Speakers
Elena Manola-Poggioli
(TS/CSE)
Patrick Lienard
(AT/MAS)
Description
The SPS access system is not conforming to the requirements of a modern INB
installation and an upgrade program has been launched to remedy this situation.
This program is split into three phases that will be implemented, in the present
planning, in the shutdowns 2006, 2007 and after the first physics run of the LHC
respectively. The presentation will briefely touch on the three phases but will
concentrate on changes that will be implemented for the 2006 run. Access to SPS
during the run will be more restricted and will have to become much more
concentrated and organised since it will require a manual intervention before and
after each access by the machine operators at each access point. The locks on the
access doors will be physically disabled during machine operation and must be
enabled locked manually before access is permitted. The emergency exit doors in the
various tunnels and caverns that can be accessed during machine operation and that
cannot be padlocked for safety reasons will be connected to the power emergency
stops to ensure that no beam can be present when a human presence is possible.
Keywords: SPS access; INB, Constraints; upgrade; schedule
Authors
Elena Manola-Poggioli
(TS/CSE)
Patrick Lienard
(AT/MAS)
