Railgun Lab

Building 230 - Railgun Lab

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The following hazards have been identifed during the most recent routine Industrial Hygiene survey conducted during the period from 25 June to 27 July 2018. The routine industrial hygiene survey process evaluates potential hazards to employees based on existing operations at the time of the survey. It is the responsibility of the Lab/Space Manager to report any changes in/new operations that could alter/introduce health hazards and exposures involved so that the new conditions and resulting exposures can be properly evaluated. To report changes, complete this form and email to Safety@nps.edu for review. The NPS Safety Office will then contact the servicing BUMED Industrial Hygienist for possible further actions.

 

Examples of changes that the need to be reported include the following:

  • new operations with suspected health hazards are performed
  • new chemical products are used
  • an increase in major chemical usage
  • new equipment with potential noise hazards is used
  • other new equipment posing suspected or known health hazards, such as lasers, is used
  • exposure frequency and time changes of operations with potential or known health hazards
  • a change in local exhaust ventilation systems
 

Full Industrial Hygiene Reports for this space may be found at this page.

 

Operations:  

Rail Gun/Advanced Gun Lab: This lab shares the vault with the Rypper Gun Lab. The rail gun is in the process of being assembled by contractor personnel, using powered hand tools and it is powered by three banks of very large capacitors in a cage located along one of the long walls in the vault, with the gun set up in front of the caged capacitors. 2 Contractors are also performing limited lead-tin soldering in association with electronics associated with the rail gun’s operation as part of the assembly process. Frequency and duration of firing, and when the system will be ready for operation are unknown as this time.