Accelerator features
The AEL AMS laboratory was designed to measure heavy isotopes up to 380 atomic mass units, including the actinide elements such as U, Pu, and Am. The accelerator has several unique features that permit this kind of analysis including:
- a high resolution magnet in the low energy beam line to maximize the selection of heavy isotopes of interest
- a very large magnet in the high energy section of the beam line to bend beams of heavy ions
- an innovation line that can be used to test separations of isobaric actinides such as U238 and Pu238 using an Isobar Separator for Anions (ISA)