For Visitors
Flow of coming to NanoTerasu
Please visit NanoTerasu by following the steps below. Since the “Entry System” by facial recognition is used to visit NanoTerasu, you are required to register your facial recognition data via Radiation Management System in advance. Please also make sure to submit the application form NanoTerasu Facility, the List of Samples, Reagents, etc and register your facial recognition data before visiting to NanoTerasu.
Notes
- Please refrain from entering beamlines, experimental apparatuses, and related rooms other than the beamline you are using without permission.
- Users can enter the main entrance, sub entrance, elevators, experimental halls, and some of the peripheral rooms (e.g. experimental preparation rooms) with facial recognition.
- If the automatic door is not unlocked by facial recognition, please contact the Users Office or the Facility Monitoring Center via the intercom by the door of the main entrance. Please note that if the registration information cannot be verified, you may be denied entry.
- It is strictly prohibited for participants in the experiment (project leaders and collaborator researchers) to enter the NanoTerasu without facial recognition.
- The door will automatically open when leaving or exiting the building, regardless of facial recognition.
- To prevent accidents, please refrain from conducting solo experiments or experiments involving only students.
Access
Click here for access information.
Please also refer to the following PDF document.
| Getting to NanoTerasu from Sendai | Download [PDF] |
Facility Tours and Experiment Observations
Regarding facility tours and experiment observations, please visit here, and take necessary procedures.
Precautions for using Beamlines
Carrying the certificate of completion of training course
- Among the team members, those operating the beamline equipment and experimental facilities and those performing auxiliary work such as changing samples must take the training course (e-learning) via Radiation Management System and pass the final test. The registration procedure as a radiation worker or worker handling beamlines will be completed when you have passed the final test. Once you have passed the final test, you will be able to print the Certificate of Completion of Training Course on your My Page.
- Users must print out their Certificates of Completion of Training Course themselves and make sure it is available for NanoTerasu staff to view at any time while they are in the experiment hall.
- Users visit NanoTerasu only for data analyses and discussions are not required to take the training course. In such cases, do not touch beamlines or experimental facilities. Follow the instructions and guidance of beamline staff and the project leaders and pay attention to safety.
Use of experimental hutches
Experimental hutches are equipped with an interlock system to prevent users from being exposed to radiation. However, improper use of experimental hutches will lead to the interruption of experiments, emergency stoppage of accelerators, and in the worst case, radiation incidents. Make yourself familiar with the information provided in the training course at the time of your registration/renewal of registration as a radiation worker and the instructions of beamline staff before you conduct experiments.
To introduce the radiation beam into an experimental hutch, it is necessary to follow the exit sequence to set the experimental hutch to the “normally closed”status.
- Confirm that no one except you remains inside the hutch when you carry out the exit sequence.
- The starter of the exit sequence (limited to radiation workers) must be the last to leave the hutch.
- Follow the specified steps to open the automatic door of the “normally closed” experimental hutch after verifying that the shutter is closed.
- Consult beamline staff before opening manual doors and cable ducts. Do not open manual doors or cable ducts when the experimental hutch is in the“normally closed” status.
- Do not displace the fixed shields, such as beam stoppers, in the hutch. Consult beamline staff before displacing movable beam stoppers upon switching between hutches. (In principle, users are not allowed to displace them.)
Waste
As a general rule, users must take back all items they bring into NanoTerasu for experiments.
* Leaving items at NanoTerasu without permission or disposing of them improperly may result in penalties.
- Waste generated from daily activities during your stay at NanoTerasu must be sorted and disposed of in the designated collection boxes.
- Do not dispose of experimental waste in household waste bins.
Types of Waste Collection Boxes and Disposal Guidelines
| Collection Box Label | Main Target Items & Important Notes |
| PET Bottles / Empty Cans (Boxes next to vending machines) | Exclusively for items purchased from Ito En vending machines. – Remove the cap and place it in the same box. – Labels may remain attached. |
| Cans, Bottles, PET Bottles | For cans, bottles, and PET bottles not purchased from Ito En vending machines. – Remove the cap and place it in the same box. – Labels may remain attached. |
| Burnable Waste / Other Waste | For all waste excluding cans, bottles, and PET bottles. Examples: – Food waste (leftovers, tea leaves, etc.) – Rubber – PVC (polyvinyl chloride) – Wood chips, disposable chopsticks – Paper (excluding large amounts of copy paper, notebooks, or books) – Fabric – Plastics |
Locations of Waste Sorting Collection Boxes
| Linac Building 2F | Kitchenette |
| Linac Building 1F | Kitchenette |
| Storage Ring Building 1F | Sub-Entrance 1 |
| Storage Ring Building 1F | Sub-Entrance 2 |
| Storage Ring Building 1 | Near the inner-area restrooms |
Check here for information about experimental waste liquids.
For disposal of used beamline components and materials, follow the instructions of the beamline staff.
In Case of Emergency
Emergency contact
In case of injury or fire, call the following numbers.
| Case | Contact |
| Injuries | Fire Department (ambulance) 119*1 |
| Fire | Facility Monitoring Center 022-721-5180*2 |
*1If you have called for an ambulance, report it to the Facility Monitoring Center (external number 022-721-5180).
*2The Facility Monitoring Center will contact the fire department.
Precautions
When you call the fire department or the Facility Monitoring Center, stay calm, give your name, telephone number, and location in NanoTerasu, and explain the situation. Also, do not hang up until you are instructed to do so.
* Also contact beamline staff if possible after you have called the fire department or the Facility Monitoring Center.
Emergency evacuation areas
In the event of disasters or accidents, including fire, at NanoTerasu, follow the directions given via the public address system and head to the evacuation area. At the evacuation area, follow the directions of NanoTerasu staff. Main evacuation areas are listed below.
- Roads around emergency exits
- Parking lot in front of the Main Entrance
- Parking lots in front of sub entrances
Confirmation of personnel
The project leader is required to always stay in contact with the project team members, the Users Office, and beamline staff during the period of use of NanoTerasu.
* In the event of large-scale disasters or accidents, including fire, the project leader may be asked to report the safety status of project team members.
In case of disasters
In case of fire, call the designated numbers and, if possible, attempt initial fire extinction while ensuring your safety.
- If the cause of the fire is electrical equipment, first disconnect the supply of electricity to the equipment on fire.
- Use dry chemical fire extinguishers instead of water to extinguish the fire.
- Users who are not carrying out initial fire extinction must evacuate immediately.
Follow the instructions below if you feel a large tremor caused by an earthquake.
In principle, stay inside the building when an earthquake occurs since NanoTerasu has been constructed to be resistant to earthquakes of the Great East Japan Earthquake class.
- Remain calm and secure your personal safety.
- Move away from large objects that could fall or fall over and take cover under a sturdy table, etc.
- After the earthquake, turn off the gas or put out any fire. Give aid to injured people if necessary.
- If an evacuation instruction is given via the public address system, follow the instruction and head to the nearest evacuation area.
- Do not use the elevators.
- In principle, visit the nearest medical institution to receive medical care forinjuries and poor physical conditions.
- During office hours (from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm on weekdays) of the Users Office, you may use beds or receive first aid in the Resting Rooms in some cases. Refer to the Use of Resting Rooms for details.
* In accordance with the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device (PMD) Act, NanoTerasu does not dispense nonprescription medicines (oral medicines, etc.) to users because nonprescription medicines may cause serious allergic reactions or side effects depending on the individual’s genetic predisposition and physical condition. Carry appropriate medicines with you upon the advice of your doctor or pharmacy.
Contact the Central Monitor Room immediately and ask for directions when one of the following incidents occurs.
- When a reusable radioactive material or a small sealed radioactive source is stolen or missing.
- When unplanned radiation exposure has occurred and the effective doses pertaining to that exposure exceed or may exceed 1 mSv for radiation workers and 0.1 mSv for people other than radiation workers (including someone who has entered the restricted areas in operation, such as accelerator tunnels and hutches, by mistake).
If you are bringing chemicals and reagents into NanoTerasu, make yourself familiar with their properties by referring to the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) and prepare necessary medicines so that you can provide first aid by yourself in case an injury or sickness occurs as a result of exposure to those chemicals.
- Depending on the symptoms, call and report to the designated numbers in accordance with the type of injury.
- If you provided first aid, contact the Central Monitor Room immediately after.
* Emergency showers are located near the Central Control Room in the experimental hall, Subentrance 2, and the Facility Maintenance Room 1.
Inert gas is not hazardous itself but causes anoxia when it permeates a room.
In general, you may experience the following symptoms when the atmospheric concentration of oxygen is below 21%.
| Oxygen level [%] | Symptoms |
| (21) | (Normal) |
| 12-16 | Rapid pulse, increase in respiratory rate, headache, and dizziness. Impaired concentration. |
| 9-14 | mpaired judgement. Mental confusion. Partial loss of memory. Increase in body temperature. Cyanosis. |
| 6-10 | Loss of consciousness. Central nervous system damage. Convulsion. Cyanosis. |
| 6 or less | Coma, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest. |
If you find someone suffering from anoxia,
- call out for help, and
- remove the afflicted person from the room while holding your breath to prevent anoxia. Then, call and report to the designated numbers in accordance with the type of injury.
- To avoid a secondary accident, do not act by yourself when it takes time to rescue an afflicted person.
- When you handle liquefied gas such as liquid nitrogen in experimental hutches and surrounding rooms, make sure not to vaporize a large amount of gas at once.
- In general, an injured person must be transported to a medical institution by ambulance in cases that require prompt attention by a doctor, including a burn covering a palm-size or larger area, serious bleeding, fracture, clouding or loss of consciousness, and respiratory or cardiac arrest.
- If you hit your head severely, visit a medical institution regardless of the presence of external injury or impaired consciousness. When an injured person is transported to a medical institution by ambulance, a member of the same project team should accompany the injured person and communicate with the home institution of the injured person and the NanoTerasu staff.
Available facilities during your visit
Resting Rooms
Resting Rooms are in Subentrance Hall 2.
Resting Rooms 1 and 2 can usually be used as resting places. (Feel free to use the rooms even when you do not have health problems.)
- Resting Rooms have partitions, so you can also use them to change your clothes.
- Resting Room 1 is for males while Resting Room 2 is for females.
- Drinks and snacks only are allowed in Resting Rooms. Eating meals in these rooms is not permitted.
- Keep the rooms clean.
- Resting Rooms will also be used to provide first aid for an injured or sick person. Note that, in such a case, anyone using the rooms may be asked to vacate the rooms.
First aid provided at Resting Rooms
In the case of minor injuries or mild sickness during experiments, contact the Users Office if it is during office hours (9:00–17:30) on weekdays. A nurse may provide care for some symptoms and conditions at Resting Rooms.
You can also use the first-aid kit placed near the entrances of Resting Rooms as necessary.
* Note that the nurse may be absent or that it may take time for the nurse to arrive.
For injuries
- Sterilization and hemostasis
- Cooling of affected area
- Removal of splinter (foreign body)
- Provision of information on medical institutions
In case of poor physical condition
- Use of beds
* Visit a medical institution immediately when you experience coughing, vomiting, or any other symptoms of suspected infection.
- Measurement of body temperature and blood pressure
- Warming using electric heater
- Provision of information on medical institutions
* Visit the nearest medical institution to receive medical care for major injuries and severe physical conditions.
Information on nearby facilities
Click here for information on facilities near NanoTerasu.
*Japanese website only.
User Contact
The contact point for users of the NanoTerasu beamline is the NanoTerasu Users Office of the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI).
Aoba 468-1 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 980-0845
NanoTerasu Users Office
| Contact | Phone | Email Address |
| Users Office | 022-785-9898 | usersoffice#nanoterasu.jp |
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