1. NSTX NSTX Team Meeting Jan. 3, 2013 NSTX Team Meeting Jan. 3, 2013 Culham Sci Ctr U St. Andrews York U Chubu U Fukui U Hiroshima U Hyogo U Kyoto U Kyushu U Kyushu Tokai U NIFS Niigata U U Tokyo JAEA Hebrew U Ioffe Inst RRC Kurchatov Inst TRINITI NFRI KAIST POSTECH Seoul National U ASIPP ENEA, Frascati CEA, Cadarache IPP, Jülich IPP, Garching ASCR, Czech Rep Columbia U CompX General Atomics FIU INL Johns Hopkins U LANL LLNL Lodestar MIT Nova Photonics New York U ORNL PPPL Princeton U Purdue U SNL Think Tank, Inc. UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD U Colorado U Illinois U Maryland U Rochester U Washington U Wisconsin NSTX-U Supported by

2. NSTX NSTX Team Meeting Jan. 3, 2013 2 Time: 1:00 ~ 2:30, Jan. 3, 2013 Place: LSB 318, PPPL General Items (20 minutes) Program Item (20 minutes) Upgrade Project (25 minutes) Facility / Operations (25 minutes) NSTX Team Meeting Agenda

3. NSTX NSTX Team Meeting Jan. 3, 2013 3 ES&H Issues (J. Levine) Follow-up Safety Culture Survey Winter is here. - Drive carefully. - Be extra careful with slippage. Walk slowly. Wear proper footwear, e.g. boots - Exercise when you can. - Please be careful with your back while shoveling the snow! - Joanne is preparing the emergency (snow) tree. Please send in any changes. Lithium Powder Cleanup Incident Safely, Safely, Safely

4. NSTX NSTX Team Meeting Jan. 3, 2013 NSTX Lithium Dropper Incident on August 14, 2012 Vacuum cleaner used to collect the unused lithium power overheated 4 Incident Description NSTX lithium dropper was being cleaned using the all metal vacuum cleaner with fiberglass filter following previously used procedure by NSTX personnel with proper protective equipment. Two industrial hygiene personnel were present with dust mask at proper distance. As the vacuum clean up was finished, a plume of smoke emanated from the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner was then turned off and the room evacuated. The main difference was that the amount of lithium to be vacuumed was approximately twice as much as in previous cleanups. The incident was investigated and a report was issued. Findings of Root Causes: Proper planning would have identified the most appropriate method of lithium passivation and removal, the correct equipment to be used, and the most effective procedure for implementing the plan. R&D into the behavior of stabilized lithium powder under various conditions has been lacking. Lithium Experts Committee formed with two NSTX members for laboratory wide lithium activities. R&D on in-situ lithium dropper with liquid lithium being performed. Improved lithium powder cleaning procedure will be developed as needed.