Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators
Workshop Proceedings, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, 16-19 May 2004
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Accelerator-driven systems (ADS) are being considered for their potential use in the transmutation of radioactive waste. The performance of such hybrid nuclear systems depends to a large extent on the specification and reliability of high power accelerators, as well as the integration of the accelerator with spallation targets and sub-critical systems. At present, much R&D work is still required in order to demonstrate the desired capability of the system as a whole.
Accelerator scientists and reactor physicists from around the world gathered at an NEA workshop to discuss issues of common interest and to present the most recent achievements in their research. Discussions focused on accelerator reliability; target, window and coolant technology; sub-critical system design and ADS simulations; safety and control of ADS; and ADS experiments and test facilities. These proceedings contain the technical papers presented at the workshop as well as summaries of the working group discussions held. They will be of particular interest to scientists working on ADS development as well as on radioactive waste management issues in general.
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Improvement of Reliability of the Trasco Intense Proton Source Trips at INFN-LNS
Nuclear Energy Agency
Over the past two years, INFN-LNS has undertaken to improve the source reliability for high-power proton accelerators. A full set of magnetic field measurements has been carried out to define a different design of the TRIPS magnetic system, based on permanent magnets, in order to increase the reliability of the source devoted to the ADS. The OPERA-3D package was used to design the new magnetic system as a combination of three rings of NdFeB magnets and soft iron in between. The description of the magnetic measurements and the comparison with the simulations are presented, along with the design of a new version of the source, called PM-TRIPS. Finally the new low-energy beam transfer line (LEBT) will be described, with particular regard to the improvement of accelerator availability, which can be obtained with the installation of two PM-TRIPS sources or more on a switching magnet.
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