In this project — «PROBE: PROton Beam Extension for Imaging and Therapy» project — a prototype will be built of a novel high - frequency linac that can boost the energy of protons from the 250 Mega-electron volts (MeV) available from conventional
medical cyclotrons to 350 MeV, sufficient for imaging all patients.
Insiders say the most vulnerable are the National Accelerator Centre near Cape - town, home to a number of particle accelerators, including a powerful
cyclotron used for
medical, biological and physical research; Mossgas, the multi-billion rand project set up to beat oil sanctions by pumping natural gas ashore from beneath the Indian Ocean; and the Koeberg nuclear power plant at Melkbosstrand.
From the
Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (M.M.M., A.M.O.), the Impaired Consciousness Study Group, Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge (M.R.C.), and the Division of Academic Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital (J.D.P.)-- all in Cambridge, United Kingdom; and the Coma Science Group,
Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liege (A.V., M.B., S.L.), and the Departments of Neurology (S.L., M.B.) and Neuroradiology (L.T.), University Hospital of Liege, Liege; and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels (A.V., S.L., M.B.)-- all in Belgium.