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During the last 20 years the heavy ion beams at the iThemba Laboratory for Accelerated Based Sciences were produced in a so-called 10 GHz Minimafios Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS). In 2006 the decision was made that due to the requirements of nuclear physics for new ion species and higher particle energies- a new 3rd generation ECRIS should be procured. Therefore a source, based on the design of the Grenoble Test Source (GTS), is under construction in collaboration with the Grenoble group. It is a room temperature source that uses two microwave frequencies, 14.5 GHz and 18 GHz, to deliver highly charged ions of sufficient intensity to be accelerated in the separated-sector cyclotron to energies in the GeV range. At the same time a 14.5 GHz ECRIS4 with its beam line elements that was designed and constructed by GANIL and originally built for the Hahn-Meitner-Institute in Berlin was donated to iThemba LABS and has recently been installed. The status of the projects, future plans for new ion species development and their applications will be discussed.
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