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Mar. 8th, 2005 09:40 amNot only my picture, but also my byline, made it into today's issue of Fermilab Today.
If you've wondered what I've been up to (down to?) lately, part of it is getting NUMI ready to run safely, so that the Speaker of the House could press a magic button, sending neutrinos to Minnesota.
The tunnel containing the NUMI charged-particle beam itself is, of course, sealed before the beam operates. But there are other underground chambers nearby where people may need to work on support equipment.
As Radiation Safety people, our job was to go in and measure the doses, and confirm that they were within the design limits, before anyone else was allowed to work in there. While we were working in the tunnels, Gary realized that we were the first ones to be present in the MINOS detector hall with neutrino beam actually operating. (I think I felt a tingling sensation.) So I snapped a picture, wrote it up, and sent it to the newsletter folks.
If you've wondered what I've been up to (down to?) lately, part of it is getting NUMI ready to run safely, so that the Speaker of the House could press a magic button, sending neutrinos to Minnesota.
The tunnel containing the NUMI charged-particle beam itself is, of course, sealed before the beam operates. But there are other underground chambers nearby where people may need to work on support equipment.
As Radiation Safety people, our job was to go in and measure the doses, and confirm that they were within the design limits, before anyone else was allowed to work in there. While we were working in the tunnels, Gary realized that we were the first ones to be present in the MINOS detector hall with neutrino beam actually operating. (I think I felt a tingling sensation.) So I snapped a picture, wrote it up, and sent it to the newsletter folks.
