The high energy Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) play an important role in R&D in the field of Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Material Science, Biology and Medical Science. The technology needed for developing RIB facility is extremely complex and it requires extensive R&D in the field of particle accelerators, ion sources, instrumentation and manufacturing technology. To carry out this challenging task Variable Energy Cyclotron Center (VECC, Department of Atomic Energy) has signed an MOU with Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI), Durgapur, for collaborative work in system design and development  of Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB)  facility at VECC Kolkata.

The conceptual and system design from accelerator physics and beam dynamics principles has been done by Variable Energy Cyclotron Center(VECC). CSIR - CMERI Durgapur and VECC Kolkata have worked collaboratively for Engineering design, System Analysis for the development of Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) Linac along with Electron Cyclotron Resonator (ECR) as its ion source and Beam Rebuncher ( Linac-RB)   for rebunching its medium energy output ion beam.