Compact X-ray irradiator on the base of pulsed accelerator ARSA in medicine and biology

ARSA is a compact pulsed accelerator on the base of a ten-cascade Marx generator with voltage of 1 MV, developed in the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIEEF). It is successfully used in physical research. An accelerating tube (a sealed diode vacuum cold-cathode tube) is the source of electron and X-ray radiation. The maximum dose per impulse with duration 10ns is 3 x 104 Gy and 3 Gy, correspondingly. The mass of the high-voltage assembly is about 50 kg. A compact X-ray irradiator on the base of the ARSA accelerator can be used for irradiation of donor blood and for research of biological effects of super-powerful radiation, as well as for solving other problems of radiobiology and medicine. The irradiator is equipped with biological protection, monitor-dosimeter and control panel. The irradiator is ecologically safe, mobile and easy to operate. (author)