ISOL-AT : ISOL Actinide Targets (JRA1)

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ISOL-AT ISOL Actinide Targets (JRA1)
UO2 6C ? UC2 2C 2CO ThO2 6C ? ThC2
2C 2CO
ISOLDE UCx over more than 25 years
total gt800 isotopes
Actinide targets ISOLDE 2006 (gt56)
12 targets / year
UC2/ ThC2
Other targets
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Properties (after irradiation)
Actinide targets synthesis

• Heat conductivity
• (before irradiaton)
• 3000 W/m K

Chimie douce (2001)
Carbon nanotube fibers
nm/sub-mm SiC
Science (2000)
Record yields 21Mg from nanostructuredtargets wit
h pulsed beam
Sol-gel from uranyl nitrate solutions. U3O8 20C
? 3UC2 6C 8CO
Al2O3
Metal/ThO2 Composite target
Improved target longevity
Nb
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HIE-ISOLDE
Pulsed beam photofission
1.2 s (0.9s) cycling rate GW instantaneous beam
power
PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE
Uranium target licensing for high beam power in
progress
Disk UCx Ø6 cm
660 g U, stacked disks
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(ISOL-HT)
Post irradiation examination (LiSoR, MEGAPIE,
TARPIPE)
Production/release benchmarking ISOLDE database
Hot cell facility
40eme JdA at CERN in 2010