LANSCE beam current limiter

Conference · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:251360

Gallegos, F R

The Radiation Security System (RSS) at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) provides personnel protection from prompt radiation due to accelerated beam. Active instrumentation, such as the Beam Current Limiter, is a component of the RSS. The current limiter is designed to limit the average current in a beam line below a specific level, thus minimizing the maximum current available for a beam spill accident. The beam current limiter is a self-contained, electrically isolated toroidal beam transformer which continuously monitors beam current. It is designed as fail-safe instrumentation. The design philosophy, hardware design, operation, and limitations of the device are described.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 251360
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-96-1570; CONF-9605173-3; ON: DE96011229; TRN: 96:015200
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. workshop on beam instrumentation, Argonne, IL (United States), 6-9 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
LANL
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
BEAM CURRENTS
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
CONTROL
DESIGN
OPERATION
RADIATION PROTECTION
BEAM MONITORS
CALIBRATION