SNS accelerator diagnostics: progress and challenges

Author

Shea, T.J. ; Assadi, S. ; Witkover, R. ; Doolittle, L. ; Oshatz, D. ; Plum, M. ; Stettler, M. ; O´Hara, J. ; Power, J. ; Shafer, R. ; Cameron, P. ; Connolly, R. ; Gassner, D. ; Kesselman, M.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

512

Abstract

A collaboration of six national laboratories, the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Project is constructing an accelerator based neutron facility sited in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The goal of 2 MW beam power, 95% availability, and hands-on maintenance will place significant demands on the performance and operational reliability of accelerator diagnostics. Mirroring the project organization, a cross-laboratory team is developing diagnostic systems for the facility. This talk reports the team´s progress and summarizes its approach to outstanding technical and organizational challenges

Keywords

ion accelerators; linear accelerators; maintenance engineering; neutron sources; particle beam diagnostics; reliability; 2 MW; SNS accelerator diagnostics; Spallation Neutron Source; accelerator based neutron facility; hands-on maintenance; linac; operational reliability; organizational challenges; Availability; Collaboration; Ion sources; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Maintenance; Neutrons; Particle beams; Power system reliability; Structural beams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987556

Filename

987556