Sustainable Accelerators Task Force
In 2021, in response to an external review, STFC’s ASTeC department commissioned an internal group to investigate ways to make our accelerators more energy-efficient. If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, maybe you can call on the Sustainable Accelerators Task Force.
There are many different approaches to reduce emissions for accelerators:
- Lower-impact concrete and alternative materials used in radiation shielding
- Replacing electromagnets with permanent magnets to reduce electricity usage
- Sourcing of materials from manufacturing locations with a lower carbon footprint
- Using thin-film superconducting RF rather than traditional bulk niobium
People
The Task Force consists of:
- Ben Shepherd (Magnetics and Radiation Sources group)
- Katie Morrow (Femtosecond Lasers and Timing group)
- Storm Mathisen (Accelerator Diagnostics and Instrumentation group)
- Fatih Yaman (Radio Frequency and Cryogenics group)
- Hywel Owen (Accelerator Physics group)
- Anthony Gleeson (Business Development group)
- Gary Hughes (Facilities group)
- Andrew Vick (Vacuum Solutions group)
- Elaine Seddon (Honorary Scientist)
- Rachel James (Cockcroft Institute)
- Hannah Wakeling (ISIS)
What is sustainability?
Sustainability consists of fulfilling the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations, while ensuring a balance between economic development, environmental care and social well-being.
UKRI’s goal to be net zero by 2040.
Try to keep global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial.
UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UK Carbon Budgets, and Greening Government Commitments.
Green science at accelerators
Coming soon…