# Presentation: 401149

## ALS User Affairs

- Janos Kirz
- Scientific Advisor
- Jim Floyd
- ES&H Manager

## ALS Mission Statement

- Support users doing outstanding science in a safe environment

## Topics

- Radiation Safety status
- Health & Safety initiatives
- Conclusions

## RSC Corrective Action Recap

- Jan. ‘06 Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) Investigation resulted in 34 formal Corrective Actions (CA)
- Level I CAs required implementation before RWP restrictions lifted
- Level II CAs required an implementation *plan*
- These were done in Sep. ’06 and the Radiological Work Authorization (RWA) was then renewed
- This fulfilled the Price Anderson non-compliance requirements
- Have been working on the Level II CAs since
- 33/34 completed.  Developing documentation to formally close out
- Continue to work with Lab on last item – work planning

## ISM Plan

- “The ALS Division must enforce a line-management based structure....in accordance with Integrated Safety Management.”
- Corrective Action:
- Developed a staffing and re-organization plan for the division.

## Safety Organization at ALS

**Notes:**
Beamline Coordination split into Floor Operations and Exp. Coordination
Users ‘report’ to beamline scientists
Brought in Division Deputy for Engineering

## Beamline Scientist ‘Host’ Role

- “The ALS needs to determine how to ensure that at any given time the responsibility for each beamline and its users is properly assigned, with clear responsibilities and accountabilities defined.”
- Corrective Action:
- Modified a number of policy documents (PUB-3000, ALS ISM Plan and ESS Procedure) to create a clear relationship between experimenters and Beamline Scientists

## Beamline Roles and Responsibilities

| BEAMLINE SCIENTISTIS |
| --- |
| Ultimate responsibility for safety at the beamline.
Assure that: |
| Users submit proper information and that work has been reviewed.
Users are qualified to perform work.
Proper support and oversight is provided. |
| EXPERIMENTERS-IN-CHARGE |
| Responsibility for safety of the experiment.
Assure that: |
| Information submitted about the work and hazards is accurate.
All Users on the team understand and follow the requirements.
Be present or designate an alternate to respond to safety issues. |
| USERS |
| Personal responsibility for safe conduct of work on an experiment. |

## Implementation

## Other Radiation Safety Initiatives

- Hutch Interlocks
- Revision to operation, based on feedback from users
- Shielding Policy
- Clarifying definition (procedure to determine the shielding end point)
- Clarifying responsibilities (Floor Operators)
- X-Ray Microscopes
- Procedure to handle these special cases (OP 08-09)
- Top-Off
- Safety Assessment Document (SAD) updated
- Working with LBL/DOE to insure effective review

## ALS Health & Safety Initiatives

- Lead Safety
- Cranes/hoists
- Fall Protection
- Experiment Safety Sheets
- User Chemistry Lab
- Waste Mgt.
- ALS Safety web site
- Ergonomics
- Supervisor Safety Walkarounds
- Laser Safety
- Hazard Gases
- Corrective Action Tracking (CATS)
- Oxygen Deficiency

## Conclusions

- 10 CFR 851 - Worker Health and Safety Rule
- Experiment Safety Sheet process
- Goals
- Maintain cooperation
- Discipline for consistent and reliable implementation
- Individual and collective accountability
- Continue working towards clarity of requirements
- Summary
- Much has been accomplished; much remains to be done

## Supporting users

- Historic transition from PRT’s to General Users
- PSP and SAC decisions to maximize time available for GU research
- PSP recommended changes to proposal format:
- All proposals (GU and AP) go out for peer review prior to PSP consideration
- You may recommend reviewers, and list individuals who should not be reviewers

## User Services Group Leader

- Welcome - Susan Bailey

## What the ALS needs from you

- Report your ALS based pubs, talks, awards!
- 3year BES review coming up Feb ’08; important metric on productivity

## Pubs, etc.

- Contact info: ALSPubs@lbl.gov
- _Please try not to submit duplicates_
- Check for duplicates at _[http://alsusweb.lbl.gov/4DCGI/WEB_GetForm/PublicationSearch.shtml/Initialize](http://alsusweb.lbl.gov/4DCGI/WEB_GetForm/PublicationSearch.shtml/Initialize)_
- We need the beamline where the work was done
- _We need: Journals, Conferences, Theses, Book Chapters, Invited Talks, Awards_
- In print only, nothing in press
**We'll take the pubs any way we can get them**
- We'll send you email with this information shortly.

## Spring 2008 schedule

- Timing of shutdown depends on ’08 budget. (Start of USB construction)
- Jan – March scheduled now, Apr – June to be scheduled aropund Thanksgiving

## Final remarks

- Next year’s Users Meeting: Oct 13-15
- We are here to support you doing outstanding science in a safe environment.
- If you can see ways we can improve, please let us know!
- If you benefit from facilities supported by the Office of Science, let your elected representatives know
- Another year-long Continuing Resolution would be terrible!