Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California
Institution Name
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Name
Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS)
Building
L-397
Primary Facility Type
Ion Irradiations
Secondary Facility Type
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Hosts a 10-MV FN tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, a NEC 1-MV tandem accelerator and a soon to be commissioned 250KV single stage AMS deck to perform up to 25,000 AMS measurement per year
Unique Functions
Also has a NEC 1.7-MV tandem accelerator for ion beam analysis and microscopy.
Hotwork Facilities
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<100mr/hr @ 30cm
Materials Allowed
alpha/beta/gamma
Sample Encapsulation
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No Recent Upgrade Defined RAM License
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Yes
GAIN Partner
No
NSUF Partner
Yes
NE Use Percentage
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Scott Tumey
Website URL
https://cams.llnl.gov/
Date Of Data
January 29, 2016
