Speaker
Dr
Mihai Straticiuc
(Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering)
Description
Accelerated ion beams can be regarded as a highly versatile multi-tool extremely useful to date artefacts, clean-up air, detect and remove tumours, sanitise sewage, improve microprocessors, transmute nuclear waste, detect a counterfeit, manufacture cutting-edge materials or even look into the stars.
The history of particle accelerators at the "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN-HH started in '50s with the installation of a U-120 cyclotron, followed by the commissioning of the 7.5 MV FN Tandem machine in 1973.
Nowadays we proudly operate 3 electrostatic accelerators and a TR-19 cyclotron that are equipped to tackle a broad range of applications, but also for fundamental research.
