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'''Nimrod''' ('''National Institute Machine Radiating on Downs''', "the Mighty Hunter" Nimrod; name attributed to W. Galbraith) was a 7 GeV [[Physics:Proton|proton]] [[Physics:Synchrotron|synchrotron]] operating in the [[Organization:Rutherford Appleton Laboratory|Rutherford Appleton Laboratory]]  in the {{wipe|United Kingdom}} between 1964 and 1978. Nimrod delivered its last particles at 17:00 hrs on 6 June 1978. Although roughly contemporary with the [[Physics:Proton Synchrotron|CERN PS]] its conservative design used the "weak focussing" principle instead of the much more cost-effective "strong-focussing" technique, which would have enabled a machine of the same cost to reach much higher energies.

The design and construction of Nimrod was carried out at a capital cost of approximately £11 million. It was used for studies of [[Physics:Nuclear physics|nuclear]] and [[Physics:Particle physics|sub-nuclear]]
phenomena.

Nimrod was dismantled and the space it occupied reused for the synchrotron of the [[Physics:ISIS neutron source|ISIS neutron source]].

==Magnet power supply==
The magnet power supply included 2 motor-alternator-flywheel sets. Each drive motor was 5,000 HP. Each flywheel was 30 tonnes. Each alternator was 60 MVA 12.8kV. Magnet currents would pulse at 10,550 A.<ref>[http://inspirehep.net/record/918665/files/HEACC63_I_253-261.pdf Status report on Nimrod ...]</ref>

==References==
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http://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/about-isis/target-station-2/publications/issue-1-september-20038209.pdf

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