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Procedures upon Arrival
1. Check-in Procedure
2. Radiation Safety Training Session
3. Lending of SPring-8/SACLA Dosimeter (with RFID tag)
4. SPring-8/SACLA User Card
5. Check-in at SPring-8/SACLA Guest House
6. Others
1. Check-in Procedure
Before visiting SPring-8/SACLA, project leaders are required to make visit arrangements by submitting online an Application Form for SPring-8/SACLA Facilities. Please be sure to inform the Users Office in advance in case of any change in the arrival date/time provided on the submitted Application Forms for SPring-8/SACLA Facilities.
The procedures for research proposals are carried out at the first floor of North Building (Radiation Control Office and SPring-8/SACLA Users Office). The SPring-8/SACLA Users Office opens from Monday through Friday, 8:30 am ‒ 7:30 pm, except national holidays.
(Since the location of check-in procedure after office hours and on weekends and holidays changes with time of arrival, please check the following.)
First-time visitors are required to upload a jpeg file of a photo of their face for their user card on My Page of User Information or to send the file by e-mail with the user’s name, affiliation, and user card ID No. to the Users Office email address before their visit.
- Visits between 8:30 am – 7:30 pm on weekends and holidays
Location: North Building (Radiation Control Office) - Visits between 7:30 pm – 8:30 am on weekdays and holidays
Location: Guard House
Safety training session is not available.
2. Radiation Safety Training Session
Users are required to attend Radiation Safety Training Course via e-learning system before the first visit in each fiscal year (from April 1 to March 31 of the following year) as part of radiation worker registration process at SPring-8/SACLA.
If you complete the e-learning training course before the actual visit, you will be exempt from the on-site radiation safety training course on SPring-8/SACLA and you can start your experiment or work promptly when visiting the campus and competing the reception process.
Please see E-learning system for radiation safety training course
We still have the training course for those who have not taken the e-learning training course for a specific reason and visit the campus. However, please note that it may some time to start the training course.
＊Office Hours for Safety Training: 8:30 am – 6:25 pm
3. Lending of SPring-8/SACLA Dosimeter (with RFID tag)
While at SPring-8/SACLA, users are required to wear a dosimeter provided at the Radiation Control Office to measure the amount of radiation exposure.
Note:
[From FY2024] It will be not necessary to bring your personal dosimeter. Please see the URL for details. https://harimariken01.spring8.or.jp/procedure/info/20240122e.pdf
[FY2023]
Radiation Control Office will check whether users, not only first visitors in the fiscal year but also return visitors, have brought a dosimeter provided by their home institutions upon their visits. Users who have not brought a dosimeter are not allowed to enter the SPring-8/SACLA radiation-controlled areas and may not be allowed to participate in or carry out experiments using SPring-8/SACLA beamlines. Please make sure to bring a dosimeter provided by your home institution.
(Users affiliated with overseas institutions are exempted from this rule.)
The measurement results will be sent to the radiation protection supervisor on the Registration of Radiation Worker.
Whenever you enter or exit the radiologically controlled areas, place your RFID tag over the reader; it automatically keeps a record of radiation worker entering and exiting the controlled areas, which is required by law, and the door will be unlocked. Dosimeters are for on-site use only, and cannot be taken off of the SPring-8/SACLA property. Please do not separate your dosimeter and RFID tag since they are managed as a set.
4. SPring-8/SACLA User Card
Please receive your user card on arrival.
The SPring-8/SACLA User Card is used to ensure that the user has completed user registration and radiation worker registration. It also functions as a door key and allows out-of-hours access to the Main Building and the Storage Ring Building. To get inside, tap your card on the card reader. To get out, simply unlock the door (no need to unlock automatic doors). Please put the card in the card holder provided at the Users Office and always wear it on your chest.
You must not lend or transfer your card to another person. User cards are for on-site use only, and cannot be taken off of the SPring-8/SACLA property. In case of loss or damage, please notify the Users Office immediately.
5. Check-in at SPring-8/SACLA Guest House
Please check in at the Guest House Front Desk between 4:00 pm and 11:30 pm. Please contact the Users Office in case of change or cancellation. For late arrival after 11:30 pm or last-minute cancellation, please contact the Front Desk at +81-(0)791-58-0933 (Ext. 8181). Please note that late arrival without notice may result in cancellation of your reservation. Please find the details for SPring-8/SACLA Guest House here.
6. Others
●Visits by Car (Vehicle Pass Procedures)
Users coming to SPring-8/SACLA by car need to have a vehicle pass request. Please download the request from the Required Documents page and fill out all the required information well in advance of your visit.
Please download the Vehicle Pass Request from here.
When you get to the Main Gate, please provide identification (employee/student ID card, driver’s license, etc) and submit the completed vehicle pass request to the guard house to receive your vehicle pass.
During your stay, slow down/be ready to stop and show your pass to the security guard when approaching the Main Gate, so the guard will know that you are granted access to the SPring-8/SACLA site. Please make sure to leave your pass clearly visible on the dashboard at all times while parking in the SPring-8/SACLA site. If your pass is lost or damaged, please contact the Users Office immediately.
When you leave SPring-8/SACLA, please do not forget to return your pass to the guard at the Main Gate.
●Safety Office Check
The Users Office contacts you in the case where you bring into SPring-8/SACLA radioactive materials (with an activity not exceeding the maximum allowed by law) or samples containing uranium/thorium, which require the safety office check or special registration. When you come to the Users Office, please notify us if you have such materials/samples and go through the safety office check. If the safety of experimental samples and devices has been confirmed with the submitted documents, the safety office check is not required.
●Visits for Experimental Setup
When you need to visit SPring-8/SACLA for experimental setup, please contact the Beamline Scientist in advance and submit an Application Form for SACLA Facilities (Form 10). When online application is unavailable, please send a pdf (Form 10) to the Users Office by email. Please note that you may not visit SPring-8/SACLA unless the form has been submitted.
