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The Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source ECR3*
has recently been commissioned at the Argonne
Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) at
Argonne National Laboratory. While ECR3 can provide
many of the stable ATLAS beams, its other intended
purpose is the production of C-14 ion beams which
were previously produced by a now-retired negative
ion source. This paper will discuss the final
installation and commissioning of the ion source as
well as the preparations for running C-14. A stable
C-13 ethylene gas was used as a surrogate to
determine the expected level of N-14 contamination
when running C-14 since they are inseparable at
ATLAS. We were also able to confirm consumption
rates and charge state efficiencies under different
C-13 running conditions in order to optimize the
upcoming C-14 beam production.