Speaker
Dr
Luigi Scibile
(TS/CSE)
Description
The latest discussions on the LHC Access Safety system, held during the first
sessions of the Access Safety Working Group, have emphasized the goal of the system
to prevent personal exposure to radiological hazards. The personnel protection
against electrical hazards is outside the scope of the project. From the control
room point of view, the LHC Access Safety System will authorize, when all the safety
conditions are met, either the beam operation, or, the access operation using the
LHC Access Control system. A test mode is foreseen for the RF zone to protect the
personnel against the X rays generated by the cavities during the cavities testing.
The LHC Access Control System has however several operational modes and
functionalities, which can be used with the appropriate procedures to perform other
equipment tests.
The LHC Access Control system will be installed following to the LHC installation
planning and could be operated point by point, however as the LHC Access Safety
system concerns the whole accelerator no partial operation is possible, at the
exception of the interlocks required by the RF zone.
Author
Mr
Pierre Ninin
(TS/CSE)
Co-author
Dr
Luigi Scibile
(TS/CSE)
