RF system considerations for accelerator production of tritium and the transmutation of nuclear waste

Conference · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10193509

Tallerico, P J; Lynch, M T

RF driven proton accelerators for the transmutation of nuclear waste (ATW) or for the production of tritium (APT) require unprecedented amounts of CW RF power at UHF frequencies. For both systems, the baseline design is for 246 MW at 700 MHz and 8,5 MW at 350 MHz. The main technical challenges are how to design and build such a large system so that it has excellent reliability, high efficiency, and reasonable capital cost. The issues associated with the selection of the RF amplifier and the sizes of the power supplies are emphasized in this paper.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10193509
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-93-3536; CONF-931215-2; ON: DE94002630; TRN: 93:025697
• Resource Relation: Conference: International electron devices meeting,Washington, DC (United States),5-8 Dec 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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