Particle Accelerator Protocol
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Education
The WA:
RECOGNIZES the international community’s interest in the scientific knowledge potential gained through particle accelerators (PA’s);
DEFINES a particle accelerator as a device that accelerates electrically charged particles or sub-atomic particles to extremely fast speeds, usually for the purpose of inducing extremely high energy reactions or producing high levels of radiation;
NOTES that certain members of both the scientific and general community have speculation that these devices could potentially create black holes, the astronomical phenomenon known for having extremely destructive effects on all substances it comes into contact with;
REALIZES that this speculation, while not entirely false, is not probable since any black hole produced by the PA would be at such a microscopic level that it could do no damage to any substance;
ACKNOWLEDGES that the smashing of particles at speeds near the speed of light potentially has the ability to produce what is known as “anti-matter,” another astronomical phenomenon that is credited with destroying any other matter particles it comes into contact with;
CONCERNED that anti-matter, if it was to get into the wrong hands, could be extremely destructive on national and international scales;
HEREBY mandates the following:
1) All member nations that now or in the future have PA’s must take the following safety precautions to prevent large black holes from developing:
a) Ensure that if black holes develop during the collision of particles that the conditions in the lab where they were created are proper so the black hole vaporizes itself due to intense heat produced.
b) Monitor black holes produced during a particle smashing so if they aren’t instantly destroyed, they cannot simply leave the lab and be sucked towards the nearest and largest gravitational mass.
2) Member nations must also take the following preventative measures to counter the potential in anti-matter terrorism:
a) National governments and private enterprises that use particle accelerators to produce anti-matter molecules must run thorough background checks on all employees and scientists that have potential access to anti-matter molecules produced and stored.
b) Nations and private enterprises have the right to determine who can and cannot work in the particle accelerator labs based on criminal records, qualifications, etc. but if anti-matter terrorism occurs because of an error in hiring, the nation that created the anti-matter will be held internationally responsible and may have to pay fines and retributions.
c) It is recommended that labs that produce anti-matter should use the highest security available to them to prevent anti-matter from be stolen and/or exploding inside the lab.
