Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2014) 129: 69
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14069-3

Regular Article

An intrinsically safe facility for forefront research and training on nuclear technologies — An example of accelerator: the SPES cyclotron

Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy

^* e-mail: Gianfranco.Prete@lnl.infn.it

Received: 2 August 2013
Revised: 21 January 2014
Accepted: 13 February 2014
Published online: 28 April 2014

Abstract

The SPES project, under construction at INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, is a research facility for nuclear and applied physics, based on a high-current H^- cyclotron with two exits. One exit will be devoted to supply an ISOL facility for the production of radioactive beams, the second one can be used as driver for the ADS system. The main characteristics of the cyclotron are described together with the main building designed to operate high-current proton beams according to radioprotection rules.