22 February 2020 02:08 We are experiencing problems with the injection dipole PSU and are working to diagnose the fault. Update at 03:00 21 February 2020 22:32 MS beam restored to both Targets at 22:28. 21 February 2020 22:10 We have an issue with one of the RF systems and are currently investigating in the Inner Synchrotron. Next up-date at 22:40. 21 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 20 February 2020 08:50 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 20 February 2020 02:13 The vacuum controls work is ongoing. Beam will only be affected if controls work trips any related equipment off. 20 February 2020 00:46 We are having issues with the injector vacuum controls and may experience intermittent beam whilst experts investigate. Update 02:00. 19 February 2020 16:33 We currently have an issue with the Injection Dipole power supply. However, we are hopeful this will be resolved shortly and beam restored. 19 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 19 February 2020 06:09 We are still experiencing problems with the EPB2 magnet power supply and have been in contact with one of the equipment experts. Investigations are ongoing. Update at 07:00. 19 February 2020 05:05 We are experiencing a problem with one of the EPB2 magnet power supplies and have switched to target 1 only while we fix the problem. We should have beam back to target 2 shortly. 18 February 2020 09:15 MAIN CRANE MAINTENANCE IN R55, R80, R6. Maintenance is starting this morning with the R55 main crane, they will then proceed onto the three main cranes in R80. R6 cranes and the crane in the R55 extension will follow with work over spilling into Thursday 20th of February. 18 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 17 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 16 February 2020 11:07 Fire bell tests are now finished in the following areas (ahead of schedule): R5.1, R5.2, R5.5, R55, R6 and R80 Bell tests in R78 will commence shortly. 16 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 16 February 2020 08:39 There will be fire bell tests in the following areas throughout the day. Please be aware that the bells will sound continuously during the tests. If the timings are significantly wrong we will advise accordingly. R5.1, R5.2, R5.5 - 09:00 Hours for 15 Minutes R55 - 09:20 Hours for 30 Minutes R6 - 10:00 Hours for 20 Minutes R80 - 10:30 Hours for 1 Hour R78 - 11:40 Hours for 30 Minutes R2 - 13:00 Hours for 20 Minutes Please call the MCR on extension 6789 if there are any issues. 15 February 2020 11:01 Please be aware that tomorrow (Sunday 16/02/20) there will be fire bell testing in the following locations: R5.1, R5.2, R5.5, R55, R6, R80, R78, R2. We will release an accurate timetable when we have spoken to the engineers in the morning. 15 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 15 February 2020 02:16 Injection dipole tripped, but is currently running back up. Beam should be restored by 02:30 14 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 14 February 2020 05:50 Beam restored at 03:15 14 February 2020 00:34 The spare choke has been swapped into use and we are currently running the MMPS back up to running values, this should take approximately 3 hours so no beam is expected before 03:30. 13 February 2020 20:03 The main magnet power supply experts have found damage to one of the chokes used in the system. There is a spare choke that can be changed over and this work is estimated to take 6 hours. Therefore, it is unlikely there will be any beam before 02:00. We will update with the progress of this work. 13 February 2020 18:32 We have a problem with the main magnet power supply which we are currently trying to resolve. An expert is on route to site. Update at 19:30. 13 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 12 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 11 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 11 February 2020 08:32 User Run 2019/4 started at 08:30. 10 February 2020 21:33 S4 Merlin now cleared for beam 10 February 2020 14:01 There is currently an issue with the Cryogenics at Target Station 1. Consequently, beam to TS1 has been disabled. It is predicted that beam should be restored to TS1 in about 4 hours. Beam to TS2 in unaffected. 10 February 2020 11:44 In addition to the beamlines that have already been cleared for beam, the following beamlines are now also cleared for beam: TS1 N3 SURF N4 CRISP N8A INES N9 EMMA TS2 W1 CHIPIR W5 IMAT W7 NIMROD E1 ZOOM E2 SANS2D E3 POLREF E4 INTER E6 LARMOR E8 WISH 10 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 09 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 08 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 07 February 2020 14:00 Target station 1 beamlines cleared for beam: S1 - MAPS S2 - VESUVIO S6 - MARI S7 - GEM S8P - ENGIN-X/HRPD S8X - ENGIN-X S8 - HRPD S9 - PEARL MUON, HIFI, MUSR, EMU N1 - SANDALS N2A - ALF N5 - LOQ N6 - IRIS/OSIRIS N6A - IRIS N6B - OSIRIS N7 - POLARIS N8 - TOSCA All other TS1 beamlines still require a radiation survey (scheduled for Sunday 09/02/2020). Target station 2 beamlines are still on permits to work and are not yet cleared for beam. We are currently repairing a bias regulator on Synchrotron 2RF6 which is preventing us from beaming to targets. Target station 2 is cleared for MS beam and we hope Target Station 1 will be ready for MS beam by 18:00 Hours this evening. 07 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 06 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 05 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 04 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 03 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 02 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 01 February 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 31 January 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 30 January 2020 08:40 Attention TS1 Methane Moderator Users: a liquid transfer will start in around 5 minutes 14 January 2020 13:26 Test message - please ignore