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Overview of business

Goal

To build a heavy ion accelerator complex RAON, for rare isotope science research in Korea.

* RAON - Rare isotope Accelerator complex for ON-line experiments

Period

2011.12 ~ 2021.12

Budget

KRW 1,518 billion (US$ 1.27 billion, 1$=1,200krw)

- accelerators and experimental apparatus : 522.8 billion won

- civil engineering & conventional facilities : 996 billion won (incl. site 357 billion won)

Business details

Heavy Ion Accelerator Construction Project - Heavy Ion Accelerator Construction Project,Facility Construction Project

System Installation Project- Development, installation, and commissioning of the accelerator systems that provides high-energy (200MeV/u) and high-power (400kW) heavy-ion beam

ISOL (Isotope Separation On-Line)
- Acceleration of light atomic ions for collisions with heavy atomic targets
- Production of large amounts of rare isotopes
IF (In-flight Fragmentation)
- Acceleration of heavy atomic ions for collisions with light atomic targets
- Production of various rare isotopes
Providing More exotic RI beam production by combination of ISOL and IF

Facility Construction Project - Construction of research and support facility to ensure the stable operation of the heavy-ion accelerator, experiment systems, and to establish a comfortable research environment (※ Accelerator and experiment buildings, support facility, administrative buildings, and guest house, etc.)

Overview of device construction

Central control system(Basic devices), Utility Building(Basic devices), NDPS(Experimental devices), KOBRA(Experimental devices), Extremely low temperature system(Basic devices), Superconducting linear accelerator (SCL3)(Accelerating devices), Injector(Accelerating devices), MMS(Experimental devices), Superconducting linear accelerator (SCL2)(Accelerating devices), CLS(Experimental devices), ISOL system(RI generating devices), Cyclotron(RI generating devices), LAMPS(Experimental devices), IF system(RI generating devices), BIS(Experimental devices), mSR(Experimental devices),

Heavy Ion Accelerator Construction Project

Heavy Ion Accelerator Construction Project - Term, Description
Term		Description
Accelerating devices	Injector	Used to generate heavy ions and deliver them to the superconducting linear accelerators
	Superconducting linear accelerator (SCL3)	Used to accelerate heavy ions and RI beams delivered by the injector to 18.5MeV/u (in the case of uranium)
	Superconducting linear accelerator (SCL2)	Used to accelerate heavy ions and RI beams of 18.5MeV/u to 200MeV/u (in the case of uranium)
Basic devices	Central control system	Designed to synchronize major components of the heavy ion accelerator, provide visual information, detect and correct errors of different devices, and interconnect various systems operated in a distributed environment
Basic devices	Extremely low temperature system	Designed to supply helium generated at the extremely-low-temperature plant to the superconducting linear accelerators (SCL3 and SCL 2) to maintain the extremely-low-temperature environment
RI generating devices	ISOL system	Designed to accelerate light ions (protons, etc.) to collide into heavy targets (uranium, etc.) to generate rare isotopes
RI generating devices	IF system	Designed to accelerate heavy ions (uranium, etc.) to collide into light targets (carbon, etc.) and generate rare isotopes
Experimental devices	Super-low energy experimental device	Used to measure the basic physical quantities of the atomic nucleus of a rare isotope in the super-low-energy field (0.1MeV or lower)
	Low-energy experimental device	Used to explore the unique structure of the atomic nucleus and the principles of the generation of elements and measure nuclear data, etc., in the low-energy field (up to 18.5MeV/u in the case of uranium)
	High-energy experimental device	Used to explore the state of the atomic nucleus in extreme conditions and study material science and biomedical science in the high-energy field (18.5MeV/u-200MeV/u in the case of uranium)

Layout of Heavy Ion Accelerator Building

Superconductivity Assembly Building, Super-Conducting Radio-Frequency, High Energy Experiments B, In-Flight Fragmentation/High Energy Experiments A, Isotope Separation On-Line, Helium Refrigeration, Super-Conducting Linac, Helium Refrigeration System Building, Low Energy Experiments A/B, Utility Building, Electricity Building, Main Control Center, Information Center,User Accommodation Building ,Waste Storage Building,Administration Building

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