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Safety and Health
Could construction affect my family's quality of life, safety and health?
The construction works must not affect the safety and health of your family. Should you nevertheless perceive this, please contact our neighborhood office immediately. Unfortunately, we cannot rule out a temporary reduction in the quality of life, as Lise-Meitner Park is expected to be temporarily inaccessible or only partially accessible during the construction work.
How is it ensured that PETRA IV does not cause any danger in the long term?
PETRA IV will not endanger people or the environment. DESY has been building, operating and using particle accelerators for research for more than 60 years. We have a great deal of experience and many years of know-how in this field. Our departments for safety, environmental protection and radiation protection ensure the highest safety standards.
The new buildings are also designed to eliminate hazards. Regular statutory inspections ensure this throughout the entire operation.
PETRA IV will generate about the same amount of X-ray light overall as the PETRA III X-ray source in operation today. However, the light can be focused better at the site of the experiment, and the light waves oscillate better in unison. As a result, PETRA IV will enable imaging procedures with 100 times more precise detail and 100 times faster experiments than before. Thus, PETRA IV is above all a qualitative leap forward, but the operational and safety concepts are very similar.
