• D. Giove
  Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano
• C. De Martinis
  Universita' degli Studi di Milano & INFN, Segrate
• M.R. Masullo, V.G. Vaccaro
  Naples University Federico II and INFN, Napoli
• S.J. Mathot
  CERN, Geneva
• A.C. Rainò
  Bari University, Science Faculty, Bari
• R.J. Rush
  e2v, Chelmsford, Essex
• V. Variale
  INFN-Bari, Bari

ACLIP is a proton 3 GHz SCL linac designed as a booster for a 30 MeV commercial cyclotron . The final energy is 60 MeV well suitable for the therapy of ocular tumours or for further acceleration (up to 230 MeV) by a second linac in order to treat deep seated tumours. ACLIP has a 5 modules structure coupled together. The first one (able to accelerate proton from 30 to 35 MeV) has been completely assembled. High power tests are in progress at e2v in Chelmsford, UK, where the possibility of using magnetrons as the source of RF power is under investigation. Acceleration tests are foreseen for Spring 2009. In this paper we will review the main features of the linac and discuss the results of RF measurements, high power RF tests and possibly acceleration tests.