• R. Ferdinand, P. Bertrand
  GANIL, Caen

SPIRAL 2 is a new European facility for Radioactive Ion Beams being constructed at the GANIL laboratory (Caen, France). It is based on a High Intensity CW multi-ion Accelerator Driver (Superconducting Linac), delivering beams to a High Power Production system (converter, target, and ion source), producing and post-accelerating Radioactive Ion Beams with intensities never reached before. The major components of the accelerator (injectors and SC Linac), have been presently ordered. The number of tested components is rapidly growing. The Superconducting Linac Accelerator incorporates many innovative developments of the Quarter-Wave resonators and their associated cryogenic and RF systems. The first beam is expected during autumn 2011. The first operation is scheduled for late 2012 with an initial experimental program prepared in the framework of a European Project, with many other international collaborating partners.