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M01

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A gap in the M01 area of the MTest beamline provides 120 GeV protons at a maximum flux of 1.5 E11 protons/spill. This gap is approximately 15 cm long. There is a SEM beam flux monitor just upstream of this gap. Spills are 4.2 seconds long, at a rate of 1 per 60 seconds. The beam spot size is about 1cm².

The area is accessible by users, with the appropriate training. There is a cable plant that connects the Meson Service buildings to the M01 area, but the Service buildings are typically not accustomed to user activity. Accelerator Division radiation technicians typically will help place the devices to be irradiated as well as retrieving them and storing them until any activity has decayed away. Use of this area may conflict with FTBF. Interested users will be asked to write an MOU and contact the FTBF Manager for approval & scheduling.

SY Dump

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A gap in the SY Dump beamline provides 120 GeV protons at a maximum flux of 6 E14 protons/spill. Spills are 4.2 seconds long, at a rate of 1 per 60 seconds. Use of this area will conflict with FTBF and the Sea Quest experiment. Interested users will be asked to write an MOU and contact the FTBF Manager for approval & scheduling.

Neutron Therapy Facility

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In the middle of the Linac there is a medical treatment area called NTF [4]. This facility can divert Linac pulses at the 66 MeV point and impinge them on a beryllium and gold target. This produces fast neutrons with an average energy of about 10 MeV.  The flux of neutrons is on the order of 106 neutrons per pulse, with 10 Hz of pulses during a dedicated period of irradiation lasting minutes. A treatment platform and chair can be lowered into the beamline from ground level (see Figure 3). There are limited access points, so it is difficult to bring arbitrary signals in or out of this room. Long term irradiation (i.e. hours) is not typically supported at this facility. While this facility is dedicated to medical treatment, it has been used for experimental tests and even industry applications. 

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ES&H Instrumentation Calibration Area

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The Environment, Safety and Health group at Fermilab has a facility where radiation monitors from around the lab are calibrated.  This facility has 3 modestly sized rooms, mostly empty, where detectors can be placed anywhere from right next to the source, or several meters away.  The sources used are mostly Cs-137.  The strongest source used is 200 Curies, with an array of sources at order of magnitudes lower from this activity.  This strongest source translates to about 3 x 106 photons/sec/cm2, or 700 Rads/hr at a distance of 30 cm. The rooms are easily accessible and have penetrations to allow for a cable plant. No detector R&D has been performed at this facility, but the staff, and head of ES&H, are willing to support initial small scale efforts that do not take too much time.

In addition to the gamma sources, this facility also has a very strong AmBe neutron source. The activity is approximately 6 x 107 neutrons/second. Long term exposure (weeks) of small items to this source can be considered.  At 30 cm distance from this source, a total exposure of 5500 neutrons/sec/cm2 can be obtained.  Closer distances are allowed.

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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Erik Ramberg.