A Los Alamos design study for a high-power spallation-neutron-source driver

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.309780· OSTI ID:6509110

Jason, A J; Hardekopf, R A; Macek, R W; Schriber, S O; Thiessen, H A; Woods, R

A design study for an accelerator-driven spallation-neutron source is underway at Los Alamos. The driver, based on the LAMPF facility, produces a 1-MW proton beam and is upgradable to 5 MW. After linear acceleration to full energy, an H-beam is accumulated for approximately I ms in a compressor ring and then extracted to produce an intense proton burst, less than 1 [mu]s long, onto a spallation target system with a 60-Hz cycle rate. The design uses existing infrastructure insofar as possible while maintaining project goals. This paper summarizes the system specifications and design status.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD; Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6509110
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-93-1878; CONF-930511-116; ON: DE93014472
• Resource Relation: Conference: International particle accelerator conference, Washington, DC (United States), 17-20 May 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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