Research at the UMass Lowell Radiation (RAD) Lab.
The Radiation Lab includes a 5.5 megavolt (MV) Pulsed van-de-Graaff accelerator that produces proton, deuteron, alpha particle, or oxygen ion beams in the pulsed or dc mode. A Mobley pulse compression system is used to obtain sub-nanosecond proton bursts with a pulse repetition frequency of 5 megahertz (MHz).
The facility was constructed in the 1960's, and is a High Voltage Engineering design, Serial number 24 (of 26).
With multiple advances to the facility over the years, it remains a safe and reliable research tool for our students and faculty.