Superconducting resonator and cryomodule production for ion linacs at michigan state university

Superconducting quarter-wave resonators, half-wave resonators, and cryomodules are being prototyped and fabricated at Michigan State University (MSU) for two ion linac projects. The 3 MeV per nucleon reaccelerator project (ReA3) is under construction as an upgrade to MSU’s nuclear physics research program. ReA3 requires 15 production resonators, housed in three cryostats, with commissioning to begin in 2010. In parallel, MSU is engaged in a future laboratory upgrade, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). FRIB requires a 200 MeV per nucleon driver linac, which includes 344 resonators (four different betas) housed in 52 cryomodules. FRIB development work is underway, with the prototyping of a FRIB cryomodule planned for early 2011. In addition, the acquisition strategy for FRIB resonators and cryomodules is being finalized, and the technology transfer program is being initiated. The status of the resonator and cryomodule production effort will be presented in this paper, including an overview of the acquisition strategy for FRIB.