Accelerators Technical and Operation Review (ATC/ABOC Days)

from Monday 22 January 2007 (09:00) to Friday 9 February 2007 (12:30)
CERN, 874-1-011 (874-1-011)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
22 Jan 2007
23 Jan 2007
24 Jan 2007
9 Feb 2007
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09:00
Session 1: Major Events (until 12:15)
09:00 Introduction to the ATC/ABOC days - Frederick Bordry  
09:15 Statistics of Operational Events and Consequences - Bettina MIKULEC  
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09:45 Electrical network: selectivity and protection plan - Jose Gascon (CERN)  
10:15 --- Coffee break ---
10:45 The safety electrical networks at CERN - Anne Funken (CERN)  
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11:15 The situation of the Static Var Compensators at CERN - risk analysis, maintenance strategy and consolidation - Karsten KAHLE  
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11:45 PS MAIN POWER SYSTEM: What has been done from June 2006? What will be the situation in 2007? - Jean-Paul Burnet (AB/PO)  
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09:00
Session 3: The LHC Injector Chain (until 12:30)
09:00 Introduction - Paul Collier  
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09:10 Keeping Linac 2 going until Linac 4 - Richard Scrivens  
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09:40 Controls issues through the backbone - Rende Steerenberg  
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10:10 --- Coffee Break ---
10:30 Rapid SC changes: can it ever work? - Jorg Wenninger  
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11:00 Beam Loss and Radiation with High intensity Beams - Simone Gilardoni  
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11:30 Operational issues in the low-level beam controls of the PS - Steven Hancock  
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12:00 The SPS Beam Dump - Jan Uythoven  
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09:00
Session 5: AD Machine & Experimental Areas - nTOF Facility (until 12:30)
09:00 Introduction to the session - Ilias Efthymiopoulos  
09:05 AD Physics in 2007 and beyond - Walter Oelert  
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09:25 AD experimental areas - operation and majors problems in 2006, outlook for 2007 - Tommy ERIKSSON  
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09:50 Discussion on AD issues  
10:10 The physics program at n_TOF in 2007 and beyond - Alberto Mengoni  
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10:30 --- Coffee break ---
10:45 RP issues for safe operation of the nTOF facility - Thomas OTTO  
11:00 What needs to be done to restart nTOF - Paolo CENNINI  
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11:25 New nTOF target design issues - Ans PARDONS  
11:45 Characterization of the nTOF radioactive waste - Markus Brugger (CERN AB/ATB)  
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12:00 Towards a permanent disposal of the nTOF radioactive waste - Luisa Ulrici  
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12:15 Discussion  
10:00
ATC / ABOC Days Summary (until 12:30) (864-1-D02)
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10:00 Summary Session 1: "Major Issues" - Frederick Bordry  
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10:20 Summary Session 2: "Issues of a General Nature" - Thomas pettersson (TS/CSE)  
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10:40 Summary Session 3: "The LHC Injector Chain" - Paul Collier  
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11:00 Summary Session 4: "Isolde" - Mats Lindroos (CERN)  
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11:20 Summary Session 5: "AD n_Tof" - Ilias Efthymiopoulos  
11:40 Summary Session 6: "Experimental Areas North, East and CNGS" - Jacques Lettry  
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PM
14:00
Session 2: Issues of a General Nature (until 17:35)
14:00 Requirements on StandBy and intervention services for accelerator operation - Michael BENEDIKT (CERN, AB-OP)  
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14:20 General Safety Aspects and PS Access System Issues - Ghislain ROY  
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14:45 The Holiday effect, reliance on experts for operations, Standby and intervention services - Claude Henri SICARD Alberto PACE  
15:45 --- Coffee break ---
16:15 PLC programming QA - Stefan LUEDERS Philippe GAYET  
16:45 Quality assurance – documentation and diagnostics during interventions - Peter SOLLANDER  
17:15 Infrasctructure consolidation - roofs, tunnels, etc. - Cristiana Colloca  
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14:00
Session 4: Isolde (until 17:00)
14:00 Introduction and Physics Requirements - Luis FRAILE PRIETO  
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14:30 Isolde Operation - Tim Giles  
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15:00 --- Coffee break ---
15:30 Targetry - Thierry Stora  
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16:00 REX-ISOLDE - Frederick Wenander  
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16:30 Organization of the ISOLDE facility - Jacques Lettry  
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14:00
Session 6: Experimental Areas North, East and CNGS (until 16:30)
14:00 Introduction to the North and East Areas and CNGS - Ilias Efthymiopoulos  
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14:20 Operations of the North and East Area and CNGS - Karel Cornelis  
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14:40 Status and Outlook for Instrumentation and Controls - Vito Baggiolini  
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14:55 PS East Hall + SPS North Area magnets - Willi Kalbreier (AT/MEL)  
15:10 --- Coffee break ---
15:30 SPS North Area Power Converters: What is the situation of the power converters of the SPS north area after the EA renovation? - Yves Gaillard (AB/PO)  
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15:45 CERN Experimental Areas Access Systems for 2007 and beyond - Rui Nunes (TS/CSE)  
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16:00 CNGS: Status and Outlook - Edda Gschwendtner (AB/ATB)  
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16:15 Outlook by the Physics Coordinator - Christoph Rembser (PH/ATT)  
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