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Address: One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530 752-1460
Fax: 530 752-0952
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Crocker Nuclear Laboratory houses a medium-energy particle accelerator
INFORMATION
Construction History
Visitor Information
Airport Directions
OPERATIONS
Beam Time Request Form
Radiation Effects Facility
Particles
Virtual Tour
RESEARCH
Air Quality Group
IMPROVE
IMPROVE Sampler Manual
IMPROVE Site Map
USDA
Lasers
Materials
Medical
LINKS
INTERNAL DIRECTORY
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The unique capabilities of the 76-inch isochronous cyclotron and related facilities at CNL have been utilized by scientists and
engineers from private industry, universities and government agencies.
Research topics are as diverse as basic Nuclear Physics, applied Solid State Physics, Radiation Effects,
and Planetary Geology and Cosmogenics. Unique research opportunities in these areas are afforded to graduate and
undergraduate students from UCD and other educational institutions.
The aerospace industry has used the CNL facility for simulation of radiation effects produced by solar and cosmic
radiation. The Naval Research Laboratory, NASA, JPL and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have each used the CNL
radiation effects facility to support their research in various areas of the space program.
The Cyclotron is also used to support many of the "in-house" research projects. The Cyclotron is the tool used
in the analyzing of the samples collected by the Air Quality Group, to make radioisotopes used for medical research and
to produce the energy used for the treatment of eye tumors.
CNL's research programs include:
- Identification of particulate pollutants and the mechanism by which they are transported
- Radiation effects on semi-conductors
- Development of alternatives to insecticides, pesticides and conventional forms of water treatment
- Retinal melanoma treatment facility.
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