HSE-OHS-DR : Safety Design & Research
QARE Service
Quality and Ageing REsearch for cables
About QARE
What started as a research project investigating the ageing of cables, became an established Service in early 2025, incorporating quality control inspections of incoming cables at CERN. With a combined expertise of electrical engineering, materials characterisation and data science, our team is uniquely equipped to provide cross-field guidance and research to enable informed decisions.
Services & Research
QARE carries out cable quality assurance to all cables delivered at CERN. We also provide support for bespoke cable assessments, and qualifications of cables for cable procurement. Additionally, we run ageing research of cables, with the aim of predicting cable lifetimes in both ionized and non-ionized environments.
Services
Quality control on cables
Cable qualification & technical support for cable procurement
Cable ageing assessment
Research
Characterisation of cable materials under irradiation
Development of new “CERN Yellow Book” for cable material guidance
Dosimetry research
Influence of storage conditions on cable properties
Artificial and natural irradiation ageing correlation
Meet the Team
Jose Gascon (Team leader, Electrical Engineer)
Linh Johansson (Deputy team leader, Materials Engineer)
Quentin Dietre (Materials Engineer)
Sally Jane Morgan (Materials Engineer)
Shreya More (Computer Scientist)
Contact: QARE.service@cern.ch
