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Description
The CERN Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) is a reference facility for performing irradiation experiments and qualification of tracking and calorimetry detectors, important for the upgrade of CERN Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) and for the R&D on future CERN accelerators. After the CERN Long Shutdown 2, the IRRAD facility has undergone through several changes on hardware and software systems as well as at the infrastructure level. This latter includes a completely new beamline to deliver the irradiation beam as well as improvements at the beam diagnostic level.
In this talk, the current upgrades will be presented including new beam instrumentation, data management and control systems. Moreover, the first proton beam commissioning and IRRAD operation after the Long Shutdown 2 will be discussed as well as the plan about the future IRRAD operation in 2022. Details will be also provided about preliminary tests performed with heavy ions on the new beamline.
In addition, status updates about the two online databases of worldwide Irradiation and Test Beam Facilities will be presented.
