Published Date
Accelerator Operations and Engineering
Accelerator Operations
Downtime work underway for SPEAR and Injector. New NPCT has been installed in 1S in SPEAR.
Beam Lines and Development
Experiment floor clean up days 8/19 - 8/21.
Administration
SLAC would love to see staff support our summer interns by attending their presentations next week.
NEXT WEEK IS PRESENTATION WEEK for the majority of SLAC’s 250+ interns, AND YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND those that are of interest to you.
Dates: Monday - Thursday, August 11-14, 2025
Times: See times here
Location: Kavli - all day, every day*
Speakers: See speaker list here
Presentation titles and directorates can also be seen here
*You can come and go as you please!
Here’s the format:
- Presentations are about 10 minutes long with an extra 5 minutes tacked on at the end to field questions
- Presentations can be a scientific poster or a slide show. Either option will be displayed on the BIGGGG screen in Kavli.
Our goal is to provide the interns with great audiences and to help all of YOU get a taste of SLAC in a quick, efficient, accessible manner.
SSRL Townhall Slides (August 6):
Calendar
SSRL Beamline Review - September 8
SSRL SAC Meeting - September 9-10
SSRL/LCLS Users Meeting - September 21-26, 2025 (Onsite)
Facilities
With the B120 roof replacement well underway, I wanted to give some updates on the project.
Road closure is now estimated for Tuesday 8/12/25 (revised date):
There will be a scheduled crane lift on 8/12 to remove some mechanical equipment off of the 120 roof. This will impact the road leading towards the SPEAR infield and ultimately End Station A. A communication is now posted on SLAC today about the impacted road closure. This is scheduled to take place in the morning and should only last a few hours. We will do everything we can to keep one lane of traffic open until we need to close the whole road down for the lift.
Progress:
Most of the new roof on the lower roof section will be complete by this Friday 8/8/25. Work will still need to happen around the perimeter of that roof section to install new gutters. Areas will be cordoned off to keep people away from those work areas maintain a safe zone. Please watch for and stay out of cordoned off areas. We will try to leave walk areas as practical.
Work will be progressing to the upper middle roof section next week. Several exhaust fans need to be turned off and jacked up to accommodate the new roof material, but air conditioning should still be functional.
Noise pollution in 120:
The roof replacement is producing a lot of noise pollution throughout 120, especially around the experimental floor. SSRL-Fix has placed hearing protection outside of their office (near the 120 Shipping/Receiving cage) and will restock as needed. Please plan on loud noises from the project starting on the far west side of the Building , working its way through Southeast corner of Building 120 near the trestle. Please reach out to me if alternate workspace locations are needed, outside of your B120 office/space.