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The Australian Synchrotron is a 3 GeV facility under construction next to Monash University in Melbourne. The project was launched in January 2003 and is scheduled for completion in March 2007. The funding of Aus$206M (about 125 MEuros) covers all costs associated with the site, building, accelerators and the first nine beamlines. The building contract was placed in July 2003 and completed in February 2005. Installation of the accelerators began in April 2005 and should be complete by May 2006. Commissioning of the injection system began in October 2005, and storage ring commissioning will begin mid-2006, with beamline commissioning beginning January 2007 and facility handover in March 2007. The project is being delivered with a staff of less than 50, which has meant that much of the detailed design work and project management for major systems (e.g., the injection system, RF system, support girders, vacuum vessels and front ends) has been performed by commercial suppliers under turn-key contracts. The presentation will discuss the main technical challenges, and results will be presented of the commissioning of the linac, booster and storage ring.
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