MEDSI2025 - 13th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation

Conceptual design of AS2 - A new synchrotron for Australia

WEP07

17 Sept 2025, 17:00

1h 15m

Poster Session Room (The Loop)

Poster Presentation Status Poster Session 2

Speaker

Brad Mountford (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)

Description

The Australian Synchrotron is now in its 18th year of operation and currently planning for its future. Over the past 1.5 years there as been a facility wide initiative to draft a Conceptual Design Report for a new synchrotron to meet the future needs of Australia and the region. This poster will present the high level concepts of the proposed facility summarizing key design philosophies and concepts It will also describe technologies identified as key to success along with technologies and concepts development through R&D.