Title :
RF system considerations for accelerator production of tritium and the transmutation of nuclear waste
Author :
Tallerico, P.J. ; Lynch, M.T.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
RF driven proton accelerators for the transmutation of nuclear waste (ATW) or for the production of tritium (APT) require unprecedented amounts of CW RF power at UHF frequencies. For both systems, the baseline design is for 246 MW at 700 MHz and 8.5 MW at 350 MHz. The main technical challenges are how to design and build such a large system so that it has excellent reliability, high efficiency, and reasonable capital cost. The issues associated with the selection of the RF amplifier and the sizes of the power supplies are emphasized in this paper.<>
Keywords :
power supplies to apparatus; proton accelerators; radioactive waste; tritium; 246 MW; 350 MHz; 700 MHz; 8.5 MW; CW RF power; RF amplifier; RF driven proton accelerators; RF system considerations; UHF frequencies; accelerator tritium production; nuclear waste transmutation; power supplies; Acceleration; Klystrons; Linear particle accelerator; Optical coupling; Particle beams; Production systems; Proton accelerators; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Resistors;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1993. IEDM '93. Technical Digest., International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1450-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.1993.347380
