Conveners
Welcome Session: Cryogenic Safety Seminar
- Enrico Cennini (CERN)
Welcome Speech by Simon Baird, Head of HSE (Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection) Unit of CERN
Introductory speech by Andre Henriques, on behalf of the organising committee, outlining the programme and motivation of the event.
This talk gives a general overview on the challenges of designing safety units for liquid helium cryostats with regard to existing industry standards. It reviews the work of a national working group that published the technical guideline DIN SPEC 4683 in April 2015, which is dedicated to the particular conditions in liquid helium cryostats. Based on both this guideline and equivalent documents...
With Safety being a top priority of CERN’s general policy, the Organisation defines and implements a Policy that sets out the general principles governing Safety at CERN. To the end of the attainment of said Safety objectives, the organic units (owners/users of the equipment) are assigned the responsibility for the implementation of the CERN Safety Policy at all levels of the organization,...
