Commissioning Readiness Review Team (CRRT)

Purpose
Manage the shielding validation of newly installed beamline radiation shielding, ensuring that radiation levels are reduced to levels that meet DOE, ANL, and APS requirements and ALARA objectives.
 
Membership
MemberDivisionRole
A. KastengrenXSDCRRT Chair
P. PedergnanaAESCRRT Co-Chair, PDRC Chair
J. EdwardsRPRadiological Protection-Health Physicist
W. VanWingerenAESCRRT Commissioning Coordinator, Beamline & FE CCSM
A. WaymanAESCRRT Co-Commissioning Coordinator
Floor CoordinatorAESBeamline Operations Support
Beamline Staff Beamline Technical Staff
 
Method

The Team will:

  • In advance of the shielding validation, review the shielding validation plan prepared by the Committee Chair,
  • Coordinate the scheduling of the shielding validation,
  • Coordinate setup of validation hardware (temporary stops, transport, scattering targets, etc.)
  • Oversee the Health Physics (HP) validation measurements,

Review and endorse the HP measurements, and Chair reports validation results, with recommendations for operational authorizations and/or limitations, to the APS Deputy ALD for Operations.

 
Frequency of Meetings
Meetings will be held at the direction of the Committee Chair in response to requests for commissioning of beamlines.
 
Responsibilities
The Chair shall coordinate team activities and provide recommendations for operational authorizations and/or limitations, to the APS Deputy ALD for Operations. The RP-HP group shall perform the validation measurements.