The SiC Direct Target Prototype for SPES

Journal Article · Fri Oct 26 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2813845· OSTI ID:21036071

Rizzi, V; Andrighetto, A; Barbui, M; Carturan, S; Cinausero, M; Giacchini, M; Gramegna, F; Lollo, M; Maggioni, G; Prete, G; Tonezzer, M ^[1]; Antonucci, C; Cevolani, S; Petrovich, C ^[2]; Biasetto, L; Colombo, P; Manzolaro, M; Meneghetti, M ^[3]; Celona, L; Chines, F ^[4]

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1. INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Viale dell'Universita 2, 35020 Legnaro (Italy)
2. ENEA, Via M.M.Sole 4-40129 Bologna (Italy)
3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica Universita of Padova, Via Venezia 1-35131 (Italy)
4. INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via Santa Sofia 62, 95123 Catania (Italy)

A R and D study for the realization of a Direct Target is in progress within the SPES project for RIBs production at the Laboratori Nazionali of Legnaro. A proton beam (40 MeV energy, 0.2 mA current) is supposed to impinge directly on a UCx multiple thin disks target, the power released by the proton beam is dissipated mainly through irradiation. A SiC target prototype with a 1:5 scale has been developed and tested. Thermal, mechanical and release calculations have been performed to fully characterize the prototype. An online test has been performed at the HRIBF facility of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), showing that our SiC target can sustain a proton beam current considerably higher than the maximum beam current used with the standard HRIBF target configuration.

• OSTI ID: 21036071
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 947; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BEAM CURRENTS
FISSION
IRRADIATION
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION
ORNL
PROTON BEAMS
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
SILICON CARBIDES
URANIUM