Nuclear metrology
High purity germanium (HPGe) detectors
Arrofixe detector : this is a HPGe detector from ORTEC equipped with 10 cm lead and 3mm copper shielding. Gamma spectrometry is a very popular nuclear technique used to identify (…)
Quantulus (scintillation liquide)
A scintillation device consists of detecting and measuring ionizing radiation by using the excitation effect of incident radiation on a liquid scintillator, and detecting the resultant light emission using photomultipliers. (…)
Cyclotron and radiation stations
Low intensity irradiation station
The experimental vault Ax The experimental vault AX possesses 3 different beam lines with their associated diagnostics. It is possible to add additional devices if necessary. The 3 beam lines (…)
Cyclotron C70
The Arronax accelerator is a variable azimuthal field cyclotron capable of delivering several types of particles (alpha, protons, deuterons) at kinetic energies of up to 70 MeV. These particles are (…)
High intensity beam lines : 4 irradiation stations for solid targets and 1 for research
The Arronax facility possesses 5 high current beam lines, named A1, A2, P1, P2 and P3. Four are devoted to radionuclide production whereas the last one, P1, is used for (…)