Title :
A Los Alamos design study for a high-power spallation-neutron-source driver
Author :
Jason, A.J. ; Hardekopf, R.A. ; Macek, R.W. ; Schriber, S.O. ; Thiessen, H.A. ; Woods, R.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
A design study for an accelerator-driven spallation-neutron source is underway at Los Alamos. The driver, based on the LAMPF facility, produces a 1-MW proton beam and is upgradable to 5 MW. After linear acceleration to full energy, an H- beam is accumulated for approximately 1.2 ms in an accumulator ring and then extracted to produce an intense proton burst, less than 1 μs long, onto a spallation-target system with a 60-Hz pulse rate. The design uses existing infrastructure insofar as possible while maintaining project goals. This paper summarizes the system specifications and design status
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; neutron sources; nuclear spallation; proton accelerators; 1-MW proton beam; 5 MW; 60-Hz pulse rate; H- beam; LAMPF facility; Los Alamos design study; high-power spallation-neutron-source driver; linear acceleration; spallation-target system; Acceleration; Ion sources; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrons; Optical coupling; Particle beams; Protons; Pulse compression methods; Structural beams;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.309780
