• L. Weissman, D. Berkovits, I. Eliyahu, I. Gertz, A. Grin, S. Halfon, G. Lempert, I. Mardor, A. Nagler, A. Perry, J. Rodnizki
  Soreq NRC, Yavne
• A. Bechtold
  NTG Neue Technologien GmbH & Co KG, Gelnhausen
• K. Dunkel, M. Pekeler, C. Piel
  RI Research Instruments GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach

Phase I of the Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility, SARAF, has been installed and is currently being commissioned at Soreq NRC [1]. According to the Phase I design, SARAF should yield 2 mA proton and deuteron beams at energies up to 4 and 5 MeV, respectively. The status of the main Phase I components is reported. We further present beam commissioning results, which include acceleration of a 1 mA CW proton beam up to 3 MeV. Further improvements in the facility in order to achieve the desired performance are discussed.

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