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IPJ and CERN
Reactor MARIA
Nuclear Centre at Swierk
30 km from Warsaw 44 ha area
Grzegorz Wrochna
Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies
Nuclear research in Poland
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Washington,

2. Research Centre at Swierk
Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies (IPJ)
Staff: 470, inc. 44 prof., 65 PhD, 23 PhD students
10 research departments
Production department ZdAJ
Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM (IEA)
Staff: 460, inc. 18 prof., 44 PhD
Nuclear reactor + radioisotope centre
Merging procedure just started in view of Polish nuclear power programme
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3. Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM
IEA
Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM
MARIA 30 MW reactor
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4. IEA Radioisotope Centre
Development of new technologies and manufacturing:
radioactive isotopes
chemical compounds marked with radioisotopes
isotope radiation sources
Applications:
medicine
industry
science
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5. Institute for Nuclear Studies research programme
Domains:
nuclear physics
particle physics
neutrino physics
astroparticle physics
plasma physics
Projects:
FAIR
LHC, ILC
T2K, LAGUNA
p of the Sky, POLAR, GRIPS
ITER, W7-X
FLASH, XFEL
Applications:
energy
industry
medicine
environment
safety & security
art history
Technologies:
nuclear
accelerator
detector
material
informatics
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IEA
Training, education, outreach
7000 visitors / year
visit to reactor
exibition
lectures
Nuclear lab for students
Courses for teachers
Science festivals
Participation in NUPEX
IPJ: „Science populariser 2007”
Aword of Polish Press Agency + Ministry of Science and Higher Education
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CERN
Fixed target: NA48, NA49→61, Compass
Isolde – target
CMS – RPC m-trigger
LHC-b – straw tubes, RASNIK, readout
ALICE – PHOS assembly & tests
Linac4
Proton buncher
PIMS
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8. IPJ participation in PIMS project
Rough and final machining of all components
Vacuum brazing – ports and wavewguide
Preparing of tools for electron beam welding at Julich
X-ray testing
Metrology, leak and water tests
Cleaning, packing and transport to Julich and to CERN
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9. PIMS - preparatory phase at IPJ
Successful test in collaboration with Forschungszentrum Julich:
IPJ:
parts manufacturing,
vacuum brazing,
preaparing for EBW,
RF tunning & testing
FZJ Julich:
electron beam welding
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10. Preparation for production - new equipment
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11. CNC high precision turning and milling machines
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12. Vacuum furnace and new metrology equipment12
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13. Particle accelerators and detectors
Target for experiment Isolde, CERN, Genewa
Prototype cavities 1.3 GHz for Tesla-FEL, DESY, Hamburg
From research instruments to commercial applications
Accelerator „Coline” for radiotherapy
Accelerator „Lillyput” for industrial radiography
Nuclear research in Poland
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Washington,

14. Technology Park at Świerk
Technology Park (A+B)
Nuclear technologies for energy, medicine, environment new materials, safety+security
academic support
innovative companies
incubator, labs
administrative support
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15. Free Electron Laser @ Świerk
4th generation light source driven by electron accelerator
© DESY
3D-imaging:
molecules
& nano-
structures
© DESY
Material
studies:
dense plasma properties
Novel
technologies:
surface
modification
© DESY
© DESY
Live sciences:
biological cell
imaging
No funds allocated yet
Spiroplasma melliferus
Continuous e- beam E= 600 MeV
Radiation wavelength: UV → 9 nm
Pulse length: < 100 fs
Beam power (peak): 0.22 GW
Length: up to 400 m
Cost: 100 M€ M€ (1-6 stations)
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16. Computing Centre Swierk (2010-2015)
24 M€, dedicated building, 5000 CPU
Support for nuclear power program
to perform safety assessment analysis
to understand severe accident phenomena
to study measures to mitigate the release of activity
to develop and assess computer models and codes
Computing for research (GRID node)
Connection to CERN thier-0?
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