Speaker
Description
For over 40 years, the GANIL facility has been supplying stable beams (carbon to uranium, 60 keV/A to 95 MeV/A) and low- and high-energy radioactive ion beams for fundamental, applied and industrial research from a set of 5 cyclotrons.
Since 2010, due to the SPIRAL2 construction and compliance projects associated with the French safety regulations, the cyclotrons maintenance and refurbishment were reduced to a bare minimum, and as a consequence the failure rate increased over the years.
Present scientific and industrial demand for GANIL cyclotrons beams, and projection for future demands over the years to come, request GANIL to guarantee the operation over the next 20 years or more. Therefore an ambitious renovation program, the CYREN (Cyclotrons Renovation) project, was launched in 2024.
This article covers the progress of this project, detailing the challenges, partly due to the diversity of the different installations, the uniqueness of the equipment and the sometimes aging, implemented technologies. The project covers a broad variety of equipment from the 5 cyclotrons, beam lines, the associated experimental caves, building infrastructures, technical utilities and the safety, security and radiation protection systems.
| In which format do you inted to submit your paper? | Word |
|---|