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Selected List of Operating and Planned Rare-Isotope Facilities Worldwide
TABLE C.1 Selected List of Rare-Isotope Beam Facilities: Existing and Near-Term Capabilities in Asia, Europe, and North America
Facility |
Region |
Country |
Type |
Driver |
BFRIB |
Asia |
China |
ISOL |
100 MeV, 200 µA cyclotron |
HIRFL at IMP |
Asia |
China |
IF |
HI cyclotrons and storage ring and cooler |
RARF at RIKEN |
Asia |
Japan |
IF |
HI linac and K540 cyclotron and K70 AVF cyclotron |
RIBF at RIKEN |
Asia |
Japan |
IF |
Cascade of K520, K980, and K2500 HI cyclotrons to 440 (LI) and 350 (very HI) MeV/A |
TRIAC at KEK-JAEA |
Asia |
Japan |
ISOL |
40 MeV, 3 µA tandem |
VEC-RIB |
Asia |
India |
ISOL |
K130 cyclotron to 400 keV/A |
CRC |
Europe |
Belgium |
ISOL |
30 MeV H− cyclotron to 300 µA |
DRIBS at Dubna |
Europe |
Russia |
IF and ISOL |
U400 and U400M and U200 HI cyclotrons 100 MeV/A |
EURISOL |
Europe |
European Union |
ISOL |
Linac providing 1 GeV protons with up to 5 MW and multiple 100 kW targets |
Accelerated Rare-Isotope Beams |
Status |
Comments |
SC linac proposed |
Construction from 2003 |
Up to 10 MeV/A for RIB |
|
Operating driver |
1100 MeV/A for 12C and 540 MeV/A for 238U driver |
|
Operating |
Provides intense A < 60 RIBs |
Phase II includes degraders, a gas catcher, e-RI collider, polarized RI beams, etc. |
Construction |
Goal of up to 100 kW of U on target, Phase I operational in 2007, Phase II proposed |
18 GHz (CB-ECR) and SC RFQ and IH and SC linacs |
Operating |
Low-energy RNBs up to 1.1 MeV/A are currently available; RNBs from 5 to 8 MeV/A are planned |
HI RFQ linac to 86 keV/A; IH linacs to 400 keV/A |
Cyclotron exists, RFQ prototype operational, funded project |
Photofission option for producing neutron-rich RIB under consideration; Phase 2 proposal for acceleration up to 2 MeV/A submitted |
K110–Cyclone cyclotron |
Operating |
Up to 9 kW on target and RIBs accelerated from 0.2 to 12 MeV/A |
RIB can be accelerated in U400 cyclotron. |
Operating |
Also uses photofission technique with the MT25 microtron |
SC linac |
4-year design study funded in 2005. |
Continuous energies between keV/A and 100 MeV/A for m < 130 |
Accelerated Rare-Isotope Beams |
Status |
Comments |
15 MV tandem |
Operating |
Negatively charged RIBs can be accelerated to ~0.2 to 8 MeV/A. |
Synchrotrons |
Construction to start in fall 2007. |
Increase RIB intensity by up to 10,000 and energy by factor of 15 over present facility scheduled for completion in 2014 |
|
Operating |
|
REX-ISOLDE linac at 3.1 MeV/A |
Operating |
Accelerator upgraded to 3.1 MeV/A (5 MeV/A planned) and up to 4 kW on target |
REX-ISOLDE concept with 3.7 to 5.9 MeV/A |
Planned |
ISOL using reactor neutrons as primary driver beam |
SC linac to >20 MeV/A |
Proposed |
1013–1014 particles per second for mass region 80–160; A/q = 1–3 |
CIME Cyclotron for 1.7 to 25 MeV/A with A < 80 and 1.7 to 10 MeV/A for A~100-150 |
Operating |
ISOL accelerated to E < 25 MeV/A with A < 80; IF produces RIB with A < 100 having E < 100 MeV/A |
CIME Cyclotron for 1.7 to 25 MeV/A with A < 80 and 1.7 to 10 MeV/A for A~100-150 |
Construction phase |
Operation planned for 2011-2012; budgeted for 130 million euros |
25 MV tandem |
Operating |
Actinide targets used to produce neutron-rich beams |
Linac to 2.0 MeV/A |
Operating |
Routinely operates with 35 kW primary beam power at target |
SC linac brings energy to 6.5 MeV/A for A < 150 |
Construction |
4.3 MeV/A begins operation in 2006; 6.5 MeV/A scheduled for 2009 |
|
Operating |
Gas catcher for slow beams operational, includes A1900 separator |
Linac chain |
Proposed |
E < 20 MeV/A for reaccelerated RIBs with A < 60, 12 MeV/A for A < 240, and >20 MeV/A for in-flight RIBs |