ISOL-AT : ISOL Actinide Targets (JRA1) ISOLDE UCx over more than 25 years Actinide targets ISOLDE 2006 (>56%) UO2 + 6C → UC2 + 2C + 2CO ThO2 + 6C → ThC2 + 2C + 2CO 12 targets / year UC2/ ThC2 Other targets total >800 isotopes
ISOL-AT (JRA1) Joint EURISOL-EURONS Town meeting Helsinki 19 th Sept 07 Actinide targets synthesis Properties (after irradiation) Science (2000) “Chimie douce (2001)” Carbon nanotube fibers Heat conductivity (before irradiaton) = 3000 W/m K Sol-gel from uranyl nitrate solutions. U 3 O C → 3UC 2 + 6C + 8CO m nm/sub- m SiC Record yields 21 Mg from nanostructured targets with pulsed beam Metal/ThO 2 Composite target Nb Al 2 O 3 Improved target longevity
ISOL-AT (JRA1) Joint EURISOL-EURONS Town meeting Helsinki 19 th Sept 07 Carbon Window Dump proton Disk UCx Ø=6 cm Pulsed beam photofission 1.2 s (0.9s) cycling rate GW instantaneous beam power 660 g U, stacked disks Uranium target licensing for high beam power in progress PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE
ISOL-AT (JRA1) Joint EURISOL-EURONS Town meeting Helsinki 19 th Sept eme JdA at CERN in 2010 Post irradiation examination (LiSoR, MEGAPIE, TARPIPE) Hot cell facility Production/release benchmarking: ISOLDE database (ISOL-HT)