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30 January 2023

Accelerator

All set to start RF conditioning

The Normal Conducting part of the Linac is now closed off with the temporary shielding wall and fences in place. A Faraday cup has been installed into the vacuum vessel inside the shielding block after DTL4. Waveguides are being connected and DTL 2-4 have been aligned and plugged in to all media.

Final integration tests for the Personnel Safety System were completed and the system handed over to operations.

Cryomodules

The second high beta cryomodule is in the bunker with cavity conditioning and cooldown in progress.

Instruments

The BEER neutron guide installation continues in the beamline gallery. Precise alignment of each section of the neutron guide optics is needed.

The bunker wall in the east sector has been dismantled in order to prepare for the SKADI bunker wall insert sleeve to be installed soon.

Optics assembly for the CSPEC Neutron Beam Port Insert is in progress. This involves installation of a super-mirror guide, precise alignment and vacuum tests. The last batch of NBPIs is expected to arrive at ESS from German in-kind partner Jülich in March (number 13-16).

Installation of inserts and plugs to the port tubes surrounding the Monolith is expected to commence this spring, starting in the north sector.

Target

Monolith inner shielding

Procedures are fully in place for the flushing and welding activities inside the Target high bay cleanroom.

Several steps of flushing are applied to the internal cooling channels of each block, after which a quality inspection with a small camera is performed. Once the cleanliness is proved satisfactory the block is lifted to the welding workshop.

The first block – a cooling block with space for the moderator bucket – was successfully equipped with new welds and pipes. This is now subject to quality and alignment inspections. Before being reinstalled to the Monolith vessel it will be meticulously cleaned on the surface.

Cryogenic Moderator System 

Reinforcement, including some re-welds, to the piping system for the Cryogenic Moderator System has been performed. Further testing of the system will follow.

Active Cell

Delivery of waste pit lids for the maintenance cell has taken place this week. Installation of the pit lids is now in progress.

Activities in the Target Test Stand

Syncronisation tests to the Accelerator timing system were successfully performed. Further wheel rotation tests have followed. Preparations will now start for the installation of the Moderator/Reflector plug, which currently sits unpacked on the Target high bay. This critical part of the Target system will be installed into the pit next to the wheel inside the test stand, with very precise positioning requirements.

Siteplan Archive
D01 ESTIA and SKADI bunker wall

The east bunker wall, where instruments ESTIA and SKADI are placed.

D02 inner shielding pipe welding

Welding of pipes to the inner shielding blocks is ongoing.

D02 TH basement spinning Target wheel

The Target wheel is spinning.

E01 moving CSPEC NBPI

The CSPEC Neutron Beam Port Insert is being prepared for optics assembly.

E02 BEER neutron guide

Neutron guide installation for BEER.

D02 A2T CMS

New welds to the Cryogenic Moderator System.

D02 AC waste pit lids installation

Waste pit lid installation is under way in the Active Cell's maintenance cell.

D02 inner shielding welding first block done

First inner shielding block ready for quality inspections and soon re-installation into the Monolith vessel.

G02 HB cryomodules

Cryomodules ready for testing.

G01 NCL MEBT to DTL

Close up up the ESS Normal Conducting Linac - with a view towards the DTL section from the MEBT.

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