On April 5, CAMD went into an unanticipated shutdown when a welding seal failed and we vented the ring. After an emergency on the spot welding job we were up and supplying light to our user community within one week. The affected chamber houses our only zero degree port which is used on our wiggler beamline.
Currently, CAMD has some ambitious plans; three UV beamlines are being converted to white light beamlines. This of course, involves radiation safety in the design, implementation and commissioning of hutches and other interlocked hardware. CAMD has received funding for an IR beamline, while Oxford Instruments (UK) is building our new X-ray crystallography beamline that will we housed on the wiggler. The NIM (normal incidence monochromator beamline) supplied by McPherson, is well on the way. The first of three mirror chambers has been installed. This complex beamline has an elevated end-station with line-of-sight into the ring. Further, it is adjacent to the Wiggler beamline. The CAMD ring operates at 1.5 GeV and is optimized for 2-4 keV X-rays. The 7.5 T wiggler can supply X-rays up to 60 keV. Should anyone wish to share the benefit of his or her experience in shielding such a design, please feel free to contact me. CAMD is scheduled for a radiation safety audit at the end of summer. Should you wish to participate, please contact me.