Evaluation of structural integrity of IPNS-I and ZING-P' targets

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6432655· OSTI ID:6432655

Carpenter, J; Ahmed, H; Loomis, B; Ball, J; Ewing, T; Bailey, J; D'Souza, A F

This report discusses the design, production, and evaluation of clad uranium-alloy targets that function as spallation neutron sources in the ZING-P' and IPNS-I facilities with a pulsed (10 to 30 Hz), 500-MeV proton beam. The methodology and results of theoretical nuclear-particle transport, heat transport, and stress analyses that were used in the development of a design for the targets are described. The production of a zirconium-clad uranium-alloy cylinder for ZING-P' and Zircaloy-2-clad uranium-alloy discs for IPNS-I is discussed with particular attention to the procedural details. The theoretical analyses were verified by measuring the thermal and mechanical response of the clad uranium under conditions designed to simulate the operations of the pulsed-neutron sources.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6432655
• Report Number(s): ANL-83-14; ON: DE83008918
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
FAILURES
FATIGUE
PRODUCTION
PROTON BEAMS
PROTON REACTIONS
SHEAR
SPALLATION
STRESSES
THERMAL ANALYSIS
TWO-PHASE FLOW
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ZIRCONIUM
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ACTINIDES
ALLOYS
BARYON REACTIONS
BEAMS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ADDITIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
ELEMENTS
FLUID FLOW
HADRON REACTIONS
IRON ADDITIONS
IRON ALLOYS
METALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON BEAMS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
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