1–6 Jun 2025
Taipei International Convention Center (TICC)
Asia/Taipei timezone

High-level environmental sustainability guidelines for large accelerator facilities

TUCN1
3 Jun 2025, 15:00
20m
Hall 201 (TICC)

Hall 201

TICC

Contributed Oral Presentation MC8.U11 Outreach and Communications TUCN:Applications of Accelerators, and Engagement for Industry and Society (Contributed)

Speaker

Dr Hannah Wakeling (John Adams Institute)

Description

In the coming decades, numerous designs for new accelerator-based facilities, or potential upgrades to current facilities, have been proposed to support the next generation of scientific advancement. While these facilities have significant scientific, economic, and societal benefits, they also require considerable resources to operate effectively. Amid the ongoing climate crisis, these facilities face the challenge of balancing the need for increased scientific output, size, and/or power with the global need to reduce resource consumption. This challenge presents a unique opportunity to integrate innovative environmental impact reduction techniques into their design.
The presented living document offers high-level guidelines to enhance environmental sustainability across the planning, construction, operation, and decommissioning stages of large accelerator facilities. It consolidates various resources and highlights both existing and proposed practices to inspire more sustainable approaches.

Funding Agency

United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council via the John Adams Institute, University of Oxford, STFC Grant code ST/V001655/1

Region represented Europe
Paper preparation format LaTeX

Author

Dr Hannah Wakeling (John Adams Institute)

Co-authors

John Thomason (Science and Technology Facilities Council) Philip Burrows (John Adams Institute)

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