THE CYCLOTRON FACILITY FOR RADIATION DAMAGE EXPERIMENTS AT THE JRC - ISPRA

The light particles variable energy cyclotron installed at the Physics Division of the JRC, Ispra, accelerates protons and α-particles in the energy range from 9 MeV to 38 MeV, and deuterons from 5 MeV to 18 MeV. The maximum current for protons and deuterons is 65 μA in the entire energy range and 30 μA for α-particles. A switching magnet equipped with seven exit ports steers the beam to three radiation cells. The cyclotron was installed to simulate the radiation damage of 14 MeV neutrons in structural materials of interestto fusion reactors. A brief description of the experimental facilities in preparation is given.