CYC2025 - International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (Chengdu)

The SPES facility at LNL: status and perspectives

THBI01

30 Oct 2025, 10:30

30m

InterContinental Chengdu Global Center

Invited Oral Presentation Cyclotron for Hadron Therapy and Isotope Production Cyclotron for Hadron Therapy and Isotope Production (5)

Speaker

Tommaso Marchi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro)

Description

The construction and commissioning of the SPES facility is the flagship project of the INFN Legnaro National Laboratories. The goal is to build a state of the art accelerator facility to carry on research in the fields of Fundamental Physics and Interdisciplinary Physics. The core of the project is represented by a high-intensity cyclotron capable of delivering proton beams at 35-70 MeV with a maximum total current of 750 microA on two simultaneously operated exit ports. A wide range of applications is foreseen spanning from the production and re-acceleration of Rare Isotope beams using the ISOL (Isotope Separation On Line) technique to Research and Development of innovative radioisotopes for medical diagnostics and therapies. The production and supply of radioisotopes to industry is also envisaged. In this contribution, the status of the project will be summarized and the recent commissioning achievements will be illustrated.