1. LANSCE Status and Progress Update
Presentation to
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
August 2, 2001
Paul W. Lisowski
Los Alamos National Laboratory
LANSCE Division Director

2. Outline Realizing the full potential of LANSCE Progress to Date
2001 Run Cycle
Target Moderator
Summary

3. LANSCE is a Unique Multidisciplinary Science Facility
800 MeV Proton Linac
Isotope
Production Facility
(Under Construction)
Weapons Neutron Research
Manual Lujan Jr.
Neutron Scattering Center
Proton Radiography

4. LANL Goal: Deliver Neutrons and Protons Safely and Reliably for All LANSCE Users
Appoint new LANSCE management team
Engage other scientific user facilities to benchmark and improve LANSCE performance
Develop and implement effective governance model involving NNSA, SC, NE, LANL and user communities
Ensure appropriate support and oversight, informed by independent review of bottom-up cost estimate
Pause BES development of new Lujan instruments to focus on operation of the user program
Increase LDRD investment in Lujan science program
Maintain strong communication with LANSCE User Group (LUG)

5. LANL Plan to Realize the Full Potential of LANSCE (1)
Management team in place
Benchmarking of scientific user facilities is underway
Visits to NIST and ANL completed, planning underway for fall trips
Governance model developed and being implemented
Incorporates the ideas and expertise of the LANSCE User Group and many at DOE, NNSA and other facilities
Held initial meeting in April, 2001
Maureen McCarthy NNSA Chair, Pat Dehmer DOE-SC, Dave Crandall NNSA-DP, Owen Lowe DOE-NE and others attended
MOA ready for signature
Next meeting planned for September, 2001
LANSCE User Facility Cost Estimate review (K. Berkner, Chair)
Underway at Los Alamos

6. LANL Plan to Realize the Full Potential of LANSCE (2)
Pause in BES Spectrometer Development
Funding reprogrammed
LANSCE science planning
Neutron scattering plan based on user input completed by Alan Hurd and others
Will be incorporated into overall LANSCE Strategic Plan with a first draft in September
A LANSCE planning workshop involving the broader user community is planned for the next LUG meeting, August , 2001
Strategic Plan will be integrated into NNSA/DP 5-year planning process
Additional LDRD investments in Lujan science secured for FY2001

7. DOE has Clarified its Governance of LANSCE
“Assign … Defense Programs as the Organizational entity with corporate responsibility and accountability for strategic integration of all three program offices using LANSCE. This approach applies both to the short-term objective of facilitating IPF construction and the long-term goal of reliable accelerator operations.” from Memorandum from the Deputy Secretary of Energy to General Gordon 12/21/2000
Single Point Accountability
Single Line of Authority
Participation of all stakeholders
Authority and Responsibility chain includes accountability for those controlling the resources SC
NNSA/DP NE
NNSA/DP
LANSCE
Program Manager
LANL
LANSCE
Authority/Responsibility
Funding
Funding Coordination

8. Highest Priority: Establish a Long-Term Sustainable Program Serving All Users Safely, Reliably & Predictably
Completed outage 20 days ahead of schedule and started user program on schedule: July 1, 2001
Proposals arrived March 12, 2001 for PAC review
Proposals evaluated and instrument time scheduled
User Facility Production started July 1, 2001
User Program will run through December 23, a total of 2544 hours for Lujan Center
Run safely, reliably and predictably for all users
Implement the governance, management, and science plans to realize the full potential of LANSCE and the Lujan Center

9. All Major Accelerator Outage Tasks Completed on Schedule
Interim Safety Assessment Document (ISAD)
MPF-963 Cooling Tower tie-in
Nuclear Facility Maintenance
IPF Shield Wall Construction
IPF Transition Region Modifications
Accelerator Maintenance
Facility Maintenance
Accelerator Start-up
LANSCE Web Page Outage Display

10. Lujan Center Received 152 Proposals for the 2001 Run Cycle
Number of Proposals Received=152
Defense Non-Defense
FDS
HIPD
LQD
NPD
SCD 0 6
SPEAR
FP11A 0 3 FP FP
Average Oversubscription rate is 2:1
106 Days Available
In User Program
* Not supported in user program for FY01; will run if support becomes available
** Nuclear physics beam lines located in Lujan Center, FP11A shared with neutron scattering program

11. LANSCE Operating Schedule for CY2001
LANSCE has Implemented a Standard 28-Day Operating Cycle with Contingency
LANSCE Operating Schedule for CY2001
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Turn-on
Contingency
For Turn-on
1L Maintenance
Lujan/ WNR
User Program
Prad, NRS, ….
Reserve or
Contingency
2002 Outage
Incorporates formal change control and contingency allocation process

12. We have Identified Funding, Developed a Detailed Project Schedule, and Plan to Install a Switchyard Kicker in 2003
Five-fold increase in beam available to Proton Radiography program
~20% more beam time scheduled for Lujan Center and WNR
Makes an Ultra-Cold Neutron program possible
Make changeovers between Line X and Line D operations more efficient, increasing beam availability
Stable accelerator operation at fixed beam intensity yields more reliable beam delivery for all programs
Kicker 1
Kicker 2
C-Magnet 1
C-Magnet 2
Beam Stop
Line X
Line D

13. We are Greatly Improving our Scattering Instrument Suite with New Construction and Upgrades
HIPPO: Received first beam on sample, July 7, 2001
SMARTS: Turntable, slits, and controls readied, July 2001
First beam expected August 2001
PROTEIN: First beam on sample December 2000
Alignment improvement studies underway
New BNL detector received July 27, 2001
NPD Upgrade: Design for new detector banks for pair-density functions
underway with University of Pennsylvania
PHAROS: New wide-angle detector bank installed
New data acquisition electronics installed
Chopper reworked and balanced
ASTERIX: First beam December 2000
First data June 2001
IN500: Thimble installation April 2000
Ballistic guide design completed and procurement order
placed

14. Beam Delivery to the User Program has been Reliable thus far, but Current is Limited by the Target Moderator System
93.2%
75 mA
56 mA
7/1
7/22

15. We have Funding and are Developing a Plan and Schedule to Replace the Lujan Target Moderator if Necessary
Target Moderator Reflector system is experiencing overheating of the lower lead reflector
Potential problem with lead reflector cooling
Thermal cycling may have separated cooling coils from lead
Analysis to determine maximum current without melting lead underway
The current Target will last through this run cycle
Operating conservatively until we understand the problem
~60 mA limit at present gives stable heat load
Attempting to develop a work-around to allow higher current
Funding and parts to assemble the spare are in hand; assembly planning has begun
Develop an engineering solution to the lead heating problem
Redesign and fabricate lower reflector
Develop a plan for possible installation during the next outage
Will install during the next outage if no solution is found

16. Some of the Exciting Experiments that are Planned and Underway at the Lujan Center
HIPD: In-Situ Synthesis of Bismuth Transition Metal Perovskites, Structure and Magnetic Ordering
SPEAR: Molecular Density and Orientation in Confined Polymer Layers Under Static and Dynamic (flow) Conditions
LQD: Chain Statistics of Polystyrene Dissolved in Lower Molecular Weight Polystyrene
NPD: Local Structure of Superconducting Cuprates with Stripes
FP5: Solid State Reaction Studies
FDS: Identification of CHx Intermediates Formed Over Surface During Methane Decomposition Over Supported Catalysts
SCD: In-situ Neutron Single-crystal Diffraction Study on Ice II, III, V, VI and IX at High Pressure
Tony Cheetham, UCSB
Tonya Kuhl, UCSD
Anne Mayes, MIT
Takeshi Egami, UPenn
Ersan Ustundag, CalTech
Wayne Goodman, Texas A&M
Dave Mao, Carnegie Institute

17. Summary
DOE, NNSA, the LANL Director, and LANL Senior Management have made a commitment for success at LANSCE
We are responding to the BESAC recommendations for governance
LANSCE Division completed the outage and started up 20 days earlier than scheduled
User program started as promised on July 1, 2001
Operating with high reliability at less than full power
Funding for kicker magnet in place and project underway
Funding to build replacement target for Lujan Center in place
To be installed at next outage
We are succeeding at the activities needed to operate the LANSCE user facilities safely and reliably