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- The Crocker Nuclear Laboratory houses a medium-energy particle accelerator,
the Davis 76-inch isochronous cyclotron, with associated facilities and
scientific and technical personnel.
The unique capabilities of the 76-inch 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
produces 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
Website: "http://media.cnl.ucdavis.edu/Crocker/Website/default.php"
[Summary provided by the University of California, Davis.]
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