For guidance, information, and advice on working safely in our laboratories please consult the Departmental Health and Safety web pages. or the University Health Safety and Well-being webpages. You must discuss your work with your Project Supervisor and complete a supervisor approved Risk Assessment. You must also consult the relevant Laboratory Head before starting work.

Risk Assessments for Superconductivity and Magnetism Group Members

All postdoctoral staff and postgraduate students in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group should post their most up-to-date, supervisor approved, Risk Assessments here. These should include their Project Risk Assessment and any other Risk Assessments that are made for more specific tasks or work schedules.

Name	Activity	Risk Assessment	Date Uploaded or Updated	Training Received
Monica Ciomaga Hatnean	PDRA	EPSRC Project Risk Assessment	12th August 2015
Santosh Kumar	PDRA	EPSRC Project Risk Assessment	6th January 2016
Kathrin Gotze	PDRA	ERC Project Risk Assessment	4th October 2019	KCG
Ales Stefancic	PDRA	EPSRC Project Risk Assessment	4th January 2017
Matthew Coak	PDRA	ERC Project Risk Assessment	1st November 2019	MJC
Will Blackmore	PDRA	ERC Project Risk Assessment	7th November 2019	WJAB
Daniel Mayoh	PDRA	EPSRC Project Risk Assessment	3rd October 2019
Talha Ahmad	Ph.D. Project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	14th April 2015
Marta Crisanti	Ph.D. Project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	15th March 2017
Matthew Pearce	Ph.D. Project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	7th October 2019	MJP
Sam Curley	Ph.D. Project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	4th October 2019	SPMC
Bethany Hampshire	Ph.D. Project		25th September 2018
Sam Holt	Ph.D. Project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	19th October 2018
Amelia Hall	Ph.D. project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	27th February 2019
David Jonas	Ph.D. project	Ph.D. Project Risk Assessment	30th September 2019	DGCJ
Paul Goddard	Research Project	Project Risk Assessment	26th September 2019	PAG
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Risk Assessments for other Staff and Students

General Risk Assessments for working in our laboratories and brief details of the Laboratory Rules for each room are given below. Anyone using one or more of our group laboratories must:

• Make sure that you have read and understood all the general Physics Department Safety Information, and taken and passed any required safety tests (please see Training Required for each room in the table below).
• Complete a supervisor approved Risk Assessment for your work. Place a paper copy of the Risk Assessment in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group Room Register (please see Martin Lees for further details). Both you and your Supervisor must sign and date the Room Register (download the form here) for each new set of activities.

Generic Laboratory Risk Assessments and Laboratory Rules for all Staff and Students

All students must complete the following generic training: How to do Risk Assessments. Project students must have viewed the Safety Presentation for Project Students. Additional required Training Modules are listed against each room.

Room Number	Laboratory Head	Activity	Risk Assessment	Date Uploaded	Laboratory Rules	Training Required	Date of last check
P122	GB	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	11th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Chemical handling, High Pressure Gases. Click here to take these training modules	29th May 2018
P124	GB	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	11th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Chemical handling, High Pressure Gases. Click here to take these training modules	29th May 2018
P125	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics. Click here to take this training module	29th May 2018
P126	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics. Click here to take this training module	27th May 2018
P127	PAG	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	1st November 2019	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics, Chemical handling. Click here to take these training modules	1st November 2019
P128	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Chemical handling, High Pressure Gases. Click here to take these training modules	28th May 2018
P129	MRL	Use of room	Furnace Room Use Risk Assessment	5th February 2019	Laboratory Rules
P130	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics. Click here to take this training module	27th May 2018
P164	OAP	Use of room				Ionising radiation. Click here to take this training module
P1 and P2	MRL	Cryogenic and Compressed Gas Work	Cryogenic Work, Risk Assessment Compressed Gas, Risk Assessment	13th August 2014 (by Tom Orton)

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Risk Assessment for Individual Activities

Activity	RA prepared by	Risk Assessment	Room or rooms	Date uploaded	Training Required	Misc.	Date of last check
Use of Press and Evacuable Die	MRL	Evacuable Pellet Die	P1.55	20th March 2015	Yes. See User Guide	User Guide	20th May 2018
Soldering	MRL	Soldering in the S&M Labs. COSHH / MSDS for Solder used in these labs	P122, P127, P130	22nd April 2015	Yes.		20th May 2018
Argon Arc Furnace	DB	Argon Arc Furnace	P122	13th January 2016	Yes. See User Guide	User Guide	20th May 2018
Laser - Ruby spectrometer	MJC and PAG	Laser risk assessment Safe system of work - normal operation Safe system of work - realignment and maintenance operations Laser emergency procedure form	P127	28th August 2019	Yes. See Notes.	Notes	28th August 2019
Pressure Cells	MJC and PAG	Pressure Cells Risk Assessment	P127	26th September 2019	Yes. See Notes.	Notes	26 September 2019

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Other Ph.D. Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Date uploaded
Xue Xia	Neil Wilson	Project Risk Assessment	19th Oct 2016

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URSS Summer Project Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Year
Jack Collings	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	2019
David Jonas	Geetha Balakrishnan	Project Risk Assessment	2018
Oliver Rigby	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	2017
Thomas Hicken	Paul Goddard	Project Risk Assessment	2016

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M.Phys. Final Year Project Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Date uploaded
2019-2020
Michael Minney	Oleg Petrenko	Project Risk Assessment	22/10/19
Jake Mileson	Oleg Petrenko	Project Risk Assessment	22/10/19
Ross Taylor	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	20/12/19
Zoravar Bishnoi	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	10/10/19
2018-2019
Richard Denison	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	08/10/18
David Jonas	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	08/10/18
Grace Palmer	Oleg Petrenko	Project Risk Assessment	15/10/18
Sean Donner	Oleg Petrenko	Project Risk Assessment	17/10/18

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B.Sc. Final Year Project Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Date uploaded
2019-2020
Meesha Chotai	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	17/10/19
Michael King	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	17/10/19
2018-2019
Chloë Simons	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	12/10/18
Bobby Craufurd	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	13/10/18

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Chemicals

In the table below you can find lists of chemicals available in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group Laboratories for sample preparation. Please consult with your project Supervisr and a staff member of the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group before using any of the chemicals in your work.

Please complete a newly purchased chemical form and place it in the tray in room P122. This must be completed for any new chemicals before they are stored in any location. If any chemicals become exhausted or are disposed please let Patrick or Ali know immediately by referencing the number in the first column of the document.

Location	List	Local Group Contact (to be consulted before use)
P122 chemicals	Click to view	Geetha Balakrishnan
P128 chemicals	Click to view	Martin Lees/Geetha Balakrishnan

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