Description
The High Intensity Proton Accelerator (HIPA) facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), with its world-leading intensity 50 MHz, quasi-continuous proton beam, represents one of the strongest assets in the line-up of Swiss large-scale research infrastructures. The proposed IMPACT project at HIPA entails two new installations to be constructed in close proximity to each other. The first, HIMB (High-Intensity Muon Beams), will ensure PSI’s leading role in muon science by increasing the available muon rates by up to a factor 100 for particle physics research, as well as materials science. The second, TATTOOS (Targeted Alpha Tumour Therapy and Other Oncological Solutions), will make a significant contribution in life sciences towards the production of innovative, otherwise not accessible, radionuclides for the simultaneous diagnosis and therapy of cancer. IMPACT is aimed to be implemented from 2025-2028, with operations starting in 2029.