Canadian Light Source extends shutdown to repair electron gun

The Canadian Light Source synchrotron at the University of Saskatchewan faces an even longer shutdown after initial repairs to its electron source uncovered the need to replace another critical component.
A CLS news release issued Monday said the facility first underwent an unexpected shutdown on June 27 after the synchrotron suffered an unexpected beam loss caused by a failure within the electron source. After staff uncovered and completed repairs on several broken components within the main el