Metal fatigue has cracked the dovetail on the rotor of a Bevatron alternator. Repairs will shut down the Berkeley 6‐GeV proton synchrotron for at least three months. During routine maintenance in December, Bevatron technician W. B. Thompson found some indications that one of the poles had cracked; further inspection showed that the other Bevatron alternator also had cracked poles. Westinghouse is fabricating new parts for the alternator, which is expected to be running again around March.
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1967
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