Powerful Industrial Electron Accelerators Type ILU – Applications in Studies and in Industry

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Bezuglov V.V. Bryazgin A.A. Voronin L.A. Korobeynikov M.V. Mikhailenko M.A. Sidorov A.V. Tkachenko V.O. Shtarklev E.A.

https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2025.1.12

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP), Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, is carrying out fundamental studies and simultaneously is solving problems that are important for Russia. Tens of powerful radio frequency (RF) pulse linear accelerators type ILU designed and produced in BINP are working for decades in research organizations and industrial enterprises in Russia and abroad. Now BINP is producing ILU-8 machine with energy range 0.8–1 MeV and beam power up to 20 kW, ILU-10 with energy range 3–5 MeV and beam power up to 50 kW, ILU-12 with energy range 5–7,5 MeV and beam power up to 60 kW and ILU-14 with energy range 7.5–10 MeV and beam power up to 100 kW. ILU-10, ILU-12 and ILU-14 can be supplied with converters for X-rays generation. Medical products are treated by ILU-10 and ILU-14 machines in electron beam or X-ray modes. ILU-8 machines are used for production of heatshrinkable films and tubes and modification of wire polymer insulation. An interaction of intensive electron beams with various matters, materials and chemical compounds is investigated on the ILU electron accelerators in BINP. These studies are being carried out in collaboration with Institute of Solid Stat Chemistry and Mechanochemistry SB RAS, Institute of Cathalysis SB RAS, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Tomsk Polytechnical University, Russian Institute of Radiology and Agroecology of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute’’ (NRC “Kurchatov Institute’’ – RIRAE) and other research organizations. These studies permitted to develop and work out radiation treatment processes that later were widely introduced in industry. Currently BINP is preparing together with State Corporation “Rosatom” and its subsidiary structure “Health Technologies” for ILU-12 delivery to Tashkent.

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Link for citing the article: Bezuglov V.V., Bryazgin A.A., Voronin L.A., Korobeynikov M.V., Mikhailenko M.A., Sidorov A.V., Tkachenko V.O., Shtarklev E.A. Powerful Industrial Electron Accelerators Type ILU – Applications in Studies and in Industry. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2025, no. 1, pp. 164-174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2025.1.12 (in Russian).