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Mevion accelerator powers Auburn’s space testing center
Auburn University installed a 200 MeV superconducting proton accelerator, the RAD-FX-200 by Mevion Medical Systems, to qualify space electronics.
Auburn University has installed a 200 MeV superconducting proton accelerator to power the nation’s first university-led space electronics testing facility. The new Radiation Hardening Facility, equipped with Mevion’s RAD-FX-200 synchrocyclotron, will simulate the harsh radiation environment of space to assess the reliability of critical microelectronics before launch. “To…
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