Pulsed power at a commercial proton linear accelerator

Author

Kinross-Wright, John

Author_Institution

Trace Radiochem. Inc., Demon, TX

fYear

2004

fDate

23-26 May 2004

Firstpage

270

Lastpage

270

Abstract

Summary form only given. The Trace Radiochemical proton linear accelerator has been in commercial production of radioisotopes for medical applications since January 2003. This unique facility will ultimately deliver 1 milliampere of average beam current to as many as 6 target stations. There are several pulsed power subsystems which are essential to the operation of the 33 MeV accelerator and beamlines. These include three large microwave transmitters (with solid state and thyratron switched modulators), as well as kicker magnet pulsers and a pulsed ion source. The design, operation and evolution of these systems will be discussed. Planned upgrades will be outlined as well

Keywords

linear accelerators; modulators; proton accelerators; pulsed power technology; radioisotopes; thyratrons; transmitters; 33 MeV; Trace Radiochemical; beam current; beamlines; commercial proton linear accelerator; kicker magnet pulsers; microwave transmitters; pulsed ion source; pulsed power subsystems; radioisotopes; solid state modulators; thyratron switched modulators; Biomedical equipment; Ion accelerators; Linear accelerators; Medical services; Production; Protons; Pulse modulation; Radio transmitters; Radioactive materials; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2004 and 2004 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8586-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2004.1433561

Filename

1433561