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| URL | https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-THPB053 |
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| Title | Compiling a life cycle inventory of a large accelerator facility: The ISIS-II neutron and muon source life cycle assessment |
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| Abstract | The ISIS-II Neutron and Muon Source, the proposed successor to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, presents a unique opportunity to integrate environmental sustainability practises from its inception. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was performed during the early feasibility and design stage to evaluate the potential environmental impacts across construction, operation, and decommissioning phases, and to identify opportunities for impact reduction. With many accelerator components, elements and systems still in early optioneering stages, numerous assumptions were required to model the facility. This work explores these assumptions and the use of a simplified LCA framework, focusing on bulk material selection, future operational resource management, and strategies for managing non-radioactive and radioactive materials at decommissioning. Updated results of the LCA and identified strategies to minimize and mitigate negative environmental impacts are presented, emphasizing the role of LCAs in embedding sustainability into decision-making for large-scale scientific facilities. |
| Paper | download: THPB053.pdf |
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| Conference | 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference |
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| Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Date | 01-06 Jun 2025 |
| Publisher | JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editorial Board | * Ming-Chyuan Lin - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * Yoichi Sato - KEK * Jui-Che Huang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * David Button - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation * Ping-Shun Chuang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center |
| Online ISBN | 978-3-95450-248-6 |
| Online ISSN | 2673-5490 |
| Received | 28 May 2025 |
| Revised | 31 May 2025 |
| Accepted | 04 June 2025 |
| Issued | 05 November 2025 |
| DOI | 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-THPB053 |
| Pages | 2620-2622 |
| Copyright | Published by JACoW Publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the published article's title, publisher, and DOI. |