Minutes of the 13 Aug 2010 Tevatron Dept Meeting

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* Shutdown Progress (Jim Volk) - Most of the Tevatron shutdown work is
complete, although D4 was warmed up to repair a recently developed leak or
two.   The rest of the Tevatron is already cold or nearly so. All magnets with
rolls > 1 mrad were unrolled, plus a number with rolls between 0.5-1.0 mrad 
(total ~80).  The rest of the Tevatron is already cold or nearly so.  Other
notable work includes: plenty of maintenance, replacing stands on the D23 and
E27 quads (and alignment), leveling spool package at A46 and A47, as-founds
of the B0, D0, F0 sections (no changes made), install new crystals in 
vertical crystal collimator goniometer, repair 2 flying wire units, replace
electron gun in TEL-2.

* Startup Thoughts (Dean Still) - A low-pot of the ring showed nothing
unexpected.  Assuming D4 repairs and cool-down proceed smoothly, we are
planning for start-up with beam on Thursday.  Separator conditioning will
occur during nights when no one is working in the tunnel.  Several shifts
will be needed for the usual start-up tasks: orbit smoothing (many magnets
unrolled), corrections to feeddown circuits on ramp and squeeze, recommission
abort kickers, electron lens, dampers, PBJ, collimators, instrumentation.

* Plans for Next Week

   - Get the machine back up and ready for delivering luminosity!