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DESY draws on more than six decades of experience in the development, operation, and radiation protection of large-scale user facilities such as PETRA III, FLASH, and the European XFEL. In parallel, the investigation of novel accelerator technologies for future applications has become a key focus. Laser-plasma acceleration (LPA) offers the potential for highly compact, high-gradient sources, as demonstrated by the LUX, KALDERA, and FORWARD facilities at DESY.
However, LPA systems introduce new challenges for radiation protection due to broadband emission spectra and the interplay of high-power lasers with plasma-generated secondary radiation fields. This contribution presents the radiation-protection concept for LPA facilities at DESY, covering regulatory compliance, shielding simulations and designs, personnel-safety systems, and dosimetry. Finally, operational experience from commissioning the KALDERA LPA and further development stages is discussed, illustrating practical implementation.
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