Indus Operation Division |
Indus Operation Division
Activities of Indus Operation Division (IOD):
Activities of Indus Operation Division (IOD):
- Round-the-clock operation of Indus synchrotron radiation sources, Indus-1 & Indus-2
- Training and qualification of personnel for operation of Indus facility
- Radiation Safety Systems
- Health physics unit
- Design, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Operation & Maintenance of Indus LCW Plants and precision cooling systems for the Accelerator Machine Components
- Precision survey and alignment for accelerator components and machines including other large scale measurement requirements of the centre
- Auxiliary systems like pneumatic system, Air-washer system, building management etc.
Indus Operation Division is a division under Electron Accelerator Group, RRCAT. It is mainly responsible for managing round-the-clock operation of Indus facility https://www.rrcat.gov.in/technology/accel/isrf_index.html.
This is a national facility comprising of Synchrotron Radiation Sources (SRS) Indus-1 https://www.rrcat.gov.in/technology/accel/indus/index.html & Indus-2 https://www.rrcat.gov.in/technology/accel/indus2.html along with its injector system.
Indus facility is operated by licensed crew members pooled from various divisions across Groups. The other major activities of the division are (a) Precision alignment of magnets and other accelerator components (b) Development, installation and maintenance of Radiation Safety Systems for Indus Acclerators (c) Managing Health Physics activities of Indus acclerators and other laboratories of RRCAT (d) Training qualification and Licensing of Indus operation staff (e) Upkeep and maintenance of pneumatic system of Indus complex (f) Building management and services activities of Indus complex.
Table-1
Operational Performance of Indus Accelerators in recent years
Year |
No. of days of RTC operation |
Average beam availability per day |
Indus-1 |
Indus-2 |
2019 |
323 days |
21.7 hrs/day |
17 hrs/day |
2020* |
254 day |
17.6 hrs/day |
11.2 hrs/day |
2021* |
277 days |
21.3 hrs/day |
15.8 hrs/day |
2022 |
339 days |
20.4 hrs/day |
16.5 hrs/day |
2023 |
335 days (Indus-2)
316 days (Indus-1) |
21.2 hrs/day |
16.5 hrs/day |
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