Commissioning plan for a high-current proton linac

Conference · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:524862

Chan, K C.D.; Barber, R L; Garnett, R W ^[1]

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High-power proton linacs (E>500 MeV) are potentially useful for transmutation applications, such as the production of tritium. In production applications, high availability is essential. Achieving high availability requires an accelerator design that simplifies maintenance and accommodates commissioning procedures designed to minimize tune-up time. These are worthwhile goals for any accelerator, but the very high beam powers (170 MW) and heavy beam loading of the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) linac introduce significant new challenges. This paper will describe the commissioning plan, as developed to date.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 524862
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-97-1735; CONF-970503-266; ON: DE97008215; TRN: 97:018487
• Resource Relation: Conference: 17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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