LOTUS Experiments

SILC: A multi-purpose irradiation platform

The LOTUS shielded cavity was designed for testing blankets materials for fusion technology by the mean of a 1012 s-1 DT neutron generator. The generator has been dismantled, but the cavity remains is as an irradiation cavity with LRS radioactive sources (e.g. 4 TBq PuBe sources). New experimental programs are currently under design, and possibly new ones using a strong 60Co source.