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The University of Catanzaro Magna Graecia was born 10 years agoand is characterized by an interdisciplinary understanding ofknowledge. Specialists with different skills work together on issuesof innovative research. The results are transferred directly toteaching and clinical activity

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The pictures show the current structure of the university campus. It is still under construction but the facilities of the research, teaching and clinical are already operational.

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Since its inception, the main objective of the university was to bringtogether the different synergies for the same mission: to find waysto defeat cancer.Along its short history the University has established a foundation ,"T. Campanella", with the region of Calabria for the treatment ofcancer.The Foundation has examined the possibility of implementing acenter for proton therapy in the campus with results that havediscouraged such investment.Recently, interest has focused on the use of the BNCT. It is currentlyassessing the possibility of a facility for BNCT in the campus.

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The feasibility study takes into account some requirements,shown in the table, relevant to the use of a neutrongenerator in a health facility as the campus "S. Venuta" in Cz.

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Recently, the company AccSys / Hitachy proposed a station ofBNCT using a Linac PL-11 for the production of protons of energy10.5 MeV and average current 3 mA. A target of beryllium is usedfor the production of neutrons. The system can also be used forthe production of radio-isotopes.

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The company AccSys / Hitachy has built several types of linac.Thefigure shows a compact PL-7

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The system PL-7 built for the ENEA (Frascati) is shown in the photos. The Linac will be used as injector for the project TOP. The system has been shipped already assembled. The sections RFQ and DTL are shown on the right.

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The room with the PL-7 and its electronics is shown in the picture. A small space is required.

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A room of 3x10 m2 is used in Frascati (ENEA) for tests.

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Sakurai has shown during the conference on BNCT in 2003the flux of neutrons needed for the BNCT, both thermal andepi-thermal. The table also shows the acceptable levels ofcontamination in the beams.

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The fluxes calculated using PL-11 and the target-moderator systemdesigned by Acc/Sys are shown in the figure. The needed fluxesare available for both thermal neutrons (left) than for epi-thermal(right).

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The photo shows the first PL-11 delivered to the Japanesecompany FFAG/DDS in 2007.

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The figure shows the PL-11 system. It consists of a RFQ sectionfollowed by two DTL sections. The proton beam is sent to thetarget-moderator system. Part of the beam can be optionally usedto produce radioisotopes.

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Some details of the PL-11 are included in the table.

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The space required for the RF system is shown in the picture.

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