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Preparations for a linac based THz source installation are underway at the National Centre for Nuclear Studies, Świerk in Poland. The superconducting linac based on two Rossendorf-like accelerating cryomodules and including all superconducting electron gun, has been designed in order to deliver 20 pC – 250 pC electron bunches to the 8 × 160 mm planar, permanent magnets, variable gap undulator, in cw, up to 50 kHz repetition, mode of operation. The THz source will be accompanied with solid state and plasma jet sources of IR - EUV ranged radiation and with an MeV ranged UED beamline. Currently the major components procurement is being completed, the installation will begin in the half of 2025 aiming at the commissioning and first light in 2026. The efforts to provide a wide range tunable and coherent electromagnetic radiation source dedicated for fundamental and applied sciences are, on the other hand, intended as an introductory step in FEL science and engineering development in Poland.
