Powerful accelerators for bremsstrahlung and electron beams generation on the basis of inductive energy-storage elements

The report summarizes RFNC - VNIITF activities from 1963 till 1995 devoted to the development of pulsed electron accelerators on the basis of inductive energy storage with electroexplosive wires. The name of these accelerators is IGUR. These activities resulted in the development of a series of generators of powerful radiation being cheap and easy in manufacturing and servicing. Accelerators enabled following maximum parameters: - the diode voltage up to 6 MV; - the diode current up to 80 kA; - current of the extracted electron beam 30 kA; - density of the extracted electron beam energy 500 J/cm²; - bremsstrahlung dose 250 000 Rads; - bremsstrahlung dose rate 10¹³ Rads/sec.