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MODERNISATION PROGRAMME AND INSTRUMENT UPGRADES
The second phase of Endurance had its provisional
scope and budget set during 2017, following a review and recommendations by a dedicated Instrument Subcommittee and endorsement by the Scientific Council. Continued funding for Endurance has been assured
by the ILL’s Associates for 2019 and is anticipated for
the full Endurance2 phase (2019–2023). The level
of funding of Endurance2 should be similar to that of Endurance1, with a dedicated contribution from the Associates and the ILL’s own budget over the five-year period 2019–2023 reaching a total budget of ~32 M€. As well as the injection of some more advanced projects into Endurance1, two projects are to be accelerated:
a second LADI-B protein crystallography station will double capacity and improve instrument resolution; while neutron-imaging activities on the current D50 instrument will become full time and accessible to the public from 2021, with corresponding upgrades to instrumentation and access to expertise through collaboration with UGA-Grenoble and HZB-Berlin – IM2020-NeXT. Other Endurance2 projects are in the process of being launched—such as, new or additional detectors for the small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instruments D11 and D22++; upgrades to monochromators and analysers as part of IN20-Upgrade; and a wide-angle detector for D16—while the sample environment, NESSE2, software and BASTILLE2 projects are continuing.
The lion’s share of Endurance2 will see the renewal of
the cold neutron guide H15 and the associated suite
of upgraded instruments D7+, D11 and T3, as well as
the new expected CRG instruments, GAPS (cold-TAS spectrometer), SAM (SANS) and RAMSES (cold
TOF spectrometer), each of which will receive its own high-performance and dedicated end-of-guide beam position. The H15 project is vast in terms of scope as
well as both engineering and optical complexity. The conceptual and optical design of the first expanding part of the guide from the in-pile to ILL7 entrance has been validated and moved onto the detailed design phase, with installation anticipated during the H1-H2 shutdown (2020). The guide branches and instrument siting on the new H15 guide are under conceptual study, with a view to installation during the 18-month period from 2021 and delivery of the instruments in 2023.
Endurance is ambitious and will keep the ILL at the forefront of science that uses neutrons for the coming years. Exciting times are indeed ahead!
Figure 2
Dismounting IN4 in preparation for the new thermal time-of-flight spectrometer, PANTHER which will begin commissioning in early 2019.
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3D design model of PANTHER.