Description
The Radioactive Ion Facility at IFIN-HH (RIF@IFIN) is a new research infrastructure proposed in Romania dedicated to production of radioactive ion beams (RIBs) through Ion Guided Isotope Separation On-Line (IGISOL) method and of radioisotopes for medical application. Initially proposed as a station on gamma beam line of ELI-NP, the production of RIBs through photofission in thin foils placed in a cryogenic gas cell can benefit from higher bremsstrahlung flux generated in a gamma convertor by an electron linear accelerator with energies in the range of 200-300 MeV and intensity of about 10 μA, limited by the space charge in gas.
The uniqueness of the RIF@IFIN facility will consist in the use of state-of-the-art technologies in the extraction and separation of fission products optimized for efficient production of short-lived neutron- rich isotopes, especially of refractory elements.