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Monday, June 13 2:30 p.m. Particle Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: M. Crisler, Fermilab Title: A Continuously Sensitive Bubble Chamber for Dark Matter Searches 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. All Experimenters' Meeting - Curia II Special Topic: Beam-Beam Effects: Now and After Upgrades
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Monday, June 13 Potato Au Gratin Soup Monte Cristo Sandwich $4.85 Savory Roasted Chicken Quarters $3.75 Lasagna Bolognaise $3.75 Chicken Ranch Wrapper $4.85 Assorted Pizza Slices $3.00 Szechuan Style Pork Lo Mein $4.85 The Wilson Hall Cafe now accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express at Cash Register #1.
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Ashmanskas' Work at Fermilab Earns Prestigious Presidential Early Career Award
Ashmanskas is one of nine DOE scientists, from a total of 58 researchers supported by eight federal departments and agencies, receiving the Presidential Early Career Award. Each Presidential award winner receives a citation, a plaque and a commitment for continued funding of their work from their agency for five years. Dr. John Marburger, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will present the awards.
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On June 3, the Department of Energy Site Manager Joanna Livengood presented the Accelerator Division's Barry Fritz, Mike Gerardi, Victor Ingram, Jim Ranson and Bill Wickenberg with Pollution Prevention Award Certificates. The certificates recognize their "outstanding contributions and commitment to pollution prevention and environmental stewardship through the implementation of the Emergency Light Battery Removal and Relocation Program."
Fermilab's Accelerator Division recently completed a multi-year program to remove emergency light batteries from over six miles of accelerator and fixed target beamline enclosures. The proper disposal of batteries is always tricky. But in this case, the presence of the batteries in areas subject to radiation presented Fermilab with a mixed waste disposal problem. AD employees replaced some emergency lighting systems with new uninterruptible power supplies. The team relocated other batteries to areas not subject to radiation. As a result, the project eliminated a mixed-waste disposal problem and improved safety for the laboratory.
"We are very proud of the Accelerator Division," said Associate Director Jed Brown at the award ceremony. "You saved the lab a lot of money and helped cut down on pollution on the planet." Livengood also commented on the awards. "I am delighted to present these awards to you," she said. "The Department of Energy really values these types of projects. As good environmental stewards, you have helped Fermilab and our children's future." ES&H Head Bill Griffing also presented each award recipient with an official Fermilab safety baseball cap.
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, June 9, 2005 Senior DOE Science Officials on FY 2006 Budget This week's meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) gave senior officials of the DOE Office of Science an opportunity to comment on the FY 2006 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill that was recently passed by the House. Office of Science Director Ray Orbach was obviously pleased with the House bill that contained a 1.8% or $66.2 million increase in the Office of Science budget, but advised committee members, "don't spend it yet." Read more |
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Spaces are considered confined if their configurations hinder the activities of people who must enter, work in, and exit them. This confinement increases the risk of entrapment, keeps workers close to hazards (e.g., moving machinery, electrical conductors), and makes it easier to create an asphyxiating atmosphere. A common scenario involves workers in a confined space being overcome by an atmospheric hazard, then having unprepared co-workers attempt a rescue only to be overcome themselves. This chain of events then continues until no one is left.
What does Fermilab do to control the hazards associated with confined spaces? Labwide procedures are contained in chapter 5063 of our ES&H manual. Divisions/Sections have also prepared local implementation plans. The phrase permit-required is used to describe the kind of confined space that poses a significant risk. Nearly 700 of these have been identified on site (see list) and should be posted with a label stating DANGER - CONFINED SPACE. If you need to work in a permit-required confined space, your supervisor should have identified this on your Individual Training Needs Assessment (ITNA).
Have a great day and let's work safely all week!
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June 8-June 10 - During this 48 hour period Operations established one store that provided the experiments with approximately 28 hours and 44 minutes of luminosity - Booster and NuMI suffer from kicker problems - Pbar stacking halted due to A:IB contactor - TeV quench during shot setup
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Upcoming Classes June 22 - 23: Microsoft Project 2003 July 18 - 21: Learning Perl July 19 & 20: Interpersonal Communication Skills more information
Robin Staffin To Speak at SLAC on Monday - Streaming Video Will Be Available
Computer Security Training Sessions
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