Operations Report¶

• User Cycle 2015/04
  • Begins on 16th Feb
  • MOM : Paul Kyberd (& then Ryan)
  • First week : 16th - 22nd reserved for expert startup, beam tuning, training
  • Data-taking begins on 23rd & continues in a 16/24 basis until March 23rd
  • Uncertainty is the date for absorber installation. Tentatively scheduled for week of March 9-13 (for which we might just run evening shifts)
    but not verified.

• User Cycle 2016/01
  • April user cycle : April 12th - May 20th
  • If we use this cycle for anything we probably will need to open shifts at the end of February.

• Shifts for Feb/Mar run
  • 90 / 120 shifts have been assigned but take-up is slowing
  • BLOC signup (& size of pool) is a concern
  • Can we continue with the assumption that BLOCs do not do shifts concurrently?

• Training
  • Training schedule is defined and is being filled.
  • Will impact a little on data-taking but necessary
  • http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/projects/operations/wiki/TrainingPlan201504

• Shift activities
  • Looking at making end-of-day activities independent of MOM

• Run plan
  • Not yet defined beyond basic blocking out
  • DS schedule impact on run plan is not known