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Progress report: SNS neutronics studies

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OSTI ID:677205

The proposed Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) facility will consist of two parts: (1) a high-energy (1-GeV) and high-powered (1-MW) proton accelerator (linac) and accumulator ring, and (2) a target station that produces low-energy (< 2-eV) neutrons and delivers them to the neutron scattering instruments. It will be a 60-Hz facility, delivering 6 x 10{sup 15} protons each second in 60 1-{micro}s pulses with a linac length of 490 m and an accumulator ring circumference of 220 m. This paper deals with the second part of the facility: the design and development of the SNS target station proposed for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Some of the more recent work will be presented, including a premoderator study, validation comparisons with experiment, sensitivity studies of cryogenic H{sub 2} moderator output to assumed ortho/para admixtures, and the construction of a more detailed model geometry.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Computational Physics and Engineering Div., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
677205
Report Number(s):
ORNL/CP--99605; CONF-980680--; ON: DE99000238
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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