measurement campaign: Monday 26/1 - 8/2
  • Handling for transport of dewars
• Send reminder to isolde community to inform us
• COmmunication?
• Cleaning campaign in next two weeks (announce) 
  • Blue, red bins ordered already by Kati
  • Bins for Cupper cables
  • RP vacuum cleaner for general use available
  • Goals:
    • Make the hall presentable again/tidy up (visits, safety, ...)
    • Remove all unnecessary items from hall to free up space to move equipment related to ongoing projects
    • Make room in racks in the SAS
  • Contact owner of items --> how to proceed
    • Vacuum cleaners to make room in the SAS
    • Items in corridor next to ISOLDE
• Big equipment plans
  • Gandalph - move out ISOLDE before end of February
  • Edingburgh chamber in HIE-ISOLDE - team is coming here in February to dismantle
  • Miniball clovers - move out before end of January
  • IDS boxes in SAS - stuck in administrative loop with customs
  • MIRACLS at LA2: before the end of January
• 508

  • For multipac: power cut on 9 February

  • Concrete slab for chiller
  • Installation of small eco-point
  • Cleaning
    • Deep clean
    • Weekly cleaning:
    • Nous allons mettre la feuille de traçabilité aujoud'hui dans les sanitaires
      A partir de cette semaine le planning sera le suivant
      Réfectoire les Mercredi et Vendredi
      Nettoyage hebdomadaire le Vendredi matin
      Bien cordialement

14:45 → 14:50 Activities in the primary areas - Coactivity management

Speaker: Joachim Vollaire (CERN)

14:50 → 14:55 Activities in the expeirmental hall - Coactivity management

Speakers: Erwin Siesling (CERN), Hanne Heylen (CERN), Oscar Fjeld (CERN)

14:55 → 15:00 Planned visits

Speaker: Hanne Heylen (CERN)