Category: BE News
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FCC robotics prototype enters validation phase in the FCC Arc Cell mock-up
The Remote Maintenance and Inspection System (RMIS) prototype is now being integrated in the FCC Arc Cell mock-up in CERN Buildings 355-358. The platform will be used to validate remote maintenance tasks, HSE activities, tooling, integration choices and intervention procedures for future FCC operations.
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HiRadMat facility: 15 years later
How it all started During a recent celebration of this important milestone, Nikolaos Charitonidis, HiRadMat Facility Coordinator, and Sebastien Evrard, BE-EA Group Leader, shared about HiRadMat’s early days as well as the challenges of the journey,
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Accelerator Report: An important upgrade to the PS radiofrequency system and a heavy‑ion run in full swing
In a particle accelerator, radiofrequency (RF) systems are among the crucial components that make beam production possible. While magnets guide the particles around the ring, RF systems provide the beam with its longitudinal structure: they accelerate it, keep it captured in bunches, shape it, split it, rotate it and ensure synchronisation for transfer to the…
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Accelerator Report: From protons to ions – the LHC and its injectors prepare for the Run 3 finale
At 6 a.m. on 19 May, the LHC Run 3 proton physics programme officially came to an end. Thanks to the excellent performance and availability of both the LHC and its injector chain, this year’s integrated luminosity surpassed all expectations, with all four main LHC experiments recording values well above the original projections (fig. 1).
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Accelerator Report: The 2026 run will be short but intense
During the recommissioning phase, the operations teams, together with equipment and machine-protection experts, worked around the clock to bring the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) back into operation. Finally, on the afternoon of Saturday, 7 March, stable beams for physics data taking were declared for the first time in 2026. This milestone marks the beginning of the…
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CRANEbot Validates Remote Maintenance Procedure for ATLAS VAX M1
A remote-handling test of the VAX M1 vacuum module was successfully carried out in the ATLAS cavern using the CRANEbot robot developed within the BE-CEM group.
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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown
The 2026 Chamonix Workshop took place last week and brought together the accelerator and experimental communities to review the recent operational performance of the accelerator complex and discuss challenges ahead.
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Accelerator Report: Run 3 operations counting down to LS3
With accelerator operations for 2025 having ended on 8 December and the Linac4 source restarting already on 5 January, this year’s transition felt particularly short.
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Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3
The accelerator complex delivered its last beams of 2025 on 8 December before beginning the year-end technical stop (YETS). During a technical stop, the responsibility for accelerator coordination is passed to the Engineering department’s Accelerator Coordination and Engineering group (EN-ACE) to oversee the many interventions planned in the accelerator complex.
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Robotics Milestone: Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Platform Tackles North Area Terrain
A major robotics milestone was achieved in the North Area as a wheeled-legged robot was deployed for the very first time to perform a live inspection in TCC2.