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Business Plan for a Domestic Supply of Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2497788· OSTI ID:2497788
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  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
  2. Christopher Newport Univ., Newport News, VA (United States)
  3. RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (United States)
  4. ATI Specialty Alloys & Components, Albany, OR (United States)
  5. C. F. Roark Welding & Engineering Co., Inc., Brownsburg, IN (United States)
  6. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  7. JW Rathke Engineering Services Centerport, NY (United States)
  8. AMMTodd Consulting Princeton Junction, NJ (United States)
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Superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities are critical components of modern particle accelerators. The industrialization of SRF technology in the U.S. has a long history, with several companies becoming interested in the technology in the past 30 years. However, there is currently no U.S. manufacturer with the capability to produce fully assembled, ready-to-test SRF cavities. A majority of these companies have either left the field or shut their doors. As a result, government-sponsored SRF accelerator projects in the U.S. largely rely on European vendors for the cavity supply. This presents not only a supply chain risk for scientific use cases, but also severely limits the commercialization of accelerator-based technologies. SRF accelerators have a range of strategic applications, including environmental remediation, semiconductor lithography, medical isotope production, and irradiation/sterilization. The nurturing of a domestic SRF industry is critical to maintaining U.S. economic competitiveness.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Accelerator R&D and Production (ARDAP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
2497788
Report Number(s):
JLAB-TN--24-043; DOE/OR/23177--7765; JLAB-ACC--25-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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