This distributed ICTS consists of two infrastructures: the National Accelerator Center (CNA) and the Center for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM).
National Accelerator Center (CNA)
The National Center of Accelerators is a mixed center of the University of Seville, the Junta de Andalucía and the CSIC. It is located in its own building in the Technological Park of the Isla de la Cartuja, in Seville.
The ANC has four accelerators:
- A Tandem van de Graaf type accelerator of 3 MV, which allows to apply a wide variety of analysis techniques, and is equipped with a neutron production line (Hispanos line) unique nationwide
- A 1MV Tandem Cockcroft-Waltron (Tandetron) accelerator for mass spectrometry (determination of high half-life radionuclides present in trace concentrations in samples of various types). It has application in the study of environmental processes, archaeology and paleoanthropology.
- A Micada-type mass spectrometer accelerator, developed exclusively for the determination and measurement of C-14.It has an associated C-14 dating service and is additionally used in various forensic studies.
- A cyclotron, which provides protons of 18 MeV, used for the production of radiopharmaceuticals and research in physics and nuclear medicine.
In addition, the CNA has other noteworthy equipment:
- A PET/CT scan for large animals and humans that, together with the cyclotron, allows very short-lived radiopharmaceutical studies that could not be performed otherwise,
- A highly versatile 60 Co irradiator capable of conducting photon irradiation tests in fields as different as aerospace technology, ionizing radiation metrology or the irradiation of biological samples for research.
Center for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM)
The Center for Micro-Analysis of Materials (CMAM) is a research center belonging to the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) whose main experimental tool is an electrostatic ion accelerator with a maximum terminal voltage of 5 MV, dedicated to the analysis and modification of materials. The accelerator is exploited through a set of beam lines, complemented by several ancillary scientific tools and laboratory support spaces.
The GEC is the result of an initial project funded through the ERDF programme and originally led by Prof. Fernando Agulló López, assisted by an Advisory Committee made up of outstanding members of the Spanish scientific, cultural and academic community.
The CMAM operates its accelerator (built by the company HVEE) with six beam lines, which are available to users for material analysis and modification:
- Multipurpose Standard Line (STD).
- External Microbeam Line (EuB).
- Flight Time Line (ERDA-TOF).
- Nuclear Physics Line (NUC).
- Implantation Line (IMP) and Fentosecond Laser.
- Internal Microbeam Line (IuB)
