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--- planning [2011/03/29 13:48] – [Update from Marvin Marshak (Friday, March 25)] 128.101.214.73
+++ planning [2011/05/09 12:33] (current) – [Gravity Meter] 24.245.16.19
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 Please feel free to login (first time will create account) and edit your section. I have put a few placeholders to show how this might work. Immediate needs refers to jobs you would like done by the mine crew as soon as there is any access. I have already communicated the need for SOLO, Gopher, and CoGeNT to keep radon plateout to a minimum.
-**update Tuesday March 29th  --**
+**update Monday, April 18  --**
-we will work on getting nitrogen purges going today but power will remain off for a long time.  The Lab has no backup power cable and the one we are using does not test perfect.  New cable is being ordered.  Keep in mind this cable can only be installed in the shaft after repair is done.
+Full Power was restored to the lab over the weekend.  Cleaning crews and fiber optic cable splicing will occur through this week.  Computers will become available for remote access by the end of the week.  Currently expecting access may be as soon as mid-May, but we need to properly schedule visits, so we will being communicating directly with the experiments about their visits near the end of April.
 ==== CoGeNT ====
 === Immediate needs ===
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 === Plan for startup ===
 ==== Gravity Meter ====
-If it is necessary to move the gravity meters then they should be clamped first.
+=== Immediate needs ===
-=== Immediate needs ===
+=== Plan for startup === The start up has been accomplished by Jerry Meier.  A replacement UPS power supply is being shipped to the Surface Building in Soudan for installation in the gravity meter setup.
-Restart the two gravity meters and adjust the long and cross levels.
-=== Plan for startup ===
+==== Update from Marvin Marshak (Saturday, April 16) ====
-Whenever possible, I would like to bring the meter that is supported by foam back to my home.  If I am allowed to bring the instrument to the surface then I can come any time.  If someone else does this then the meter should be clamped first and I can meet them at the surface.
-==== Update from Marvin Marshak (Monday, March 29) ====
+• Full electrical power was restored to the entire Soudan Laboratory TODAY.
+DNR staff and an outside electrical contractor installed a new power cable
+between the 22nd and 27th levels. Lab staff then checked to be sure that
+all circuits in the lab were shut off. Following this check, power was turned
+on to the Lab substation via the new cable. Lab staff then turned on the lights
+and HVAC system in the Lab. These systems appear to function normally.
+The Lab closed loop cooling system also seems to function normally.
+The Lab fire detection system is also functioning and will shut down power
+to the lab, in the event of an alarm detection.
+• The fiber optic cable has sufficient slack that it will be possible to cut out
+the damaged section and re-splice the cable. The splicing contractor will
+be working next week.
-• Electrical power was restored to the Soudan Underground Lab today.
+• Representatives of cleaning companies will visit the lab on Monday to
-For today, power was limited to the hall containing the CDMS Detector.
+prepare estimates for general clean up of the lab, including remnants
-Dan Bauer checked over CDMS and reported that vacuum was maintained,
+of the foam and the debris brought in by the foam.
-although the detector has warmed up. More details will be reported in tomorrow's
-"Fermilab Today."
-• Work was completed on adjusting the rails in the east hoisting compartment.
+• ECI, the contractor hired by the DNR to do shaft renovations, will have
+key personnel on site this coming week, beginning with an on-site pre-construction
+meeting on Monday. CNA Engineering has also been hired to provide
+geo-technical advice to ECI. A CNA engineer will also be on site this
+coming week. A likely arrangement beginning this coming week is that
+lab and DNR access to the mine will occur on a first shift, possibly beginning
+at 6 am, with ECI shaft work on a second shift, possibly beginning at 2 pm.
-• The State Deputy Fire Marshall visited the site and took photos for a report
+• Work in the lab this coming week will focus on re-starting the MINOS
-on the cause of the fire.
+Detector, beginning with checks of control system electronics and work
+to dry out the magnet cables.
-• Alec Habig will be on site at Soudan tomorrow and will work with the lab
+• The sprinkler contractor has submitted drawings to the University Fire
-staff to do a detailed assessment of the status of the MINOS Detector.
+Marshal for the repairs to the sprinkler system. Approval of the drawings
+and repair work is also expected to start this coming week.
-• Bill Miller and I plan to present a detailed report Friday at the MINOS Collaboration
+• The University has hired CNA Engineering and Don Zeni,  a specialized drilling
-at Fermilab.
+consultant, to evaluate the feasibility of providing an alternate access to the
+lab through either a ~6 inch diameter hole and/or a ~4 foot  diameter hole.
+A small hole would enable an independent path for communications, power and
+high pressure air ventilation between the surface and the lab. The larger
+hole would also enable a secondary, emergency egress, in addition to the telecom
+and power connections.
-Friday - March 25
-  * There was continued work in the shaft today and a brief entry into the Soudan Lab.
-  * Today's shaft work focused on straightening a section of rail about 100 feet above the 27th level.
-  * The electrical cable between the 27th level substation and the lab was tested and passed with no faults.
-  * The foam in the lab has collapsed to the floor, leaving some debris that was swept into the lab by the foam in the area between the entryway and the MINOS Detector.
-  * All doors to the lab are now closed at the suggestion of Fermilab engineers.
-  * The DNR and University staff have now worked continuously since last Thursday night. There will be no work this weekend, in order to rest the staff for next week. Work will resume on Monday. Steps are being taken now to augment the staff in order to provide longer access to the Lab for cleanup.
-  * Next report will be Monday.

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