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SPAFOA meetingMay 21, 2015BNL Center

Accelerator StewardshipTest Facilities Pilot Program

at BNL

Ilan Ben-Zvi

Head, Accelerator R&D Division, C-AD

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Widely publicize available Office of Science (SC) accelerator R&D infrastructure through individual, lab-organized outreach events, publicize the lesser-known accelerator R&D infrastructure to a wide audience

Survey the potential Stewardship demand for this R&D infrastructure

Identify potential collaborative activities that bring high added value to both the lab and the Stewardship partner

Seed fund a few R&D examples

A few cases will be selected for FY 15 funding by a peer-review process

Test the process for engaging Stewardship partners, the business and legal mechanism, outreach methods, general support needs, etc.

The Accelerator Stewardship Test Facility Pilot Program

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The BNL Accelerator Test Facility and ATF-II

The Tandem Van de Graaff

The Instrumentation DivisionVarious facilities for detectors, microelectronics etc.

The Superconducting Magnet DivisionMagnetic Test Facility

Direct Coil Winding Facility

Magnet construction

Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer

NASA Space Radiation Laboratory

RF Test FacilityVertical testing of large and small SRF cavities

800 degrees vacuum oven

Clean rooms

TOUR – Please contact Pam Manning and choose which facilities you would like to visit: NSLS-II, SMD or ATF-II / ERL / VTF

BNL Test Facilities in this program

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6/15/15 Labs submit Proposals to HEP for seed funding – very tight schedule!

Two small businesses interested in use of our RF Test Stand

We are considering to submit a proposal

Additional participants are welcome.

Possibility for action

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BNL has a number of available test facilities, some

of which are user facilities, some are currently just

for internal use.

Under the ASTFPP we can offer use for some of the

less widely known facilities.

Summary Accelerator Stewardship Pilot

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Welcome to BNL again and I hope that this will be a

useful and enjoyable meeting for SPAFOA

members.