STATUS OF SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRON LINAC DRIVER FOR RARE ION BEAM PRODUCTION AT TRIUMF

A MW class cw superconducting electron linac is being installed at TRIUMF as a driver for radioactive beam production through photo-fission. The ARIEL e-linac will house five 1.3GHz nine-cell cavities in three cryomodules and accelerate up to 10mA of electrons to 50MeV. A first phase of installation will see three cavities in two cryomodules installed by the end of 2014. The injector cryomodule has been installed with cryogenic, rf and beam acceleration tests completed. The second cryomodule is installed and being prepared for first tests. The linac status is reported.