High-level environmental sustainability guidelines for large accelerator facilities
Accelerator Physics
2025-01-28 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
The proposed construction of new particle accelerator-based facilities in the coming decades -- and upgrades to existing facilities -- provides the unique opportunity to embed innovative environmental impact reduction techniques into their design. This living document provides high-level guidelines to improve environmental sustainability in the planning, construction, operational and decommissioning stages of large accelerator facilities. A collection of various resources is provided, with examples of some existing and suggested practices.
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@article{arxiv.2501.14979,
title = {High-level environmental sustainability guidelines for large accelerator facilities},
author = {Hannah Wakeling and Philip Burrows and Jim Clarke and Jo Colwell and Ben Shepherd and John Thomason},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.14979},
year = {2025}
}
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24 pages, 1 figure. Living document, version 1