CERN announces new low energy test beams at the LHC October 26, 2009.
Human rights complaint will be filed at the United Nations in Geneva.
After a year of repairs and redesign of some LHC safety systems due to a massive equipment failure, the LHC is on track to inject circulating beams in November. Beam collisions might start this December. With no advance announcement of the tests unlike last year's fanfare, CERN's new low profile demonstrates more care and caution at least when it comes to media fallout. CERN's official announcement today:
http://user.web.cern.ch/user/news/2009/091026.html
LHC critics announce a new complaint will be filed soon at the United Nations to stop the LHC until proven safe.
A comprehensive and detailed new human rights complaint to the UN at Geneva, worked out by well-known critics and specialists, relying upon the work of specialists in black holes and cosmic rays, particle physics and risk researchers and several independent international lawyers and experts in international law, will be published soon. The UN-communication clearly demonstrates weaknesses in CERN safety assessments and concrete dangers arising from the planned high-energy experiments at the LHC.
The complaint demands an external risk evaluation and study of the latest relevant cosmic ray and other empirical data that bears upon LHC safety considerations. The legal aspects are focused on the special responsibility of Switzerland and France (by territory principle and CERN-council membership) and the other CERN member states not to insure LHC safety. This complaint is supported by a wide group of international critics of the planned "big bang experiment". A press release will follow when published.
The scientific network “LHC-Kritik” (“LHC-Critique”) participated in the initiation and in the elaboration of this complaint.
Best regards:
Markus Goritschnig MA
Spokesman "LHC Critique"
Phone: +43 650 629 627 5
E-Mail: Goritschnig@LHC-concern.info
