Commissioning plan for a high-current proton linac

Author

Chan, K.C.D. ; Barber, R.L. ; Garnett, R.W. ; Gilpatrick, J.D. ; Johnson, K.F. ; Lawrence, G.P. ; Nath, S. ; Regan, A. ; Rybarcyk, L. ; Shafer, R.E. ; Smith, H.V. ; Wangler, T.P. ; Young, L.M. ; Funk, L.W. ; Crandall, K.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

1150

Abstract

High-power proton linacs (E>500 MeV) are potentially useful for transmutation applications, such as the production of tritium, In production applications, high availability is essential. Achieving high availability requires an accelerator design that simplifies maintenance and accommodates commissioning procedures designed to minimize tune-up time. These are worthwhile goals for any accelerator, but the high beam powers (170 MW) and heavy beam loading of the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) linac introduce significant new challenges. This paper describes the commissioning plan, as developed to date

Keywords

calibration; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; commissioning procedures; heavy beam loading; high-current proton linac; transmutation applications; tune-up time; Acceleration; Automatic control; Availability; Calibration; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Physics; Production; Proton accelerators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.749958

Filename

749958