At the end of June 2019, the HSE Safety Computing team released a new version of the Dosimetry Management Web Application used by Radiation Protection and in particular the Dosimetry Service.

The Dosimetry Management Web Application allows:

-  Dosimeter assignment;

Fires caused by lithium batteries sporadically make the news, and CERN is not immune from this phenomenon. CERN has experienced several fires caused by a lithium battery in the course of being charged. The subsequent investigations revealed lessons for all of us.

With the current heatwave showing no sign of abating, the HSE management would like to help you make working conditions as pleasant as possible while the high temperatures continue. We cannot change the weather, but there are things that we can suggest to help in this respect.

Recently, two members of HSE personnel took a trip to Lund, Sweden, to set up CERN-developed CROME radiation monitors that were delivered to the European Spallation Source, ESS, in the context of a collaboration agreement between the two laboratories.

The CERN Relay Race 2019 took place on Thursday 24th May under a sunny sky. HSE was very strongly represented with 30 runners spread over various teams. Congratulations to them!

When Doris Forkel-Wirth took over as head of the HSE unit in 2018, she explained her vision for the unit, a vision centred on excellence.

The Dosimetry service informs you that there is a change in the medical follow up of employed members of the CERN personnel (MPE) and associated members of the personnel for the purpose of training (MPA-t: doctoral, technical and administrative students or trainees) working in CERN Radiation Area

Welcome to the new look HSE website. It was designed to facilitate access to the information that you need in the framework of your activities, and

John Wijnberg took up his new duties on 1 February, taking over from Véronique Fassnacht, who retired at the end of January.