Administration Sector Th e Ad mi ni st ra ti on Se ct or is ma de up of fi ve divisions, which are the General Affairs-, Finance-, P l a n n i n g - , U s e r A d m i n i s t r a t i o n - a n d P u b l i c Rel ati ons Div isi ons . The sec tor is res pon sib le for th e p l a n n i n g a n d co o rd i n a ti o n o f re se a rc h -r e l a te d p r o j e c t s o f J A S R I , f i n a n c i a l a f f a i r s , o v e r a l l m a n a g e m e n t , d o c u m e n t a t i o n , p e r s o n n e l s u p e r v i s i o n , w e l f a r e p r o g r a m s f o r J A S R I s t a f f , p r o v i s i o n o f i n f o r m a t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c , b e a m l i n e management, user support a n d s e r v i c e s a n d l i b r a r y i n f o r m a t i o n m a n a g e m e n t . Safety Office The Safety Office is independent from both the S y n c h r o t r o n R a d i a t i o n R e s e a r c h L a b o r a t o r y a n d t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n S e c t o r . I t r e g u l a t e s o v e r a l l safety site-wide such as radiation safety, handling o f c h e m i c a l w a s t e s a n d b i o h a z a r d s , a n d environmental preservation. T h e S P r i n g - 8 A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d o n t h e b a s i s o f t h e “ L a w r e g a r d i n g P r o m o t i o n o f C o m m o n U s e o f t h e S y n c h r o t r o n R a d i a t i o n F a c i l i t y ( S P r i n g - 8 ) . ” T h e c o m m i t t e e meets at least twice a year at the request of JASRI t o d e l i b e r a t e a n d m a k e s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s o n i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r s s u c h a s t h e a c c e p t a n c e o f a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r b e a m t i m e a n d s u b s e q u e n t s e l e c t i o n o f p r o p o s a l s t o c o n d u c t e x p e r i m e n t s a t t h e p u b l i c b e a m l i n e s . F o r t h e p u r p o s e s , t h e P r o p o s a l R e v i e w C o m m i t t e e a n d t h e C o n t r a c t Beamline Committee are sub-structured under this committee. SPring-8 Advisory Committee The organization that JASRI has formed to accomplish its missions is as shown in Fig. 7 . A s c a n b e s e e n i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n c h a r t , JASRI consists of the Synchrotron Radiation R e s e a r c h L a b o r a t o r y , t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Sector and the SPring-8 Safety Office. T h e S y n c h r o t r o n R a d i a t i o n R e s e a r c h Laboratory is divided into five divisions, which a r e t h e A c c e l e r a t o r - , B e a m l i n e - , M a t e r i a l s Synchrotron Radiation Research Laboratory JAERI RIKEN S c i e n c e - , L i f e a n d E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e - , a n d Fa ci l i ti e s a n d U ti l i ti e s D i vi si o n s. Th e l a b o ra to ry i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r o p e r a t i n g , m a i n t a i n i n g , a n d upg rad ing the acc ele rat or com ple x and bea mli nes a s w e l l a s f o r c a r r y i n g o u t r e l a t e d r e s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s . I t i s a l s o r e s p o n s i b l e f o r e x p e d i t i n g s c i e n t i f i c u t i l i z a t i o n o f t h e f a c i l i t y , s u p p o r t i n g t h e u s e r s m e t h o d o l o g i c a l l y a n d t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y , es ta bl is hi ng a da ta ba se of sci en ti fi c an d te ch ni ca l i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d k e e p i n g t h e S R c o m m u n i t y informed about the usage of the beamlines. 124 SPring-8 Advisory Committee Proposal Review Committee Contract Beamline Committee SPring-8 Three Party Steering Coordination Committee Beamline Advisory Committee Committee of R & D on Advanced Technology and Applications Contract Beamline Committee Th is co mm it te e de li be ra te s up on th e co ns tr uc ti on o f c o n t r a c t b e a m l i n e s . I t f i r s t r e v i e w s l e t t e r s o f i n t e n t s u b m i t t e d b y o r g a n i z a t i o n s p l a n n i n g t o c o n s t r u c t t h e i r o w n b e a m l i n e s a n d s u b s e q u e n t l y evaluates formal proposals that are submitted after t h e a p p r o v a l o f l e t t e r s o f i n t e n t . F i n a l l y t h e committee reports the results of their evaluations to the SPring-8 Advisory Committee. To date, it has accepted letters of intent from nine organizations to c o n s t r u c t e l e v e n c o n t r a c t b e a m l i n e s i n t o t a l , a n d has approved seven proposals so far. For effective and efficient management, JAERI- RIKEN-JASRI discuss important matters regarding the operation of SPring-8 in this committee. (i) Life Science, ( ii ) Diffraction & Scattering, ( iii ) XAFS, ( iv ) Spectroscopy, (v) Method & Instrumentation, and (vi) Industrial Use. In addition to the six subcommittees, a special subcommittees: long-term use was set up and the first special subcommittee was held in April 2000. The members of the PRC are mostly scientists outside the SPring-8 Facility, but one scientist from JASRI must participate in each subcommittee. JAERI-RIKEN-JASRI Steering Coordination Committee The committee is responsible for evaluating the p r o p o s a l s s u b m i t t e d f o r p u b l i c b e a m l i n e c o n s t r u c t i o n . T h e c o m m i t t e e f i r s t r e v i e w s t h e l e t t e r s o f i n t e n t s u b m i t t e d , a n d w i l l d e l i b e r a t e t h e pr op os al s on th e ba si s of sc ie nt if ic fe as ib il it y an d i m p a c t o n t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g f i e l d o f s c i e n c e . I t r e p o r t s t h e r e s u l t o f r e v i e w t o t h e J A E R I - R I K E N - JASRI Steering Coordination Committee. Beamline Advisory Committee This committee promotes and enhances the in- house research program known as the R&D Project on Ad va nc ed Te ch no lo gy an d Ap pl ic at io ns , wh ic h are to be carried out in collaboration among JAERI, RIKEN and JASRI. Committee of R&D on Advanced Technology and Applications Proposal Review Committee T h e P r o p o s a l R e v i e w C o m m i t t e e ( P R C ) w a s formed to report to the advisory committee on the review policy, procedures and review results. The PRC has six subcommittees to evaluate proposals in the following disciplines; 125
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