LERF vault (IMAGE)

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

LERF vault

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: Jefferson Lab has several machines capable of delivering a beam of electrons to irradiate the lithium-deuteride pellets. The options include the Low Energy Recirculator Facility (pictured). Developed originally for the Free-Electron Laser program at Jefferson Lab, a high-voltage photogun and superconducting radiofrequency cryomodule remaining at the LERF could provide a 10 MeV electron beam required to irradiate the target materials for the SPF project. The polarized fusion project will also benefit other research at the lab, helping Hall B scientists develop 7LiD and 6LiH targets and bringing in a much-needed workforce to speed up the irradiation of those target materials. (Jefferson Lab photo/Aileen Devlin)

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Jefferson Lab photo/Aileen Devlin

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