The commissioning plan for the Spallation Neutron Source ring and transport lines

Author

Henderson, S. ; Assadi, S. ; Cousineau, S. ; Dodson, G. ; Danilov, V. ; Galambos, J. ; Holmes, J. ; Reece, K. ; Shea, T. ; Raparia, D. ; Blaskiewicz, M. ; Lee, Y.Y. ; Papaphilippou, Y. ; Wei, J.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1569

Abstract

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) accelerator systems will provide a 1 GeV, 1.44 MW proton beam to a liquid mercury target for neutron production. In order to satisfy the accelerator systems´ portion of the critical decision 4 (CD-4) commissioning goal (which marks the completion of the construction phase of the project), a beam pulse with intensity greater than 1×10¹³ protons must be accumulated in the ring, extracted in a single turn and delivered to the target. A commissioning plan has been formulated for bringing into operation and establishing nominal operating conditions for the various ring and transport line subsystems as well as for establishing beam conditions and parameters which meet the commissioning goal.

Keywords

linear accelerators; liquid metals; mercury (metal); neutron sources; proton beams; storage rings; Hg; Spallation Neutron Source ring; accelerator systems; beam pulse; commissioning plan; liquid mercury target; neutron production; proton beam; transport lines; Fires; Hardware; Laboratories; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrons; Particle beams; Production; Proton accelerators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1288597

Filename

1288597