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RFX-Mod 2 will feature a suite of new, state-of-the-art plasma diagnostics. Work Package 8 is responsible for developing two of these diagnostics, specifically the X-ray imaging diagnostic and the 2.5 MeV neutron diagnostic. The first one is based on the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) concept. The second one is based on lanthanum chloride scintillator crystals. In addition to developing, designing, and assembling these two diagnostics and installing them on RFX Mod 2, WP8 took care of the realisation and implementation of a full laboratory/facility aimed at designing, assembling, and testing of detectors for plasma science applications. The premises acquired through the NEFERTARI project are, more specifically:
- a Test Irradiation Area (a large shielded room with a set of X and gamma-ray sources dedicated to the test od detectors)
- a Detector Assembly Unit (a large Clean Room for the assembly of critical detector parts)
- an additive manufacturing lab, equipped with a series of 3D printers aimed at the internal design and production of detector parts like frames, supports etc.
With these innovations, integrated into the previous structures of the ISTP-CNR in Milan (which offer, among other things, the possibility of absolutely calibrating the X-ray and gamma detectors), the ISTP laboratory increases its capabilities as an infrastructure capable of taking care of the design, construction, testing and maintenance of various types of nuclear diagnostics for applications in plasma physics.