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January 21 Agenda

Summary of Last Week's Discussion

  • Accept DongMing's Report - Go with 2.3 m of water thickness in shield
  • Radiopurity of Acrylic and Stainless are similar (input to thickness decision)
  • Immersion Tank goes in far corner
    • optimal shielding
    • possible upgrade to wrap-around water shield and PMT water readout
  • Lower water shield down to tank (cost driver)
    • Top loading from above water shield (removable veto shield)
    • OR Side Loading - needs engineering concept
    • Nitrogen blanket becomes load lock mechanism either way
    • Crane is above water shield and helps with veto shield construction and transport
  • Lee will talk to Dufrane. Need a very rough cost per area coverage for water shield
  • New Drawings need to go to DUSEL by Jan 29 - in time for review by larger collaboration for Feb 4 teleconf
  • Prisca gone next week - Lee leads teleconference

Discussion for this week

  • Summarize Lee and Bob's discussion wrt transfer of infrastructure into DUSEL format.
  • Summary of DuFrane discussion or beginning of a water shield cost estimate
    • Lee spoke with Lou of Dufrane earlier this week
    • January 2009 concept was:
      • 10-ft wide x 12-ft long x 9-ft high
      • 8-ft thick shielding on four sides
      • 5-ft thick shielding on top and bottom
      • Structural (carbon) steel support structure
      • Shield segments slide in and out to provide access
      • Quote was $2.785 million
    • January 2010 concept
      • Much larger internal space
      • Labyrinth access
      • Similar shielding thickness
      • Structural (carbon) steel support undesirable
    • Dufrane unwilling to provide quote or even SWAG at current level of consideration
    • Scaling calcs underway
  • Surface bldg vs Shallow site. re: decision by DUSEL not to develop 300' or 800' areas
  • Revisit concept drawings - what is still missing, what needs to be changed
  • Items due in one week
    • Location of your experiment
      • for physics experiments, this means identification of either the mid-level (4850L) or deep-level (7400L) campus for installation of your experiment
    • Experiment installation drawing
      • Establish the required footprint
      • Identify all major subsystems
    • Requirements and hazard identification
      • Underground and surface spaces for fabrication, assembly, and other uses should be identified
      • Major hazards and handling and mitigation plans should be identified
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