Operational status and life extension plans for the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE)

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:1030655

Garnett, Robert W ^[1]; Gulley, Mark S ^[1]; Jones, Kevin W ^[1]; Erickson, John L ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) accelerator and beam delivery complex generates the proton beams that serve three neutron production sources, a proton radiography facility and a medical and research isotope production facility. The recent operating history of the facility, including both achievements and challenges, will be reviewed. Plans for performance improvement will be discussed, together with the underlying drivers for the ongoing LANSCE Risk Mitigation project. The details of this latter project will also be discussed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1030655
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-10-05857; LA-UR-10-5857
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MITIGATION
NEUTRONS
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTION
PROTON BEAMS
PROTON RADIOGRAPHY