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Filling the MMF
Safety Today: Turner and LCLS Safety
SLAC Celebrates Kids Day Tomorrow
Tuesday - August 15, 2006 |
Filling the MMFOne morning in mid-July, a truck rolled into SLAC with a special first delivery. A forklift eased a crate off the flatbed and delivered it to the Magnetic Measurement Facility (MMF). There, MMF technicians Scott Jansson and Ralph Colon opened the box, and a crane lifted SLAC's first LCLS undulator to its test stand. "That's one down, and thirty nine to go," said Zack Wolf, an engineering physicist at the MMF. The undulators are part of the LCLS project. Each has a series of magnets positioned and tuned to send an electron beam into an S-shaped path, causing the electrons to emit photons. Wolf and MMF collaborators are currently in the process of tuning the magnetic strength of each of the undulator's 226 polesas well as of other magnets placed between them along the beamso the electron beam always follows a precise path. Read more... |
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Turner and LCLS SafetyWith start of LCLS construction just a few weeks away, safety is a subject that is weighing heavily on the minds of everyone involved. Turner Construction Companythe primary contractor responsible for constructionis taking steps to guarantee the safety of its workers, SLAC employees, and the subcontractors who will be participating in this enormous and complicated project. Turner has long been considered by the construction industry as a leader in setting high safety standards. Turner's chief approach to job-site injury prevention is embodied in the Turner Building L.I.F.E. (Living Injury Free Everyday) philosophy. One of the program's major objectives is adherence to 100 percent fall protection. Turner's fall protection program stipulates that any individual working six feet or higher must wear fall protection equipment. OSHA routinely uses Turner as a model of accident prevention in practice. Several workers owe their lives to this Turner policy. One specific example they use is Turner's experience during the renovation of Lambeau Field in 2001; in which two deaths were prevented thanks to their strict fall protection enforcement. Turner is striving to continue its long tradition of safety during LCLS construction by working closely with its subcontractors to establish a high standard of expectation for adherence to safety guidelines. By working from the assumption that all injuries are preventable, pre-planning safety into their work and integrating worker feedback into their program, Turner and SLAC fully expect to achieve their "zero injury goal." |
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