2011/08/08 by D. Forkel-Wirth, D. Forkel‐Wirth, M. Magistris +14
Engineering · Materials Science · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies #Nuclear and radioactivity studies #Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1108.1669
3 pages, contribution to the EuCARD-AccNet-EuroLumi Workshop: The High-Energy Large Hadron Collider, Malta, 14 -- 16 Oct 2010; CERN Yellow Report CERN-2011-003, pp. 134-136
arxiv created 2011/08/08 · openalex publication_date 2011/08/08 · arxiv updated 2011/08/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Since November 2009, the LHC commissioning progresses very well, both with proton and lead beams. It will continue in 2011 and nominal LHC operation is expected to be attained in 2013. In parallel, plans for various LHC upgrades are under discussion, suggesting a High-Luminosity (HL) upgrade first and a High-Energy (HE) upgrade in a later state. Whereas the upgrade in luminosity would require the modification of only some few key accelerator components like the inner triplets, the upgrade in beam energy from 7 TeV to 16.5 TeV would require the exchange of all dipoles and of numerous other accelerator components. The paper gives an overview of the radiation protection issues related to the dismantling of LHC components prior to the installation of the HE-LHC components, i.e. after about 20 years of LHC operation. Two main topics will be discussed: (i) the exposure of workers to ionizing radiation during the dismantling of dipoles, inner triplets or collimators and experiments and (ii) the production, conditioning, interim storage and final disposal of radioactive waste.