Tag: safety
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Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead
Although the much-appreciated winter break is well behind us and most of us are back at work, the accelerator complex is still in hibernation – but not for much longer
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Enhancing safety: improving seismic risk assessments
How a novel methodology helps to improve simulations of the impact of earthquakes on complex research infrastructures
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Learn the key skills to save lives on site
The Enlarged Directorate has received hands-on first aid training to learn life-saving actions – now it’s your turn!
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Creating a community for radiological and environmental monitoring systems
The PulsRad22 workshop marked the completion of CERN’s new state-of-the-art radiation monitoring system and the creation of a new forum for discussion
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Assessing the seismic safety of CERN’s installations
Surrounded by the Alps, the Jura and Lake Geneva, CERN is located in a particularly complex geological setting, which also happens to be a non-negligible earthquake-prone region. Compared to the rest of Europe, Switzerland has a moderate seismic risk, but the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) indicates that earthquake activity is not evenly distributed throughout the
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The many facets of safety in research infrastructures: CERN hosts the 2022 International Technical Safety Forum
From 25 to 28 October, more than 100 people from CERN and other research institutes from around the world gathered in the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN for a key conference on health and safety matters
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Fire and rescue service newcomers successfully complete their induction
In the past few weeks, you might have noticed some of our firefighter colleagues wearing a red T-shirt that reads “Firefighter in induction”