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Surface Infrastructure

  1. Description/Name: Surface Infrastructure
  2. Planned use (be specific): Low Background Counting with Neutron Activation and ICPMS
    1. Primary function: Gamma-ray counting at the surface
    2. Temporary and permanent storage: Sample storage and chemical cabinet
    3. Sample and detector handling: Material assay
    4. Jigs, fixtures, scaffolds, etc. necessary: Standard lab requirements
    5. E & O activities: : Training students and accommodate outreach actuivities
  3. Occupancy:
    1. Steady: 1-2 persons
    2. Peak: 4-6 persons
  4. Adjacencies (list/distance):
  5. Space size (gsf and/or WxLxH): 4m x 4m x 3m
  6. Experiment Systems: Germanium detectors, DAQ, muon veto, and ICMPS
  7. Shielding: Lead, copper
  8. Floor load (PSF): (Pb ~12 g/cm3) a 1-m high shield would be 1,200 g/cm2 or about 2400 lbs/ft2. Round up for safety ~ 1.5 tons/ft2.
  9. Material handling (cranes, etc.): Movable crane/floor rail for heavy item movement
  10. Finishes (walls/floor/ceiling): Class 10,000 clean standard
  11. Casework:
  12. Storage: purge cabinets; LN2
  13. Furniture/Fixtures/Equipment (non-experiment):hoods, chemical storage cabinets, storage cabinets, etching tanks and rinse tanks for cleaning lead, a)Glove box (ea 3x3ft^2=9ft^2: 9ft^2), b)Assembly Table: 4 (ea 5 x 5 ft^2 = 25 ft^2: 100 ft^2) (with test equipments, can be combined to form single larger assembly support tables), c)Chairs: 4 (ea 3 x 3 ft^2 = 9 ft^2: 32 ft^2), d)Electronics Racks: 1 (3 x 2 ft^2 = 6 ft^2: 6 ft^2), e)Parts Storage Cabinets: 4 (4 x 2 ft^2 = 8 ft^2: 64ft^2), f)Chemical storage cabinets 4 (4 x 2 ft^2 = 8 ft^2: 64ft^2)
  14. Mechanical:
    1. Environmental conditions: Radon reduced air, temperature and humility
    2. Clean class: 10,000
    3. Ventilation: 100 cfm
    4. Exhaust: 100 cfm
    5. Plumbing (domestic, waste, systems): water, heating/cooling
    6. Fire Suppression:
    7. Building Management System: rest room for changing PPE
    8. Fume hoods: 1 (ea 4x5ft^2=20ft^2: 20ft^2) - hoods, storage cabinets, etching tanks and rinse tanks for cleaning lead, glove box
    9. Chilled water
    10. Other:
  15. Electrical:
    1. Power (clean and dirty): 15 KW
    2. Lighting: general
    3. Low Voltage/Data/Communication:
    4. Fire Detection/Alarm:
    5. Other:
  16. Acoustical:
  17. Vibration Isolation:
  18. EMI/RFI Isolation:
  19. Hazardous materials: waste streams: General waste disposal: 1 hazardous chemical disposal: 1 lead contaminated ppe disposal: OSHA compliant layout
  20. Special Consideration (expansion, etc.):
engineering/faarm/surfacei.txt · Last modified: 2009/12/22 13:06 by ben

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