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Phase I of the SARAF superconducting RF linac is under operation at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center. The present status of Phase I main components is reported, as well as, the beam operation experience accumulated in 2013–2014. The latter include acceleration of a 2 mA and 1.6 mA CW proton beams at energies of 2 MeV and 3.9 MeV correspondingly and 1 mA pulsed, duty cycle of few %, deuteron beams up to 5.6 MeV. The recent experiments include operation of intense CW proton beams on the liquid lithium target.

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[2]  I. Eliyahu,et al.  Demonstration of a high-intensity neutron source based on a liquid-lithium target for Accelerator based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. , 2015, Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine.

[3]  I. Eliyahu,et al.  Stellar 30-keV neutron capture in 94, 96 Zr and the Zr90(γ,n)Zr89 photonuclear reaction with a high-power liquid-lithium target , 2015, 1511.04701.

[4]  M. Štefánik,et al.  Accurate measurement of the 23Na(d,p)24Na cross section in the 1.7–20 MeV energy range , 2015 .

[5]  I. Eliyahu,et al.  Probing the defect nanostructure of helium and proton tracks in LiF:Mg,Ti using optical absorption: Implications to track structure theory calculations of heavy charged particle relative efficiency , 2015 .

[6]  I. Eliyahu,et al.  A high-power liquid-lithium target (LiLiT) for neutron production , 2015, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.

[7]  O. Girshevitz,et al.  Accurate measurements of the 63Cu(d,p)64Cu and natCu(d,x)65Zn cross-sections in the 2.77–5.62MeV energy range , 2015 .

[8]  G. Feinberg,et al.  SARAF Phase-I Proton / Deuteron Linac Beam Operation Status , 2014 .

[9]  I. Eliyahu,et al.  Note: Proton irradiation at kilowatt-power and neutron production from a free-surface liquid-lithium target. , 2014, The Review of scientific instruments.

[10]  J. Rodnizki,et al.  WARMING RATE REDUCTION OF THE SARAF RF COUPLERS BY APPLICATION OF A HIGH VOLTAGE DC BIAS , 2014 .

[11]  I. Eliyahu,et al.  High-power liquid-lithium jet target for neutron production. , 2013, The Review of scientific instruments.

[12]  D. Bar,et al.  Fast beam chopper at SARAF accelerator via RF deflector before RFQ , 2012 .

[13]  A. Plompen,et al.  Energy-broadened proton beam for production of quasi-stellar neutrons from the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction , 2012 .

[14]  L. Weissman,et al.  The use of a commercial copper beam dump for intense MeV proton beams , 2011 .

[15]  M. Pekeler,et al.  THE SARAF CW 40 MEV PROTON/DEUTERON ACCELERATOR , 2009 .

[16]  L. Weissman,et al.  RADIOLOGICAL CONCERNS IN OPERATION OF INTENSE LOW-ENERGY DEUTERON BEAMS , 2008, Health physics.

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