The Centro Nacional de Aceleradores RAFAEL GARCIA-TENORIO VICE-DIRECTOR

The Centro Nacional de Aceleradores RAFAEL GARCIA-TENORIO VICE-DIRECTOR C. N. A. MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CIENCIA

Centro Nacional de Aceleradores • Established as an agreement between the University of Sevilla, Junta de Andalucia and C. S. I. C. in 1997. • A National facility open to national and international collaboration with: - Other Universities and Health Care Centers (public, private). - Public Research Institutes. - Private companies. A good environment for the training od scientists and technicians ISO 27000 and ISO 9001 Certifications

CNA building, Parque Tecnológico Cartuja 93 (former place of Australian Pavillion during World Exposition 1992))

CNA Personnel (Sept. 2012) • • • Staff (permanent, Ph. D): Doctors (temp): Post-Graduates (temp): Administration: Technicians: • Total: 9 12 9 3 9 42

CNA Personnel

Institutional Agreements -IAEA Collaboration Centre -Collaboration with ENRESA (National Company in charge of the Nuclear Waste Mangement in Spain) - Collaboration with CIEMAT. - Collaboration with Virgen del Rocio Hospital - Collaboration with ALTER Co. (irrdiation of aerospatial components) - Collaboration with CSN (Spanish Nuclear Safety Council) European Project OPAC “Optimization of particle accelerators” Marie Curie ITN; partners: 10 institutions.

Scientific Production Summary 2007 -2008 2009 -2010 Finnanced Projects Artícles ISI 35 46 68 107 Congress Contributions Ph D Tesis + Master Works 69 99 2+4 2+6

CNA General Information 2008 2012 Increment Budget 1130 k€ 1172 k€ 4% Personnel 33 42 27% Permanent Staff 5 10 100% Turnover 65 k€ 128 k€ (2011) 97% Big Installations 3 5+1 100%

Scientific Objectives of CNA To be…. • • • A Centre of Reference in material analysis through the application of IBA techniques. A Centre of Reference in AMS and in 14 C dating A Centre of Reference in the development of radiation detectors instrumentation. A Centre of Reference in Medical Image and in Radiopharmaceutical syntheses. A Centre of Reference in the development and application of irradiation tests

A Centre of Reference in material analysis through the application of IBA techniques.

Spintronics applications Study of defects after ion implantation of transition metals (Ni) in Si. C monocristals for application in spin electronics Collaboration: ICMM, MFA (Budapest); INSP (Paris); UNAM (Mexico) Ref: PSSc 5(2008)1374; NIMB 267(2009)1097

Archaeometry studies using external beam Large and non suitable for vacuum samples can be analyzed with the external beam

Micro-probe μ-PIXE Hot-particle Analysis A 15 Scan 100 x 100 mm 2 Pu (La) U (La) Pu and U concentration maps in hot particles with origin in the Palomares nuclear accident. Both elements are confined inside the particle. HP 3 Scan 75 x 75 mm 2

A Centre of Reference in AMS and in 14 C dating

14 C: Bomb pulse effect in Mexico

Effect of Nuclear release of 129 I in the Baltic and North Sea Algae from the coast of Sweden in the North and the Baltic Sea J. Environ. Radioact. , 1992, 15, 231 North Sea is much more affected by the releases of Sellafield and La Hague. No exchange with the Baltic Sea.

Plutonium isotopes in air filter samples (Seville) Seasonal trend (high values in summer). They were correlated with Saharan Dust Intrusion

A Centre of Reference in the development of radiation detectors instrumentation

Tracking detectors (CNA-Saclay-GANIL) Collaboration

Characterization of a strip Si detector for Radiotherapy dosis measurement Si strip detector inside a cilindrical phantom Measurement with a clinical electron accelerator U. Sevilla-CNA-INABENSA-HUVM-ESII PATENT SUBMITTED

Neutron line @ CNA: astrophysics Performed two different activations that should correspond to measure the Maxwellian Average Cross Section (MACS) of 181 Ta at k. T=30 ke. V and k. T=55 ke. V by using MACS of Au as reference. The MACS is the fundamental ingredient for the calculation of the reaction rates of the elements with A>56 in the Universe. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AT CNA Chamber designed, constructed and tested at LNL-INFN. Copper backing developed at Seville. Water cooling flowing around. Lithium foil.

A Centre of Reference in Medical Image and in Radiopharmaceutical syntheses.

Some molecules prepared at CNA p • Na[18 F]F for osseous and renal studies [18 F]FLT as a cellular growth marker to obtain images for cancer diagnosis For pre-clinic research the following radio-pharmaceuticals are produced in CNA: FLT, FMISO, BF 4, Na. F y 11 C-metionina

Cerebral Metabolism: Hipoxia-Ischemia • Brain is pressed by a Fogarty balloon, and effects are monitored with FDG-PET and FMISO images Pti. O 2 sensor Project developed in collaboration with the Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit of the Hospital Virgen del Rocío. Fogarty balloon

A Centre of Reference in the development and application of irradiations tests

Radiation hardness in fibre optics sensors used in particle-physics experiments (Detectors from “Large Hadron Collider”-CERN) In a first experimentit was determinedthe existence of a relation between the type of coatingof the sensor and its response under irradiation of protons. In un second experiment it has been analyzed the effect of the protonic radiation in the response of nude sensors (withgout coating). Collaboration IFCA - CNA

Response of luminiscent materials to ionic radiation Reactors of Losses (escaping) Fusion of fast ions Diagnosis Luminiscence in scintillators (Zn. S(Ag)) Luminosity Afterglow Detectors for plasma in ITER

Creation of a Service for irradiation of aeroespatial components Irradiation of electronic circuits (total dose and SEE) Irradiation of solar cells