A 5 MeV 180 mA S-band electron on axis coupled linac was built in the late ‘80s. The structure was completely designed and built inside the accelerator laboratory.

This design was used as a basis for the future medical accelerator development with industry.

This linac is in operation since then to offer some useful services to scientific community and private organisations in the several applications fields in which e-beam and X rays are useful.

Examples of radiations tests already carried out on behalf of private or public agencies:

• crosslinking of polymers; degradation of pesticides;
• degradation of phenols in waters of   washing of the olives;
• degradation of policlorobiphenols (PCB) present in oils of isolation of the transformers;
• cracking of oil products;
• water sterilization infected by pathogenic agents;
• control of the effects of the on the functionality of the cells of the blood;
• production of color centers in alkaline crystals in presence of drugging for employs in solid state laser;
• generation from metallic targets of x-rays radiation.

• irradiation of W (100) samples for vacancy creation ad D retention measurements for fusion materials

Some electron accelerators were developed in the ‘80’s as stand alone accelerators or as parts of a larger facility. In the figure at right two 5 MeV linac, one used for a racetrack microtron and the other for a 5 MeV linac are photographed close in the brazing room.

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