Our Annual event is coming soon - 9th and 10th November


The online event will take place over two half days and will be delivered via Zoom.  Over the next few weeks I will highlight some of our amazing speakers, so do please keep checking back

 9th November 2pm - 5pm


10th November - 9.30am - 12.30pm


 The first speaker highlight is on Carl Andrews who will be presenting for us, covering "Modifications and limitations of the DCF beamline hot cell to allow for high temperature irradiations".


There has been an increased focus into simulating damage in advanced materials including potential structural materials for use in fusion/fission reactors. These materials are often subjected to high levels of radiation damage at high temperatures (upwards of 1000°C). In order to meet the constantly changing user requirements at the Dalton Cumbrian Facility, we are in the process of enhancing and modifying our beamline hotcell capabilities to match these. 


This talk will firstly provide a brief background to the accelerator systems and sources we have at DCF before moving on to the problems and limitations we currently experience in our hotcell design including physical space, remote handling of active samples, achievable temperatures/temperature stability and user materials. 

The second part of the talk will then delve into the current solutions we are working on for these problems, using a new sample stage with an electron-beam heater and the modifications we are making surrounding this.


Carl is an Ion Accelerator Experimental Officer for the Dalton Cumbrian Facility, part of the University of Manchester, and has been working in this position for just over two years. Primarily, his job is split between collaborating with users who are wanting to do proton/alpha or heavy ion irradiations using the accelerators, operating the accelerators and covering the a range of maintenance aspects of these, as and when it is required. The job also involves a lot of beamline enhancements and improvement projects. Prior to this Carl was employed as the lead scientist at a start-up company, researching and developing PN semiconductor devices, transferring beta/gamma emitting radioisotopes into electrical energy


If you have any questions for Carl, post them below