GANIL (Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds) has been funded at Caen, France since 1983 as an institute for fundamental research to investigate and consolidate knowledge about the atomic nucleus. The laboratory is operated jointly by the National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3) belonging to the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Direction des Sciences de la Matière (DSM) of the Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA). Stable and radioactive ion beams are available at energies from 1.5 MeV/A to about 70 MeV/A. The range of areas explored with GANIL beams extends from astrophysics to radiobiology, including the science of materials (ageing of materials, hardness of electronic components carried into space and of reactor vessels, etc.). The SPIRAL2 facility, under construction, will extend the GANIL possibilities to high intensity neutron beams and stable beams, as well as to radioactive beams produced in fusion reactions.

Linked ChETEC facility

• Système de Production d'Ions RAdioactifs en Ligne de 2^e génération (SPIRAL2)

Web page

• https://www.ganil-spiral2.eu/

ChETEC contact person

• Olivier Sorlin (sorlinganil.fr)