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In order to meet the increasing needs of the electronics industry for neutron single-event-effect testing the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source designed and built a new test facility, ChipIr, on its Second Target Station. The ChipIr design presented a number of challenges and opportunities as it was the first time a fast-neutron beamline had been incorporated into an existing target station that was primarily designed for neutron scattering in condensed matter at thermal energies.
The plans for ISIS-II, a next-generation neutron and muon source, provides an opportunity to develop the next generation of fast-neutron irradiation facility, building on the lessons learned from ChipIr and other irradiation beamlines. ISIS-II will also provide opportunities to develop capability in proton and muon irradiation alongside the neutron provision.
In this talk I will present some of the ideas and scenarios that are being developed for irradiation provision within the ISIS-II project.
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Christopher Frost joined the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in 1998. As a research scientist interested in state-of-the-art instrumentation he was initially involved in the building of MAPS, the first single-crystal direct-geometry spectrometer on a pulsed neutron source and the introduction of polarized He3 technology to ISIS. More recently he led the efforts at ISIS to develop new beamline for neutron single-event-effect testing and subsequently established the irradiation team at the facility which he now leads. As Head of Irradiation, he continues to be responsible for operating and developing further capability for the neutron testing of electronics for a global list of commercial and academic users.
