China's Key Experimental Facility Upgrading Project for Basic Nuclear Physics Research is Completed on July 4, 2014

Upgrading project of China's key experimental facility for basic nuclear physics research is completed on July 4, 2014. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

China's key experimental facility upgrading project for basic nuclear physics research is completed on July 4, 2014

The 100MeV proton cyclotron independently developed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) was tested for the first time on July 4, 2014, marking the completion of the key experimental facility upgrading project for HI-13 tandem accelerators, a national key scientific and technological project.

It was also a major milestone and an important step forward in China's basic nuclear physics research. The completion of the tandem accelerator upgrading project filled the gap in China's medium-energy high-current proton cyclotrons, high-resolution BRISOL separators and superconducting heavy-ion linear accelerators.

The facilities reached the advanced international level of similar devices, making China one of the few countries to own the new generation of radioactive nuclear beam accelerators.

(Executive editor: Hao Wen)