LANSCE short-pulse spallation source target upgrade

Conference · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:539869

Donahue, J B; Baker, G D; Bultman, N K ^[1]

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1. and others

A project to upgrade the short-pulse spallation source target at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center (LANSCE) is in progress. This upgrade will reduce the target change out time from about a year to about three weeks and permit the proton beam current to be raised to 200 {mu}A. The project includes a new target-moderator-reflector system, a new suite of moderators for four new flight paths, improved auxiliary systems, remote handling capability, and a new crane and service building. The project has also supported calculations and experiments for target neutronics, rod-target thermo-hydraulics, and corrosion-related measurements in a proton beam. The final engineering design is now complete and the project has begun fabrication and procurement. Installation will begin in the fall of this year.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 539869
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--97-2433; CONF-970503--; ON: DE97008969
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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