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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-THPS022
TitleConsolidation of personnel safety systems at CERN
Authors
  • S. Evrard, A. Suwalska, B. Morand, D. Raffourt, E. Sanchez-Corral Mena, F. Havart, G. Olivet Dessent, G. Godineau, I. Krautsztrung, J. FERNANDEZ, L. Contini, M. Dole, M. Munoz Codoceo, O. Rios, P. Martel, P. Ninin, R. Nunes, T. LANG, T. Hakulinen, T. Ladzinski
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
AbstractPersonnel Safety Systems provide prevention and mitigation barriers to protect personnel, users, equipment, and the environment against the risks associated with the operation of the CERN Accelerators and Experiments, such as Radiation, Fire, Gas and Oxygen Deficiency Hazards. Due to the obsolescence or ageing of technology, evolutions of the facility and the Safety rules, it is now time to consolidate existing safety systems to prepare the CERN complex for the coming decades. A dedicated program has therefore been launched to refurbish the Fire, Gas and Oxygen Deficiency Hazard Detection Systems, and to implement a new Voice Alarm and Evacuation System in the Large Hadron Collider, among others. The paper provides insight into the methodology used to define the appropriate safety levels required to pragmatically ensure the Safety of personnel and the environment in the facility. Lessons learned from 20 years of operation, interpretation of the legal framework, and the process of risk definition and reduction through preventive and protection measures will be discussed. The main ongoing projects and the challenges ahead of the teams in charge will also be briefly presented.
Paperdownload: THPS022.pdf
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Conference16th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
LocationTaipei, Taiwan
Date01-06 Jun 2025
PublisherJACoW 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 ISBN978-3-95450-248-6
Online ISSN2673-5490
Received23 May 2025
Revised31 May 2025
Accepted14 October 2025
Issued05 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-THPS022
Pages3000-3002