Sign from TASCC complex control room indicating MP tandem voltage

Artifact Number:

2022-025

Description

A 61 cm long 13 cm square cross-section, electrical box used in the TASCC control to indicate that the MP tandem accelerator at Chalk River was in operation and to indicate the voltage on the high-voltage terminal.  The tandem arrived at Chalk River in 1965 and was nominally a 10 MV (million volt) electrostatic accelerator but improvements over the years, including the use of a dust-free Pellatron charging system instead of the original charging belt, allowed operation up to 15.4 MV – the value at which the display from the decommissioned accelerator has been set to display. Operation of the accelerator ceased in 1997.

Details

Keywords:
tandem accelerator, tascc
Date:
~1970
Associated artifacts:
See also Artifacts 2022-021, 2022-024 and 2022-026
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