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

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

3760

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.309780

Filename

309780