Test facilities at SCK·CEN for radiation tolerance assessment: from space applications to fusion environments

Radiation hardness assurance for applications in harsh environments ranging from space missions to fusion reactor diagnostics need to be based on extended radiation experiments. SCK·CEN, the Belgian Nuclear Research Center, is operating different gamma irradiation facilities, with gamma dose rates ranging from 0.1 Gy/h up to 50 kGy/h and with environmental control and on-line instrumentation capabilities. In collaboration with the cyclotron of the University of Brussels, experiments in charged particle beams (protons and alpha up to 40 MeV, deuterium up to 22 MeV) can also be performed.