Fears about CERN's Large Hadron Collider are 'œpure fiction'

William Atkins
Friday, 05 September 2008 22:14

Science - Energy

According to new and updated information and data provided since the 2003 Safety Report, the 2008 Safety Report supports the conclusions that the LHC is safe. The world’s largest particle accelerator is on the forefront of answering some important mysteries of our universe.


From the Institute of Physics (IOP) in the United Kingdom, personnel at the Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics state that they are “proud to publish this report by the LHC Safety Assessment Group, which presents the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)’s switch-on poses no threat to mankind.”

The full text of the article, which was published on September 5, 2008, in the Journal of Physics G, appears at “Review of the Safety of LHC collisions.”

John Ellis, Gian Giudice, Michelangelo Mangano, Urs Wiedemann (all from the Theory Division, Physics Department, CERN, Switzerland) and Igor Tkachev (from the Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) wrote the article and conducted the safety review.

They state in the paper’s abstract, “The safety of collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was studied in 2003 by the LHC Safety Study Group, who concluded that they presented no danger.”

These scientists added to the 2003 analysis by examining and reviewing new experimental results and theoretical understanding that has been discovered since the year 2003.

The 2008 Report strengthens the safety conclusions from the 2003 Report, saying that “there is no basis for any concern about the safety of the LHC.”

Read what the scientists have to say, based on their research and analysis of the data.