Technical Aspects of Delivering Simultaneous Dual and Triple Ion Beams to a Target at the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory

O. Toader, F. Naab, E. Uberseder, T. Kubley, S. Taller, G. Was

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Abstract

The Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, plays a significant role in supporting the mission of the U.S. DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. MIBL is a charter laboratory of the NSUF (National Scientific User Facility - US DoE) and hosts users worldwide. The laboratory has evolved from a single accelerator laboratory to a highly versatile facility with three accelerators (3 MV Tandem, a 400 kV Ion Implanter and a 1.7 MV Tandem), seven beam lines and five target chambers that together, provide unique capabilities to capture the extreme environment experienced by materials in reactor systems. This capability now includes simultaneous multiple (dual, triple) ion irradiations, an irradiation accelerated corrosion cell, and soon, in-situ dual beam irradiation in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) for the study of radiation damage coupled with injection of transmutation elements. The two beam lines that will connect to the 300 kV FEI Tecnai G2 F30 microscope are expected to be operational by the end of 2017. Multiple simultaneous ion beam experiments involving light and heavy ions are already in progress. This paper will outline the current equipment and will focus on the new capability of running dual and triple ion beam experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)385-390
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Procedia
Volume90
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventConference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, CAARI 2016 - Fort Worth, United States
Duration: Oct 30 2016Nov 4 2016

Funding

The expansion and the new capabilities of MIBL were made possible with support from DOE – Nuclear Energy Program, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), TerraPower Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering (CoE) and the University of Michigan’s Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS) department.

Keywords

  • dual beams
  • ion beams irradiations
  • ion source
  • triple beam

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