UKRI- STFC, CERN and the Wigner Institute are holding an industry-academic workshop on the following topics Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Inspectability (RAMI). This is in the frame of the Horizon 2020 Accelerator Research and Innovation for European Science and Society (ARIES) project, from work package 14: Promoting Innovation.

In the past years ARIES has organised topical discussions on Reliability of particle accelerators. At this workshop we are extending the discussions to the full RAMI elements including Availability, Maintainability and Inspectability of particle accelerators and also embracing fusion nuclear plants and Accelerator Driven Systems. The workshop will bring together participants from the international and national science facilities, academics and industry to share their specific examples of good practise, future and current challenges and recent developments. Speakers will offer insight into one or more of the areas within RAMI and a panel discussion will round off the day to allow for debate on the topics covered. More details of the talks at the event can be found on the timetable.

Participation is free and registration is required, you are kindly invited to register.

Running Order - Time Zone: BST

Marcello Losasso– CERN – Introduction 9:00-9:10

Peter McIntosh – STFC - Introduction to STFC Daresbury Laboratory 9:10-9:35

Roger Webb - University of Surrey – Experience of the Ion Beam Centre at the University of Surrey for RAMI: Application of a Quality Assurance programme 9:35-10:00

15 Minute Break

Stefano La Rovere - NIER Ingegneria SpA - Allocation and verification of availability requirements for diagnostic functions of Nuclear Fusion machines: a relevant experience for accelerator technology 10:15-10:40

Alex Jenkins – Sellafield - Access Challenges in the Nuclear Sector for Inspection and NDE 10:40-11:05

Ed Snyder - Varian Medical Systems - Linear Accelerators in Radiation Treatment Devices for Cancer Therapy 11:05-11:30

15 Minute Break

Martin Townsend – UKAEA – Examples of RAMI in Fusion 11:45-12:10

All Panel Q&A 12:10-12:25

Wrap Up 12:25-12:30

More information on the ARIES programme can be found on the ARIES website.

Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Inspectability (RAMI) workshop