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Description
CERN’s long shutdown periods provide an ideal window of opportunity to revise and consolidate the ISOLDE Facility. The Long Shutdown period 2 (LS2) starts in December 2018 and terminates in December 2020 with protons to ISOLDE, under normal operating conditions, expected in April 2021. ISOLDE will use this time to prepare the facility for the next operational period and to address the backlog of technical issues often pending due to the inability to access certain areas or to other priorities. The relatively long radioactive cool down period also provides an opportunity to change the ISOLDE Frontends both of which have overrun their expected lifetime. This presentation will give an overview of the different activities planned at ISOLDE for the LS2 period.
