A CONCEPTUAL 3-GEV LANSCE LINAC UPGRADE FOR ENHANCED PROTON RADIOGRAPHY

Conference · Mon May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1040805

Garnett, Robert W ^[1]; Rybarcyk, Lawrence J ^[1]; Merrill, Frank E ^[1]; O'Hara, James F ^[1]; Rees, Daniel E ^[1]; Walstrom, Peter L ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

A conceptual design of a 3-GeV linac upgrade that would enable enhanced proton radiography at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is presented. The upgrade is based on the use of superconducting accelerating cavities to increase the present LANSCE linac output energy from 800 MeV to 3 GeV. The LANSCE linac currently provides negative hydrogen ion (H{sup -}) and proton (H{sup +}) beams to several user facilities that support Isotope Production, NNSA Stockpile Stewardship, and Basic Energy Science programs. Required changes to the front-end, the accelerating structures, and to the RF systems to meet the new performance goals, and changes to the existing beam switchyard to maintain operations for a robust user program are also described.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/LANL
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1040805
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-12-21353
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
CAVITIES
DESIGN
HYDROGEN IONS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
NEUTRONS
PERFORMANCE
PROTON RADIOGRAPHY
PROTONS
RF SYSTEMS
STOCKPILES