Vol. 55 - No. 42 December 14, 2001

BNL Welding Technique WinsDOE Grant for Acceleron

A new welding technique developed by AdyHershcovitch, a physicist in the Collider-

Accelerator Department, is one of 13 energy-saving projects nationwide to win a grant fromDOE’s National Industrial Competitivenessthrough Energy, Environment and Economicsprogram, known as NICE3.

NICE3 grants help U.S. companies overcomeregulatory, economic, and other barriers todemonstrate and commercialize innovative,energy-saving technologies.

Ady Hershcovitch (left), Collider-Accelerator Department, and MichaelGreene, Office of Intellectual Property & Industrial Partnerships, are infront of a plasma window mounted on the U15 beam line at the NationalSynchrotron Light Source (NSLS). Invented by Hershcovitch, the windowhas been used to transmit x-rays and ultraviolet radiation from the NSLSbeam line under vacuum to atmospheric pressure for experiments.�Theplasma window is expected to facilitate non-vacuum electron-beam weld-ing in many commercial applications.

Garman Harbottle,a retired senior

chemist in the ChemistryDepartment, has beennamed the 2002 recipi-ent of the ArchaeologicalInstitute of America’sPomerance Award for Sci-entific Contributions toArchaeology. Harbottlewill receive the Pome-rance medal, which isone of the two highesthonors the Institute con-fers, at the Institute’s an-nual meeting in Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania, onJanuary 4.

Harbottle’s interna-tional reputation as anexpert in dating and au-thenticating historicallyimportant art and arti-facts was built during hislong career at BNL, withmuch of his work sup-ported by DOE.

“It’s exciting to be ableto follow my interests in

Harbottle Awarded 2002 Pomerance MedalFor Scientific Contributions to Archaeology

nuclear chemistry and in archae-ology and art history, and it’sparticularly rewarding to solvearcheological puzzles using sci-entific methods,” said Harbottle.“Brookhaven has been a won-derful place to pursue interdis-ciplinary research.”

Harbottle has dated histori-cally significant items using acarbon-dating method that was

largely made possible by a revo-lutionary small-scale gas counterdeveloped in the late 1970s byHarbottle and two now-retiredBNL scientists: Edward Sayre, a1999 Pomerance Award recipi-ent, and Raymond Stoenner.

For example, Harbottle hasdated a lump of 12th centurynonindigenous raw iron foundin 1860 in the Canadian Arctic.

In addition, his researchtraced out pre-Colum-bian turquoise traderoutes that brought theraw material for Meso-american religious jew-elry from mines in theAmerican Southwest tothe markets in centralMexico.

Harbottle has alsoidentified the geographi-cal origins of celebratedlimestone sculptures cre-ated in France during theninth through fifteenthcenturies. This Brook-haven Limestone Data-base Project is now affili-ated with more than 33museums in the U.S.,France, and Great Britain.

In the late 1990s,Harbottle was a memberof the Jiahu researchteam in China which un-covered six completecrane-bone flutes of be-tween 7,000 and 9,000

years old with 30 other flutes atthe early Neolithic site of Jiahu,in Henan, China. Several flutesare playable and appear be theearliest instruments to be acous-tically analyzed.

After earning a Ph.D. fromColumbia University in 1949,Harbottle joined BNL’s Chemis-try Department in the same year.

In the magnet assembly area of Bldg. 902, many of the team members of the Spallation Neutron Source Projectare gathered with Interim Laboratory Director Peter Paul (front, third from right), and (to his right) Mike Butler,U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven Area Office; and Senior Team Leader Bill Weng (front, right), Collider-Accelerator Department. In the background are some of the 32 dipole magnets that will be measured and as-sembled into half-cell assemblies for the accumulator ring.

For its work on the National SpallationSource (SNS) during this fiscal year, BNL is

receiving $30 million of $291 million appro-priated for the SNS by Congress in November.

When completed in June 2006, the SNS willenable scientists to study materials at the atomiclevel and design stronger, lighter and cheapermaterials by using particles called neutrons.

BNL Receives $30m of $291m Congressional AppropriationFor National Neutron Spallation Source Project at ORNL

As one of six DOE national labsin the SNS collaboration, BNL hasbeen doing research and develop-ment on this accelerator-basedneutron source since its inceptionin 1995. The different parts of theSNS must be in place by 2004, andBNL is on schedule.

“The research and developmenton the accumulator ring, which isBNL’s responsibility, is now 100percent complete,” says Bill Wengof the Collider-Accelerator (C-A)Department and senior teamleader of BNL’s SNS efforts. “Wehave also completed 65 percent ofthe final design of the ring andhave placed 35 percent of the in-dustrial procurements.”

The SNS, which will be locatedat Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL), will use a technique calledneutron scattering to help under-stand how atoms vibrate, moleculesinteract with each other, and howproteins fold and unfold, thuspaving the way to the develop-ment of diverse new applications.

“Research using neutron scat-tering has already led to significant

improvements of productsused in our everyday lives,”says Weng. “The SNS will helpscientists devise ways to im-prove materials that are usedin high-temperature super-conductors, powerful light-weight magnets, aluminumbridge decks, better lubricantsand stronger, lighter plasticproducts.”

The collaboration amongDOE laboratories – Argonne,Brookhaven, Lawrence Berke-ley, Los Alamos, Oak Ridgeand Thomas Jefferson – begansix years ago, after Congresscancelled the Advanced Neu-tron Source, a reactor whichwas to be built at ORNL. In itsplace, DOE suggested a spal-lation neutron source for lessthan a billion dollars, and, inOctober 1998, approved theSNS project.

“Working in a multi-labpartnership has the advantagethat each lab’s unique exper-tise is tapped, resulting in a su-perior design and a project

that will be completed more ef-ficiently and quickly,” Wengcomments.

The SNS will produce neutronbeams by bombarding a mercurytarget with energetic protonsfrom an accelerator. Just as ballsare ejected from a bucket whena baseball is thrown into thebucket, neutrons are knocked outof the nucleus, or “spalled,” in anuclear reaction called spallation.

BNL’s Accumulator Ring

The SNS consists of an ionsource, a linear accelerator, anaccumulator ring, and a target

surrounded by the necessary in-strumentation.

The source produces negativehydrogen ions — hydrogen at-oms with an additional electronattached — which are formedinto a pulsed beam and acceler-ated to an energy of 2.5 millionelectron volts (MeV).

The beam is then delivered tothe 330-meter-long linear accel-erator, or linac, which acceler-ates the protons into the accu-mulator ring.

BNL is responsible for design-ing, manufacturing, and testingthe accumulator ring. Ten years

ago, under Weng’s leadership,the Lab gained the necessary ex-pertise by building the Booster forthe Alternating Gradient Syn-chrotron (AGS). The AGS Boosteris very similar to the SNS accu-mulator ring, in that it acceler-ates high-intensity protons andheavy ions to high energy.

“Whereas the AGS achieved60 trillion particles per pulse, theSNS will have to achieve 200 tril-lion particles in a single pulse —a factor of three improvement ofthe world intensity recordachieved by the AGS in 1995,”

Garman Harbottle is seen with the photo of six com-plete crane-bone flutes of between 7,000 and 9,000years old, which were discovered at the earlyNeolithic site at Jiahu, in Henan province, China.

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On Wednesday, October 17,35 exercisers worked out inthe Jazzercise class.

On Monday, October 15, 375 BNLers completed the two-mile fitness walk.

Healthfest 2001 — A Week Of Health, Fitness & Safety

Healthfest 2001 — BNL’s an-nual celebration of per-

sonal health, fitness, and safety —again drew a healthy crowd of em-ployees, facility-users, and retireesto all of its offerings, inside and out.

This year, while 660 peopleregistered, 677 showed up for atleast one Healthfest event. Help-ing to run these events, some85-plus BNLers volunteered forHealthfest. And, a record 60tables of exhibitors offered dis-plays, demonstrations, andscreenings during the two-dayHealth, Fitness & Safety Fair.

As a result of the involve-ment of 56 percent of its staff,the Business Systems Divisionearned the second annualHealthfest Participation Award.

Stretching from October 15to 19, Healthfest began thatMonday with 375 completingthe two-mile fitness walk.

Healthfest 2001 — A Week Of Health, Fitness & Safety

On Tuesday, 103 runnerscompeted over a five kilometercourse during the fitness run,which was won by TerrySullivan in 17:15 (see results,below). Again this year, the fast-est woman was Sharon Zuhoski,with a time of 21:23. The stretchclinics held before both eventsdrew 70 participants total.

Then, on Wednesday andThursday, some 600-plus BNL-ers attended the Healthfest fair,sampling the information andactivities in Berkner Hall offeredby some 35 outside organiza-tions and ten Lab departments,divisions, and offices.

During the fair, 231 peopletook part in the water-tastingand water-testing events (seeresults in a future edition of theBulletin), 200-plus had theirblood pressure taken, 100 expe-rienced a massage and/or the

Reiki workshop, 50 had theirbody composition analyzed, 40attended the podiatry screen-ing, and 12 attended the stress-management workshop.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday,54 exercisers did a Jazzerciseworkout, and 40 golfers at-tended a clinic with a profes-sional. On Thursday, 32 tennisplayers worked on their serveand other skills during a clinic,and 22 fought their way to fit-ness through cardio-kickboxing.

Finally, on Friday, some 200pedaled their mountain bikesfive to eight miles along theLab’s firebreaks.

Some 1,025 T-shirts were dis-tributed to Healthfest partici-pants, exhibitors, and volun-teers, and over 80 raffle prizeswere given away.

According to the more than160 evaluations that have so farbeen received by Healthfest or-ganizer and Health PromotionCoordinator Mary Wood, Occu-pational Medicine Clinic, theweek was once again worth-while. Not only were many in-spired to renew and improvetheir health, fitness, and safetyprograms, but also many feltthat Healthfest was good formorale following the nationaltragedies of September 11th.

“The best part of Healthfestwas [that it brought] everyonetogether,” noted one evaluator.

Over the years, “Healthfest hassucceeded in bringing the Labcommunity together, to focus onindividual physical and mentalhealth, fitness, and safety,” con-curs Wood. As a result of their

participation, many have goneback to exercising, improvedtheir diet, lost weight, etc.

In fact, comments Wood,“This year, over 100 participantsreported via our follow-up sur-vey that they have made andmaintained positive life-stylechanges as a result of their in-volvement in Healthfest.”

Again using feedback from thepost-Healthfest survey, saysWood, “We are considering hold-ing other Healthfest-like outdoorevents, in addition to the walk,in the spring, as well as thinkingof ways to make next fall’s tenthannual Healthfest even better.”

For their involvement inHealthfest 2001, Wood thanksHealthfest co-chair RichardMachnowski, the Healthfest2001 organizing committee,and the 85-plus volunteers. “Ittook a dedicated team to makeour ninth annual Healthfestsuccessful,” concludes Wood.

In addition to Wood andMachnowski, the Healthfest 2001organizing committee included:Marsha Belford, Patti Bender,Nicole Bernholc, Sharol Busby,Joe Carbonaro, Sheryl Carey, M.Kay Dellimore, Jack Ellerkamp,Denise Di Meglio, Y. Renée Flack,Pat Flood, Diane Greenberg, AugieHoffmann, Claudia Hatton, PeterPohlot, Chris Ronick, Jack Russell,Laura Miller, Kathy Walker, Jeff Wil-liams, and Kevin Wolniewicz.

Overseeing the organizers isthe Healthfest executive com-mittee, which includes: TomSheridan, Bill Hempfling, BrianSack, and Greg Ogeka.

— Marsha Belford

2001 Healthfest 5-Kilometer Fitness Run ResultsTerry Sullivan 17:15Trevor Sears 18:14Donald MacKay 18:17Bob Kujawski 18:29Paul Geiger 18:43Mike Mapes 19:09Dave Phillips 19:34Wolfgang Caliebe 20:22Tim Morrin 20:25Joe Nasta 20:43Vik Usack 20:44Mel Cowgill 20:57John Escallier 21:22Sharon Zuhoski 21:23David Graham 21:26Roger Davis 21:34Michael DePhillips 21:39Chris Homes 21:45Mike Brennan 21:49James Alessi 21:53Tim Powers 21:59John Bohenek 22:12Vincent Racaniello 22:16Dan Weiss 22:25Weimin Zhou 22:33Sven Heinemeyer 22:35

Sasa Prolousek Komel 22:38Ron Gill 22:39Karen Johnson 22:50Seth Nemesure 22:51Rick Wilke 23:00Garry Hubbard 23:04John Andrews 23:11Jan Hock 23:24Steven Bellavia 23:30Neville Williams 23:33Robert Lake 23:37.4Alice Cialella 23:37.9Nick Tsoupas 23:38David Morrison 23:46Peter Kohut 23:53Ed Gallagher 23:58Neil Wade 24:16Paul O�Connor 24:20Joe Tuozzolo 24:29Charles de la Parra 24:38Barry Cornell 24:44Werner Vogelsang 24:51Brian Boyle 25:07John Ostaszewski 25:11Robert Todd 25:17Jim Marron 25:22

Wayne Rambo 25:27Richard Wagener 25:39Stu Carroll 25:51Patrice Pages 25:54W. Scott Bradley 25:55Daniele Davino 25:58Kevin Fox 26:04Ray Duffield 26:07Sharon Wang 26:16Sheryl Carey 26:23Ben Ocko 26:24Michael Villaran 26:56Tom Clifford 26:57John Toner 27:14Naidja Abdullah 27:15Dardo Tomasi 27:16Yuke Tian 27:20Doug Zigrosser 27:24Leif Ahrens 27:34Karen Christie 27:41.3Ken Perkins 27:41.9Richard Wall 27:42David Winchell 27:44Ken Mohring 27:53Wailin Litzke 27:59Wendy Spaeth 28:00

Swapna Mukherji 28:06Mow Lin 28:08Ted D�Ottavio 28:14Stephen Shapiro 28:17Rita Goldstein 28:25Robert McGraw 28:26Frank Marotta 28:28Michael Gaffney 28:29Alireza Javidfar 28:31Tammy Heinz 28:41Henry Hauptman 28:57Paul Lang 28:58Juanita McKinney 29:18Kathleen Tuohy 29:35Heather Hartmann 29:42unregistered runner 29:55Hironori Horie 30:01James Hainfeld 30:08Alejandro Sonzogni 30:23Peggy Micca 34:24Jack Russell 35:14Helen Savage 35:15David Alburger 35:52Beth Lin 36:54

On Wednesday, October 17,35 exercisers worked out inthe Jazzercise class.

� EACH WEEK �Mondays: Arts & Crafts1 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Hospitality event. $1 perclass. “Basic Photography” participantsshould bring their camera and a few photo-graphs that they have taken. Marcia Leite,Ext. 1040, mhsleite@hotmail.com.

Mondays: BNL Gospel Choir5:15-7 p.m. Rehearsals in Berkner auditorium.Seeking new members, all faiths. FrancesLigon, ligon@bnl.gov, Ext. 3700; SydellLamb, lamb@bnl.gov, Ext. 3389;www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/choir/.

Tuesdays: Welcome Coffee10-11:30 a.m. Rec. Bldg. Hospitalityevent. Come and meet friends. Hospital-ity Chair Mimi Luccio, 821-1435.

Tuesdays: ToastmastersMeetings are 1st and 3rd Tuesday ofeach month, 5:30 p.m.; 4th Tuesday at12:05 p.m. in Bldg. 463. Guests, visitorsalways welcome. www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/toastmstrs/default.htm.

Wednesdays: Cooking Exchange10 a.m., Rec. Bldg., Hospitality event. Ev-ery third Wednesday. $1 per evening cov-ers the cost of ingredients. Marcia Leite,Ext. 1040, mhsleite@hotmail.com.

Wednesdays: Weight Watchersnoon-1 p.m., Brookhaven Center SouthRoom. Mary Wood, Ext. 5923.

Wednesdays: Yoga Practicenoon-1 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Free. IlaCampbell, Ext. 2206.

Wednesdays: Stretch 5:15-6:15 p.m., $4 per class. Rec. Bldg.Pat Flood, Ext 7886.

Wednesdays: BNL Ballroom,Latin & Swing Dance Club6-9 p.m. N. Ballroom, Brookhaven Cen-ter. Marsha Belford, belford@bnl.gov.

Thursdays: Falun Dafa Classnoon-1 p.m., Free. Rec. Bldg. Falun Dafarefines the body and mind through exer-cises, meditation. www.falundafa.org.

Mondays, Thursdays: Carollersnoon-1 p.m., Berkner Hall Auditorium.Reading music not required. All voiceswanted, Liz Seubert, Ext. 2346.

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Aerobics5:15-6:30 p.m., $4 per class. Rec. Bldg.Pat Flood, Ext 7886.

Tues. & Thurs.: Aqua Aerobics5:15 p.m. $2 pool fee per class or poolpass. Mary Wood, Ext 5923.

Mon. Tues. & Thurs.:Cardio Kickboxing$5 per class. Mon. & Thurs. noon-1 p.m. inthe gym; Tues., 5:15-6:15 p.m. in the gym;Thurs., 5:15-6:15 p.m. in Brookhaven Ctr.Registration is required. Mary Wood, Ext.5923, or wood2@bnl.gov.

Mon., Tue. & Fri.: Tai Chi12:15 - 12:45 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Scott Bra-dley, Ext. 5745, bradley@bnl.gov.

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Friday, 12/14*GLOBE MeetingThe Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Em-ployee Club (GLOBE) will meet to cel-ebrate its 2nd anniversary. Agenda in-cludes discussion on the club’s achieve-ments, future activities. See page 3 andwww.bnl.gov/bera/activities/globe.For information and the meeting’s timeand location, contact Debbie Bauer,Ext. 5664, or Mike Loftus, Ext. 2960.

BERA Holiday Party Today5:30-11:30 p.m., Brookhaven Ctr. Notickets will be sold at the door.

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Calendarof Laboratory Events

• The BERA Sales Office is located inBerkner Hall and is open weekdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For moreinformation on BERA events, contactAndrea Dehler, Ext. 3347; or M. KayDellimore, Ext. 2873.

• Additional information for HospitalityCommittee events can be found at theLollipop House and the laundry in theapartment area.

• The Recreation Building (Rec. Bldg.)is located in the apartment area.

• Contact names are provided for mostevents for more information.

• Calendar events flagged with anasterisk (*) have an accompanyingstory in this week’s Bulletin.

The Bulletin December 14, 2001

This half-cell assembly isone of 32 completed byBNL teams for theSpallation NeutronSource accumulator ring.Consisting of a beam-position monitor and onedipole, one quadrupole,one sextupole, and onecorrection magnet, eachhalf-cell keeps the beamon course and tightlyfocused.

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Arrivals & DeparturesArrivals

David Du Mont ..................... C-ABryan Hammer ...................... PESongling Li .................... Medical

DeparturesArthur Harris ............ ESH&Q/QAWillem Van Asselt ................. C-A

“We’re doing well ,” said LizMogavero, Physics Department, who,

each year, handles the accounting forthe Lab’s United Way fund drive.

Mogavero had just added BNLers’ latestpledges to the fund total, which, on Wednes-

day, December 11, stood at $83,155. “About 12percent of the Lab population has made contribu-

tions so far,” she said. “I’m sure that, as usual, more people willsend in pledges over the next few days.”

For more information on how to contribute to BNL’s United Wayfund drive, go to www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/unitedway.html, or contact:your department or division’s United Way captain, or SusanMonteleone, chair of this year’s campaign, Ext. 7235, or her co-chair, Beth Blevins, blevins1@bnl.gov or Ext. 5630.

United Way Update: $83,153 So Far

Precertify Hospital StaysAll participants in the CIGNA PPO medical plan are reminded

to obtain hospital precertification from CIGNA. Precertificationis mandatory for a one-or-more-night’s stay in the hospital, butnot for ambulatory surgery procedures for which patients areadmitted to and released from the hospital the same day. If youare retired and covered by Medicare, you do not have to precertify.

If an employee, retiree, or family member fails to notifyCIGNA regarding precertification or emergency hospital admis-sion, medical insurance benefits will be reduced to cover 50 per-cent of the amounts otherwise payable, with a maximum penaltyof $500.

Expectant mothers must call CIGNA before the end of theirfirst trimester to precertify their maternity-hospital admission.They or a family member must also call within 24 hours follow-ing admission into the hospital for the delivery.

For hospital preadmission certification, call CIGNA at (800)982-8958 before admission to the hospital or within 48 hoursof an emergency admission. This phone number is on the backof the CIGNA identification card. Employees and retirees shouldadvise their families of the precertification requirement, so, incase of an emergency, they can make the required telephonecall to CIGNA.

Sunday, 12/16Hospitality Christmas Dinner Party5:30 p.m., Recreation Bldg. Santa willarrive at 6 p.m. Lab employees, guests,visitors, and their families are welcome.Bring a dish to share. Meats and softdrinks will be provided. ShashiSomani, Ext. 1064.

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Monday, 12/17IBEW Meeting6 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, Rail-road Ave., Patchogue. A meeting forshift workers will be held at 3 p.m. inthe union office. The agenda includesregular business, committee reports,and the president’s report.

Tuesday, 12/18Fremont Industrial Corp. Demo11 a.m.-2 p.m., Berkner Hall. Environ-mental and occupational safety prod-ucts and equipment will be presented,including eye, ear, and face protection;fall protection; ladders and scaffoldingsystems; and environmental spill pro-tection. 516-333-7575.

Wednesday, 12/19Carols in the Cafeteria At noon, in the cafeteria, to accom-pany the special holiday lunch menu,the BNL Carollers will sing.

Science Discussion Group12:30-1:30 p.m., Berkner Hall,Room D. People who enjoy talkingabout science are invited to join thediscussion group exploring currentscientific events and issues. Patrice,Ext. 3270, pages@bnl.gov.

Thursday, 12/20Brookhaven Advocacy CouncilOpen session: 12:30-1:00 p.m., BerknerHall, Room C. See www.bnl.gov/bac.Nancy Warren, Ext. 4200.

BNL Amateur Radio Club5:30 p.m., Recreation Bldg. Agenda in-cludes election of officers and the holi-day party. All are welcome. ChrisNeuberger, Ext. 6062.

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Wednesday, 12/26Divorced & SeparatedSupport Groupnoon-1 p.m., Berkner Hall, Room D.Mary Campbell, Ext. 4776, maryc@bnl.gov.

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Saturday, 1/12Defensive Driving Class9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $23 per person.Berkner Hall, Room B. The six-hourclass is open to all BNL, BSA, and DOEemployees, BNL facility-users, andtheir families. To register, send a checkmade out to Empire Safety Council, incare of Scott Zambelli, P.O. Box 670,Mount Sinai, NY 11766. Include yourtelephone number on your check. Be-cause of extra security measures, onlythose whose checks have been receivedby January 4 will be admitted on siteto attend the class. Note: checks will benonrefundable.

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Thursday, 1/17Brookhaven Advocacy CouncilOpen session: 12:30-1:00 p.m., BerknerHall, Room C. See www.bnl.gov/bac.Nancy Warren, Ext. 4200.

Note: This calendar is updatedcontinuously and will appear in theBulletin whenever space permits.Submissions must be received by thepreceding Friday at noon to appear in thefollowing week’s Bulletin. Please enter theinformation for each event in the orderlisted above (date, event name,description, and cost) and send it tobulletin@bnl.gov. Write “BulletinCalendar” in the subject line.

Administered by the Con-necticut Department of Envi-ronmental Protection, the$525,000 DOE grant will helpAcceleron Electron Beam, LLC,an electron-beam and laser-production company in EastGranby, Connecticut, to workwith BNL on further develop-ment and commercialization ofthe new welding technology.

Acceleron holds an exclusivelicense to the welding technol-ogy patented by BNL. For addi-tional funding, the ConnecticutLight & Power Company hasadded $250,000 to the project,and Acceleron is contributingmore than $519,000.

Electron-beam welding hasmany advantages over otherwelding techniques, includingthe ability to make welds thatare deeper and narrower thanconventional welds. Therefore,it has commercial applicationsin many industries, from au-tomotive to medical and more.

Present-day electron-beamwelding is performed in avacuum chamber, limiting thesize of the work piece that canbe welded. Maintaining thevacuum requires pumps thatuse a lot of electricity and spe-cial, expensive lubricants thatmust be disposed of as waste.

Hershcovitch’s invention, athin foil of fluidic material called

Weng says. “It is feasible butvery challenging.”

Stripper Foil Integrity

At the entrance of the SNSaccumulator ring, the ions willbe sent through a device calleda stripper foil that removes theelectrons from the ions, leav-ing protons to circulate in thering. After accumulating 1,000times in the ring, the protonpulse is extremely short andsharp, lasting less than a mil-lionth of a second, and is readyto be sent to the target.

“Ensuring the integrity ofthe foil is one of the most deli-cate parts of our work on thering,” Weng says.

“Because the foil heats up,it can tear or break,” addsWeng. “First you need to knowhow many electrons have beenstripped out, then you calculatethe temperature.” Since the foildisintegrates at 3,000 degreescelsius (C), the BNL team makessure that the temperature stayslower than 2,000 degrees C.

Ejected from the ring to col-lide with the target, the pro-tons produce neutrons. Then,slowed down by a moderator,the neutrons are guided intobeam lines — shielded vacuumtubes leading toward an experi-ment mounted at the end ofeach beam line. When the neu-trons arrive at the experiment,

they will collide with a samplesurrounded by a detector.

The detector will map the fi-nal positions of the scatteredneutrons as a diffraction pat-tern, which will be used to in-fer the structure of the sample.

Knowledge and Skill

In Buildings 817, 902, and911, about 100 BNLers in 12teams are working on variousparts of the SNS accumulatorring. Some of the key C-A per-sonnel involved in this effortare: Yong Yung Lee, deputy se-nior team leader; Jon Sand-berg, chief electrical engineer;Joseph Tuozzolo, chief me-chanical engineer; WilliamMcGahern, assistant for engi-neering; and Mike Nekulak, as-sistant for project control.

So far, more than 20 indus-trial firms are manufacturingvarious components and sys-tems for the accumulator ring.Also, with expert help fromBNL’s Central Shops Division,specialized devices such asbeam position monitors, a foilsupport module, and beamscrapers for the ring have beenbuilt at BNL.

“We are taking advantage ofknowledge and skill accumu-lated at BNL over the past 20or 30 years,” says Weng. “Tome, this is very exciting.”

— Patrice Pages

Harbottle held two postdoc-toral fellowships at CambridgeUniversity: an Atomic EnergyCommission Postdoctoral Fel-lowship, 1951-52, and a Gug-genheim Fellowship, 1957-58.

At the American Univer-sity in Beirut, Lebanon, in1959, Harbottle taught radio-isotope procedures. Also, from1965 to 1967, he directed theDivision of Research and Labo-ratories at the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency inVienna, Austria.

Harbottle’s many awardsinclude: with Edward Sayre,the 1983 George Hevesy Medalfor outstanding accomplish-ment in radioanalytical chem-istry; the 1994 Society forAmerican Archaeology’s Fryx-ell Medal for interdisciplinaryresearch; and the 1995 Ameri-can Nuclear Society’s SeaborgMedal, which honors excel-lence in research that has beenespecially beneficial to the de-velopment of the peaceful usesof nuclear energy.

— Diane Greenberg

New, BNL-Invented Welding Technique (cont’d.)

Harbottle (cont’d.)

BNL Receives $30m for SNS Project (cont’d.)

This half-cell assembly isone of 32 completed byBNL teams for theSpallation NeutronSource accumulator ring.Consisting of a beam-position monitor and onedipole, one quadrupole,one sextupole, and onecorrection magnet, eachhalf-cell keeps the beamon course and tightlyfocused.

GLOBE Celebrates2-Year Anniversary

BNL’s Gay/Lesbian/BisexualEmployee Club, GLOBE, willmeet to celebrate its second an-niversary today, 12/14. Theagenda includes discussion ofthe club’s past achievementsand future activities, the orga-nization of the club, and BNL’sadoption of a non-discrimina-tion policy that includes sexu-al orientation. BNL’s commit-ment to implement domesticpartner benefits will also be re-viewed.

For more information, visitthe club’s web page at www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/globe. Forthe time and location of themeeting, call Debbie Bauer, Ext.5664, or Mike Loftus, Ext. 2960.

a plasma window, is expected tosurmount these obstacles byfacilitating non-vacuum elec-tron-beam welding.

“This grant provides the op-portunity to commercialize theplasma window that I startedto design a decade ago,” saidHershcovitch. “I am verypleased that Acceleron willwork on bringing it to the mar-ketplace. I expect that it willbe a commercially successful,energy-efficient device.”

Developing the originalidea of the plasma windowwas made possible by a tech-nology maturation grant fromDOE’s Energy Research Divi-sion & Laboratory TechnologyProgram.

Hershcovitch constructedthe plasma window to his de-sign over six years with the helpof students who were participat-ing in DOE’s national EnergyResearch Undergraduate Labo-ratory Fellowships (ERULF) pro-gram. The ERULF program,which evolved from BNL’s sum-mer student program started in1949, is organized on site byBNL’s Office of Educational Pro-grams. — Diane GreenbergFor more details on the plasmawindow and the new electron-beam welding technique, go to:www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2001/bnlpr121101b.htm.

Safety Glasses OfficeThe Office for Safety Glasses

will be closed on Wednesday,December 26.

Note that the form for SafetyGlasses and Safety Shoes hasbeen revised. Form BNL F2211Amust now be replaced with BNLF2211B-Rev 10/01, which canbe ordered through stock inBldg. 86.

No Bulletin: 12/28, 1/4Because of the upcoming holi-

days, no Bulletins will be printedon December 28 or January 4.

BERA Toy DriveDonate a new, unwrapped toy

to the BERA Toy Drive. Drop yourgift in the toy box at the BERA SalesOffice, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., throughThursday, December 20.

On the World Wide Web, the Bulletin islocated at www.pubaf.bnl.gov/bulletin.html.A Weekly Calendar listing scientific and tech-nical seminars and lectures is found atwww.pubaf.bnl.gov/calendar.html.

Bldg. 134, P.O. Box 5000Upton NY 11973-5000phone (631)344-2345, fax (631) 344-3368e-mail: bulletin@bnl.gov

B ulletinPublished weekly by the Media & Communi-cations Office for the employees, facility-users, and retirees of Brookhaven NationalLaboratory.

LIZ SEUBERT, editorJOHN GALVIN, reporterROGER STOUTENBURGH, photographert

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For the 19th consecutive year, Santa Claus (who, thisyear, doubles as Firefighter Al Licata) and his Elf (FirefighterFrank Palmeri Jr.) will be coming to Upton town � to wisheveryone happy holidaysand to distr ibute candycanes with good cheer,complements of the Fire/Rescue Group of the Emer-gency Services Division.

On Monday, December24, using Fire Engine #1 astheir sleigh, Santa and his elfwill make their rounds ofBNL�s offices, labs, andshops from 9 a.m. to noon. Tomake your reservation tohave Santa and his merrycrew visit your workplace ata specified time, call theNorth Pole, Ext. 2351.

Michael H

erbert CN

1-11-00

Here Comes Santa Claus!

ClassifiedAdvertisements

Placement NoticesThe Lab�s placement policy is to select

the best-qualified candidate for an availableposition. Candidates are considered in thefollowing order: (1) present employees withinthe department/division and/or appropriatebargaining unit, with preference for thosewithin the immediate work group; (2) presentemployees within the Laboratory; and (3)outside applicants. In keeping with the Affir-mative Action Plan, selections are made with-out regard to age, race, color, religion, na-tional origin, sex, disability or veteran status.Each week, the Human Resources Divisionlists new placement notices, first, so employ-ees may request consideration for them-selves, and, second, for open recruitment.Because of the priority policy stated above,each listing does not necessarily representan opportunity for all people. Except whenoperational needs require otherwise, posi-tions will be open for one week after publica-tion. For more information, contact the Em-ployment Manager, Ext. 2882; call theJOBLINE, Ext. 7744 (344-7744), for a list ofall job openings; use a TDD system to ac-cess job information by calling (631) 344-6018; or access current job openings on theWorld Wide Web at www.bnl.gov/JOBS/jobs.html.

LABORATORY RECRUITMENT � Oppor-tunities for Laboratory employees.

NS2452. SR. OFFICE SERVICES ASSIS-TANT (CW-3, term appointment, reposting)� Requires customer service and health in-surance benefits administration experience;knowledge of Word, Excel and PeopleSoft;and excellent communications and interper-sonal skills. Duties include enrolling employ-ees for benefits, assisting employees andretirees with benefit changes, maintainingdatabases and providing clerical/administra-tive support to the Benefits Office staff. Hu-man Resources Division.

OPEN RECRUITMENT � Opportunities forLaboratory employees and outside candidates.

TB2395. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESASSISTANT (A-2, reposting) � Requires anAAS degree or equivalent with 6 years� rel-evant experience and sound knowledge ofscheduling systems, PowerPoint, MS Ex-cel, and MS Word. Knowledge of one ormore specific areas of Laboratory opera-tions, policies and procedures (such asSBMS, Procurement or Accounting) anddemonstrated skills in one or more special-ized administrative functions (such as re-port/presentation preparation, conference/meeting planning) is desirable. Respon-sible for assisting staff within the ProjectControls Group. Works independentlywithin established procedures. Will assistin planning, budgeting, scheduling and pro-vide weekly and monthly reporting for theER Programs. May have frequent contactswith DOE and contractors within and out-side the Laboratory to exchange technical,budgetary and other programmatic relatedinformation essential to assigned EMDProject Controls office functions. May di-rect the work of other support personnel.Environmental Management Directorate.

The following classified ads are listed as acourtesy to BNL employees. They are nei-ther screened nor recommended by the Bul-letin. Classified ad policy is posted in theBulletin lobby or available on-line at AD-DRESS .

Join S&SD in Holiday DonationsTo Domestic Violence Victims

For the past five years, Safeguards & Security Division (S&SD)personnel have been donating money and gifts over the winterholiday season to victims in shelters protected by the Suffolk CountyCoalition Against Domestic Violence and the Long Island Women’sCoalition, Inc.

Led by Officer JoAnn Palumbo and Officer Kathy McNaught,S&SD members have been helping make a difference to the holi-day spirit of many abused women and children. “Because we havehad good support within our division, we thought other Lab peoplewould also like to help,” said Palumbo. “Just a few dollars or a giftmeans more women and children have a little brighter time overthe holidays.”

A donation bin has set up at the entrance to the circle at BNL’sMain Gate and another will be at the North Gate barricade in themornings only. If you would like to join this effort, you may dropyour contribution in the bin after you show your badge. Gift itemsshould be new, still in their packaging, but unwrapped. Or, send acheck made out to Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Vio-lence, in care of JoAnn Palumbo, Bldg. 50. The gift drive will con-tinue until Thursday, December 20.

The shelters have provided a holiday wish list of useful gifts:• for children and infants: pajamas, slippers, jeans, polo shirts, sweats,

sneakers, craft sets, toys, computer/board games, preschool learning toys

• for women: sleepwear, gloves, sweaters, scarves, sweats, costume jew-elry, cosmetics, perfume, knitting needles, yarn, computer/board games,restaurant coupons

• household items: linens, towels, sheet sets, pre-paid phone cards.

BERA Volleyball League cur-rent standings as of December 7are as follows:

Open League ADeath Volley ...................... 23 - 12Shank, Carry, Throw ......... 21 - 14UCB Roof Company ......... 21 - 14Far Side .............................. 5 - 30

Mixed League 3Upton Ups ........................... 14 - 4New Blood ........................... 13 - 5Net Workers ........................ 13 - 5Net Setters .......................... 8 - 10NWO ................................... 6 - 12Newbies 3 ........................... 0 - 18

Volleyball StandingsOpen League BEasy Spikers ....................... 14 - 4Late Entry ............................ 12 - 6Setting Ducks ...................... 12 - 6What Ball, Where? .............. 11 - 7PHENIX Fire ......................... 9 - 6Starmageddon ...................... 7 - 8Bumpin Uglies ..................... 3 - 15Six Samurai ......................... 1 - 17

Mixed League 2Nuts and Bolts ..................... 16 - 2Upsetters ............................. 15 - 3Group Sets ............................ 9 - 9Spiked Jello ........................... 9 - 9Underdogs .......................... 8 - 10Wazups ............................... 6 - 12Newbies 2 ........................... 0 - 18