A 6 MeV electron linac facility for multipurpose radiation testing

At CEA Gramat, we operate several facilities for high flux radiation testing. ASTERIX [1–4] is the spearhead of them and allows one shot ultra-intense X-ray flashes generation (up to 2 ·10 8 Gy[Si]/s at 1 m in less than 50 ns). Recently, a new irradiation facility has come into operation. This additional resource, based on a linear electron accelerator, is intended for high cumulated dose deposition by means of either photon or electron beam.