High energy, high current proton beams are currently used in many areas of technology and research, and continue finding applications in even more areas. Reliability of such beam sources have been a major problem in the commercial viability of the same, especially in fields where reliability is key such as accelerator driven sub-critical reactors. STFC’s new charged particle generator provides a reliable solution, the use of which allows the shift of nuclear fuels to safer ones like thorium.

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