APT related papers presented at the 1997 particle accelerator conference, Vancouver, May 12--16, 1997

Conference · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:541862

Lawrence, G ^[1]

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Tritium is essential for the US nuclear weapons to function, but because it is radioactive with a half-life of 12.3 years, the supply must be periodically replenished. Presently, only reactor or accelerator systems can be used to produce tritium. This report is a compilation of 31 papers given at the 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference which dealt with the accelerator production of tritium. The papers are grouped into two categories, invited and contributed.

• 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: 541862
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-97-2582; CONF-970503-Exc.; ON: DE97008695; TRN: 98:008388
• Resource Relation: Conference: 17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TRITIUM
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MEETINGS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
PROTON BEAMS
NEUTRON SOURCES
USES
BEAM MONITORS
BEAM OPTICS
BEAM DYNAMICS
RF SYSTEMS