Description
In addition to large international infrastructures, a number of facilities of a national character can be identified in the nuclear physics infrastructure ecosystem. These are usually referred to as “small-scale” facilities, the “small-scale” designation must of course be understood in the context of nuclear physics and costs and scope of its frontier exploration. Small accelerators providing ion beams, electron beams are very important due to their role to provide interdisciplinary research, connect nuclear technologies and expertise to solid state physics, material research, biology, medicine and scientific branches with environmental and social aspects as well. Small accelerators enable applicability studies for industry, cover gap in capabilities of large instruments and accelerators, offering wide access to international community and on-to-one training, realize testing and pilot experiments for large facilities and providing breeding area for students to provide own research and instrumental development. We demonstrate multidisciplinary and capabilities via Centre of Accelerators and Nuclear Analytical Methods (CANAM) in Czechia.