FIFTH WORKSHOP ON THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF

THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM Vienna, Austria, 5-9 October 2015

PTS Organizing Committee: Svetlana Nikolova, Fernando Araujo, Natalie Brely, Mario Villagran-Herrera, Matthias Auer

PM: Fernando Araujo

Sunday, October 04 2015

Arrival of participants

Day 1: Monday, 05 October 2015 DAY 1

08:00 Registration and Welcome (Badge and Material Distribution)

Access through Gate 1 / Registration desk: Building C – Near the Boardroom Entrance 4th Floor.

Introduction Boardroom C Building C

Chairs: Randy Bell and Nurcan Meral Ozel

09:00

09:20

09:40

Opening Remarks : Randy Bell, IDC Director and Nurcan Meral Ozel, IMS Director

Keynote speech by Patrick Grenard, OES

Review of 2011 O&M Workshop Recommendations: N. Brely, F. Araujo and G.Haralabus

10:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Corner 4th floor Building C

DAY 1 Session 1: Framework governing the O&M activities: Treaty, Operations Manuals, Regulations and Rules, an overview of IDC

processing and ATM, NDC roles, Data Surety Boardroom C Building C

Day 1 Co-Chair: Georgios Haralabus Guest Co-Chairs: Hans Frese and Öcal Necmioğlu

10:15

10:25

10:45

11:15

Administrative Announcements: M. Villagran

Session Introduction: G. Haralabus, S. Nikolova and D. Phillips

Overview of Treaty (Provisional O&M guidelines):N. Brely

Roles and Responsibilities of the Host Country L. Mereles

11:35

11:55

12:15

12:35

12:55

O&M provisions in current IMS Operational Manuals: F. Araujo

Overview of Facility Agreements: Video and short presentation : S. Brander

Integrated CBT, CBT Training Strategy: Presentation M. Villagran

Integrated CBT Global CTBT Education Network: Video and short presentation : J. DuPreez

Overall introduction to Days 2-5,Station Operators Posters and Social Activities: F. Araujo

13:00 Lunch Break

VIC Cafeteria

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DAY 1 Session 1: Framework governing the O&M activities: Treaty, Operations Manuals, Regulations and Rules, an overview of

IDC processing and ATM, NDC roles, Data Surety Boardroom C Building C

Day 1 Co-Chair: Georgios Haralabus – Guest Co-Chairs: Hans Frese and Öcal Necmioğlu

14:15 Sources of support for Station Operators: N. Brely

14:35 Station Operator specific reporting requirements as per IMS Operational Manuals: F.Araujo

14:55 Testing and Evaluation/Post Certification Activities (T&E-PCA) contracts - Existing contractual mechanisms and procurement process as governed by the Financial Regulations and Rules: N. Baez

15:15

15:35

The O&M standard plans and IMS station Operations and Maintenance: S. Nikolova

Station Specific Documentation: M.Galindo 15:55

Coffee Break

Coffee Corner 4th floor Building C

Group photo Boardroom C Building C

16:15

16:35

16:55

17:15

17:35

The IMS Data :Special Session on IDC Data Processing and Data Analysis

- The IDC pipeline and IMS: T. Edwald

- The SHI Analysis in MDA: E. Jonathan

- Data Surety in IMS: S.Nikolova (SHI) / K. Elmgren (RN)

-NDC Roles and Functions: M. Villagran

- Information technology and the IMS: A. Anichenko

17:50 Session 1 Highlights and Preliminary Summary : Georgios Haralabus, Hans Frese, Öcal Necmioğlu

18:00 Closing

18:00 VIC Restaurant- Mozart Room Reception

Day 2: Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Session 2 Most voted topics and IMS network worldwide Building C

Day 2 Session 2: Most voted topics, IMS Network Operators

Boardroom C Building C

Day 2 Co-Chair: Natalie Brely Guest Co-Chairs: Laura Comes and Jan Fyen Session 2: Most voted Topics

Session Chairs: Nurcan Meral Ozel and Don Phillips

09: 00 Session Introduction: Nurcan Meral Ozel and Don Phillips

09:15 Most Voted E-Survey Topics ( Top 4 topics, 30 min per topic)

Tools available for SOs and development of the tools- M.Malakhova (SHI) K.Elmgren (RN ) (09:15-09:45)

Day 2: Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Session 2 Most voted topics and IMS network worldwide Building C

Day 2 Session 2: Most voted topics, IMS Network Operators

Boardroom C Building C

Day 2 Co-Chair: Natalie Brely Guest Co-Chairs: Laura Comes and Jan Fyen Interaction between SOs and PTS - M. Akrawy, M.Malakhova and R.Otsuka ( 09:45-10:30)

Review of Station Operator reporting - R.Otsuka (09:45 -10:05) IMS Configuration Management Reporting: CCN and CCR, M. Akrawy and D. Ismail (10:05-10:10:25)

New SSI functionalities G. Perez (Calibration /C&C) (10:30-11:00)

11:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Corner 4th floor Building C

11:15

Maintaining High Data Availability in IMS – Station Operator Challenges, their experience and PTS support(11:15-12:55) • Maintaining high DA :The Australian network segment, D. Hartman and J. Bathgate (11:15-11:35) • Maintaining high DA: The USA experience, J. Mattila (11:35-11:55)

Challenges and Strategies for Maintaining High Data Availability in Canada, H.Seywerd (11:55-12:15)

Preventative Maintenance, Maintenance Planning and Maintenance Oversight of the IMS Network, N. Mascarenhas, (12:15-12:35)

Implementation of Optimized Sparing for IMS Stations– P Benicsak and D Foster (12:35-12:55)

- Presentations followed by Questions & Answers Session

Day 2: Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Session 2 Most voted topics and IMS network worldwide Building C

Day 2 Session 2: Most voted topics, IMS Network Operators

Boardroom C Building C

Day 2 Co-Chair: Natalie Brely Guest Co-Chairs: Laura Comes and Jan Fyen

13:00 Lunch Break

VIC Cafeteria

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Posters (informal view) C04 Exhibition Area

14:00 ACROSS THE GLOBE : IMS STATIONS

The France IMS Network segment, O.Flament CEA/DASE (14:00-14:20)

The Norway IMS Network segment, J. Fyen-M. Roth (14:20-14:40)

The USA IMS Network segment, J. Mattila (14:40-15:00)

The USA IMS RN stations segment : L. Comes (15:00-15:20) Presentations : 20 min each, Q&A session : 10 min(15:20-15:30)

15:30 Coffee Break

Coffee Corner 4th floor Building C

Day 2: Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Session 2 Most voted topics and IMS network worldwide Building C

Day 2 Session 2: Most voted topics, IMS Network Operators

Boardroom C Building C

Day 2 Co-Chair: Natalie Brely Guest Co-Chairs: Laura Comes and Jan Fyen

15:45 Ensuring data availability at IMS stations. Russian Federation A. Tarasov (16:00 -16:20)

The Independent subnetwork of the Israeli NDC G. Tikochinsky (16:20-16:40)

The (Plurinational state of) Bolivia IMS Network segment E.Minaya (16:40-17:00)

The South Africa IMS Network segment F. Delport (17:00-17:20)

Challenges and Performance of IMS stations in Kenya J.Opiyo (17:20-17:40)

Presentations: 20 minutes each, including questions.

17:40 Session 2: Highlights and Preliminary Summary: Natalie Brely, Laura Comes and Jan Fyen

18:00 Closing

Session 3: Current State of Practice Day 3 Targeted discussions by Technology / Posters - Social Activities

Chairs: Room Coordinators as indicated

Parallel Sessions (Oral presentations) in selected rooms

CO441 and C0433 Spare Room Coord. Kadircan Aktas / Organizing committee Office - Available for Ad Hoc meetings

SHI C0440/C0437 Coordinated by M.Galindo/P.Benicsak Guest coordinator: E. Minaya

SHI C0454 Coordinated by Coordinated by J. Pretorius Guest coordinator: H.Sulistyo

RN C0445 Coordinated by K.Elmgren Guest coordinator: J. Mattila

09:00 Evaluation of station operator performance – criteria and tools. PTS S. Nikolova

Monitoring and troubleshooting of SHI stations in operations – challenges and importance of timely response for Station Operators. PTS K. Aktas.

Monitoring and troubleshooting of RN stations in operations – challenges and importance of timely response for Station Operators. PTS E.Nava 09:00-09:20

09:20 E-learning platform PTS : Mario Villagran / S. Fulford

Some problems of IMS auxiliary seismic stations maintenance in Kazakhstan. A. Belyashov

RN Analysis in IDC MDA PTS C. Pires

09:40 O&M at KSRS, Korea S. Yoo Operation, Maintenance and Improvements at Auxiliary Station JTS in Costa Rica (AS025) Hairo Villalobos

“Failure Trends at the IMS RN Network”

(with particulate and NG) PTS Matthias

Auer

10:00 JO&M of PS22 Japan M. Iwata PTS Services, support and their importance to Zimbabwe. A. Chibi, K. Marimira

The new RN software PTS

Vladimir Gelashvili

10:20

IS42-Graciosa 2011-2015 O&M and interaction with the PTS: Implications in Station Data Availability (DA) and Performance Over Time (POT) Portugal N.Wallenstein

Operation and Maintenance of Monitoring Facilities in Uganda J. Nyago

SAUNA system upgrade for certification of the Takasaki IMS station Japan Y. Tomita

10:40 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

11:00 Improving efficiency of SO France Thomas Philippe CEA DASE

Monitoring System of Auxiliary Station in Indonesia. Handi Sulistyo Widodo

Performance, Challenges and Operation of Radio-nuclides Monitoring Station, Tanzania. Y. Sungita

11:20

Operations and maintenance activities of the International Monitoring System (IMS) Primary Station at Sonseca, Spain, (PS-40). A. Villamayor

Wadi Sarin (AS074), CTBTO Auxiliary seismic station in Oman. S. Al-Hashmi

Updates on the Performance Evaluation of CANBERRA® Cryo-Cycle™ Hybrid Cryostat as Cooling System for the High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector in PHP52 Radionuclide Monitoring Station in Tanay, Philippines. T. Garcia

11:40 Tunisian contribution to Operations & Maintenance Improvement. Blel Atef

Enabling remote access to the APG station Guatemala. P. Castellanos Diéguez

How pre-calibrated HPGe detectors can enhance dramatically the TCOi of CTBT stations. L.de Baerdemaeker

12:00 Discussion PTS presentation on sustainment of Auxiliary stations. PTS J. Pretorius

Discussion

12:20 Lunch Break

13:30

CONFERENCE ROOM 5 7th floor (45)

Posters: the 2 minute Presentation (1:30-2:00 PM) Coordinator: S. Nikolova

/ Posters can be seen in C04 EXHIBITION AREA

14:00 Maintaining high DA: Challenges for Ensuring High Levels of Data Availability of BRTR-PS43, Turkey. S. Kocak

Recurring Themes in the Operation and Maintenance of the Palau IMS Infrasound Array B. Williams

How to resolve a barcode out of sync problem at a RASA station Canada S. Cheung

14:20

IMS Stations PS30-CPUP AND IS41 Annual Operational Performance Report 2014 Paraguay Juan Carlos Velasquez

A Windmill Farm, A Threat or an Opportunity? Finland P.Lindblom

ARP03 Station GE Detector, second and deep review of the Behavior of the Canberra Cryo-Cycle Cryostat after 6 years of performance. Argentina M. Fernandez

14:40

Feedback on LCC issues France Valerie Flavin CEA DASE

CMAR(PS41) Upgrade.Thailand P. Chantorn

Establishment of an On-Line Radiation Monitoring System as a Complement to the CTBTO IMS Network in Strengthening National Capabilities for Radiological Emergency Preparedness in the Philippines. T. Garcia

15:00 Introduction to Life Cycle Costs Analysis for IMS Stations. D. Foster

The modernization of the seismic array ARCES/PS28 Norway J. Fyen

Discussion and recommendations

15:20

Correct Documentation is Fundamental to Developing and Optimized Sustainment Strategy for Your System - You can’t manage and sustain what you can’t document! USA Stephen D. Poindexter

Modernization of the Yellowknife Seismic Array, (PS09) Canada M. Roth

15:40 Station Summary Reports. PTS Dina Ismail

Upgrade of infrasound stations of IMS segment in the Russian Federation. A. Tarasov

16:00 Preparatory Work on Refurbishing the Canadian National Seismograph Network T. Cote

17:00 SOCIAL ACTIVITY Rathausplatz walk around (Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Vienna) and Hosted Dinner : Hofbrau Zum Rathaus, Florianigasse 2, 1080 Vienna (http://www.hofbraeu-zum-rathaus.at/)

Thursday, 8 October 2015 Day 4 : Demos Day / Equipment Suppliers / Calibration / Data Quality

Chairs: Fernando Araujo, Randy Rembold, Atef Blel Boardroom C Building C

Session 4 Demos, posters, equipment suppliers and tours day

09:00 Session 4: DEMOS

SOH, Gonzalo Perez (09:00-09:20) GCI on SOH, Dinu Raducanu (09:20-09:30)

SSR /SOPET tool, Svetlana Nikolova (09:30-10:00) IRS, IRS Client ,Marina Malakhova (10:00-10:30)

10.30 Coffee Break

Coffee Corner 4th floor Building C

________________________________ Tours to OPC, Infrasound and Seismic Test facility (ad hoc depending on number of registered participants)

Coordination: E. Abaya (OPC), M. Galindo (VIC Seismic Test facility)

11:00 Session 4: DEMOS DOTS, Giacomo Micara (11:00-11:20)

PRTOOL SHI KPIs , Kadircan Aktas (11:20-11:30) PRTOOL RN KPIs, Klas Elmgren (11:30-11:50)

SO Forum M. Malakhova (11:50-12:00)

12:00 LUNCH BREAK

Thursday, 8 October 2015 Day 4 : Demos Day / Equipment Suppliers / Calibration / Data Quality

Chairs: Fernando Araujo, Randy Rembold, Atef Blel Boardroom C Building C

14:00 Radio-Nuclide Technology: Evolution in HPGe detectors and impact on station performance. Canberra Luc De Baerdemaeker

14:15 Radio-Nuclide Technology: General Dynamics Matt Wright

14:30 Hydro-acoustic Technology: Maripro Dan Chabot

14:45 Operation of HA, IS and RN IMS Stations at Tristan da Cunha: Enviroconsult Jeremy Peychaud

15:00 GCI: GCI II Network Architecture, Monitoring and Control Ultisat Brum Czersosimo.

15:15

15:30

Coffee break

15:30 GCI and SO Support: E.Abaya

15:50 IMS SHI Calibration: Marina Malakhova and Benoit Doury

16:10 RN network QA/QC programme: Elisabetta Nava

16:30 Moving stations in and out of Operations: F. Araujo, S.Nikolova

16:50 Session 4: Summary and Recommendations: Fernando Araujo ,Randy Rembold and Atef Blel

17:10 Optional OPC Tour (if needed depending on number of interested participants)

17:30 Closure

Day 5: Friday, 9 October 2015

Day 5 : Progressive Commissioning plan IDC, discussion and recommendations Closing – Boardroom C Building C

Chairs: Randy Bell and Nurcan Meral Ozel Co- Chairs: D. Jepsen, G. Graham , T.Heritier, D. McCormack

09:00

09:30

10:00

IMS/IDC Operational Manuals – Part of the Framework Governing the O&M Activity in the IMS network : Victoria Oancea

The IDC Progressive commissioning plan, Randy Bell and Jerry Carter

Summary of Workshop Findings and Recommendations-Panel led by Directors and Coordinators

10:45 Coffee Break

Coffee Corner 4th Floor Building C

11:00

Panel (continued) – All participants

Closing Remarks: Randy Bell and Nurcan Meral Ozel

12:00 Closure of Workshop