1. EURISOL Transition period 2009-2013 MYRRHA and ISOL@MYRRHA
Piet Van Duppen
K.U.Leuven and ISOLDE-CERN
on behalf of the EURISOL Project Office
EURISOL Transition period
MYRRHA and

2. EURISOL What is EURISOL? Multi-user capabilities
Up to 150 AMeV for 132Sn
3 x 100 kW targets
(REX-ISOLDE, SPIRAL ~ few kW
HIE-ISOLDE ~ 10kW, TRIUMF ~ 50 kW)
1 x 4 MW converter (fission) target
(SPIRAL-2 ~ 200kW, SPES ~ 100 kW)
3 x post-accelerators:
150 A.MeV 132Sn for secondary fragmentation
1-5 A.MeV Coulomb barrier nuclear physics
~ 1 MeV nuclear astrophysics
~ keV ground states, solid-state physics, etc.
Cost: 1.3 B€ 3
235U
Design Study finished:
~400 person-yrs, ~ 33M€ - (documents/report available on
LINAC: H, D, He and A/q=2 ions up to 1 A GeV

3. The “Transition” Period (2010-2013)
update/shape the physics case/instrumentation
perform further R&D for RIB production/acceleration
contact with funding and political bodies
EURISOL on the ESFRI list and EURISOL Preparatory Phase
The EURISOL project office:
Overall coordination of EURISOL related actions
Yorick Blumenfeld (chair), Alberto Facco, Marek Lewitowicz, PVD
The EURISOL collaboration:
MoU between all laboratories interested in EURISOL (in preparation)

4. The “Transition” Period (2010-2013)
The EURISOL User Group and the EURISOL Network in ENSAR:
EURISOL User Group will federate scientific community and update physics case; elected executive committee: A. Bonaccorso, chair
EURISOL Network focuses on R&D at current facilities and fund workshops and town meetings; 105 k€; leader Y. Blumenfeld
Task1: R&D coordination (Y. Kadi)
Task 2: Physics & Instrumentation (A. Bonaccorso)
Workshops/topical meetings – town meetings:
Catania 9-11 December 2009 – Nuclei in the r-process region (~40 part.) (
- Valencia February 2011 – N=Z region (~70 part.)
- Lisbon Fall 2012: town meeting and topical meeting on light nuclei
- CERN, Geneva: June 27-28, 2011: EURISOL-NET on R&D coor.
- 2013: topical meeting
- 2014: Final town meeting

5. The “Transition” Period (2010-2013)
The EURISOL work package in TIARA:
- Define/Prepare R&D platforms for EURISOL (270 k€, S. Bousson – Orsay)
Requests to NuPNET: R&D through National Funding Agencies
(see also S. Gales: NuPECC meeting Paris):
- Three proposals submitted: Accelerators – Charge Breeding – Target-Ion Sources systems (requested 1.25 M€)
Workpackage 9:
Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area

6. Timescale for EURISOL
: Transition period; contacts with funding agencies and political bodies
2013 : Application to be included in ESFRI list (support from NuPECC)
2013 : Call for preparatory phase
: EURISOL Preparatory Phase
: Preparation of TDR
: Construction
2025 : First Beam

7. Timeline for European ISOL RIB facilities
Existing ISOL facilities
REX-ISOLDE, SPIRAL, EXCYT, ALTO, JYFL, …
Construction+ commissioning
HIE-ISOLDE SPES
SPIRAL2
2nd generation ISOL facilities
RIBs from 2nd generation ISOL facilities
ESFRI
List
EURISOL
Collaboration
MoU
EURISOL
Preparatory
Phase
Construction
+ Commissioning
TDR
RIB
Adapted from M. Lewitowicz and P. Butler

8. Courtesey Lucia Popescu (SCK•CEN, Belgium)
MYRRHA at SCK•CEN
Copyright © SCK•CEN
Courtesey Lucia Popescu (SCK•CEN, Belgium)

9. MYRRHA - Concept
Total investment (estimation 2009): 960 M€
Sustainable fission energy: Accelerator Driven System (ADS)
Fast neutron spectrum: neutron irradiated silicon
Health care: production of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine
Fundamental research:

10. MYRRHA Project Schedule
Front End
Engineering
Design
2015
Tendering &
Procurement
Construction
of components &
Civil engineering
2019
On site
assembly
Commissioning
2023
Progressive
start-up
2024-
Full
exploitation
The project MYRRHA
supported by the Belgian government (March 2010)
on the ESFRI roadmap (Nov. 2010)
on the “European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative – ESNII” roadmap (Nov. 2010)
on the NuPECC roadmap (Dec. 2010)

11. ISOL@MYRRHA Pre-Conceptual Design
protons: 2-4 mA, CW, 600 MeV
2 gap Spoke 352 MHz
5 cell Elliptical 704 MHz
Beam splitter
17 MeV
100 MeV
200 MeV
600 MeV
~ mA,
~DC
Ruggedized target:
e.g. Ta, UC/C
Sustainable 1+ ion source:
RFQ cooler and buncher
Pure and intense RIBs
of ~50-60 keV
Low-resolution mass separator
High-resolution mass separator

12. Facility Characteristics
based on proven technology (largely based on experience at ISOLDE and TRIUMF)
can deliver:
pure RIB: selective ionization, chemistry, M/DM >
intense RIB (x100 compared to the present ISOLDE ‘standard’ RIB)
RIB of good ion optical quality
optimal experimental conditions/lay-out/support (green-field facility!)
extended beam times with stable operation
complementary to ISOL and In-Flight facilities
=> unique possibilities for experiments that:
need very high statistics
involve many time consuming systematic measurements
hunt for very rare events
have an inherent limited detection efficiency

13. ISOL@MYRRHA Project at SCK•CEN
is an integral part of the MYRRHA project
Delivery of the proton beam by MYRRHA
Support by in house group at SCK•CEN
Building an international users group
Workshops on R&D for RIB production and the physics case (update)
Search for national and international support: ~40 M€ - consortium
More information:
2020
Assembly
&
Installation
Manufacturing
of components &
construction
2016
Awarding
contracts
Commissioning
Front End
Engineering
Design
2023 -
Exploitation
2011
Pre-
Conceptual