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Title: Novel design and diagnostics improvements for increased production capacity and improved reliability at the Los Alamos Isotope Production Facility

Abstract

The Isotope Production Facility (IPF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is used to produce an array of isotopes for medical, global security, and research applications with an intense beam of protons supplied by the linear accelerator at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). An Accelerator Improvement Project (AIP) was recently conducted at IPF to improve facility reliability and reduce programmatic risk while increasing general isotope production capacity and flexibility. This was accomplished through the installation of an improved beam window assembly, more robust beam diagnostics, an active and adjustable collimator, and a new beam rastering system. This paper will highlight the four exciting innovations and how they were designed, validated, and installed in parallel as well as the significant operational advantages they provide to IPF. Key experiments and the increased currents achieved in routine production runs demonstrating the enhanced capability from the AIP will be presented. As a result, the most notable capability enhancements include irradiations with beam currents ranging from 100 nA experimental runs up to 300 μA on routine production targets and utilization of a range of cylindrical target diameters.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC). Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1581578
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1703470
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-28650
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; TRN: US2101872
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 956; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 100 MeV protons; active and adjustable collimator; accelerator beam diagnostics; accelerator improvement project; beam rastering; Isotope Production Facility

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O’Brien, Ellen Margaret, Baily, Scott A., Birnbaum, Eva R., Chapman, Catherine A. B., Espinoza, Everett A., Faucett, John Allen, Hill, Jeffrey Owen, John, Kevin Dale, Marroquin, Pilar Sotero, McCrady, Rodney Craig, Norman, Deborah E., Nortier, Francois Meiring, O’Hara, James Francis, Olivas, Eric Richard, Patten, Austin Randall, Pieck, Martin, Rybarcyk, Lawrence John, Snyder, Joseph Frank, Swensen, Erik Arnold, Valicenti, Raymond A., Vermeulen, Christiaan, Watkins, Heath Andrew, and Woloshun, Keith Albert. Novel design and diagnostics improvements for increased production capacity and improved reliability at the Los Alamos Isotope Production Facility. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.163316.
O’Brien, Ellen Margaret, Baily, Scott A., Birnbaum, Eva R., Chapman, Catherine A. B., Espinoza, Everett A., Faucett, John Allen, Hill, Jeffrey Owen, John, Kevin Dale, Marroquin, Pilar Sotero, McCrady, Rodney Craig, Norman, Deborah E., Nortier, Francois Meiring, O’Hara, James Francis, Olivas, Eric Richard, Patten, Austin Randall, Pieck, Martin, Rybarcyk, Lawrence John, Snyder, Joseph Frank, Swensen, Erik Arnold, Valicenti, Raymond A., Vermeulen, Christiaan, Watkins, Heath Andrew, & Woloshun, Keith Albert. Novel design and diagnostics improvements for increased production capacity and improved reliability at the Los Alamos Isotope Production Facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163316
O’Brien, Ellen Margaret, Baily, Scott A., Birnbaum, Eva R., Chapman, Catherine A. B., Espinoza, Everett A., Faucett, John Allen, Hill, Jeffrey Owen, John, Kevin Dale, Marroquin, Pilar Sotero, McCrady, Rodney Craig, Norman, Deborah E., Nortier, Francois Meiring, O’Hara, James Francis, Olivas, Eric Richard, Patten, Austin Randall, Pieck, Martin, Rybarcyk, Lawrence John, Snyder, Joseph Frank, Swensen, Erik Arnold, Valicenti, Raymond A., Vermeulen, Christiaan, Watkins, Heath Andrew, and Woloshun, Keith Albert. Thu . "Novel design and diagnostics improvements for increased production capacity and improved reliability at the Los Alamos Isotope Production Facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163316. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581578.
@article{osti_1581578,
title = {Novel design and diagnostics improvements for increased production capacity and improved reliability at the Los Alamos Isotope Production Facility},
author = {O’Brien, Ellen Margaret and Baily, Scott A. and Birnbaum, Eva R. and Chapman, Catherine A. B. and Espinoza, Everett A. and Faucett, John Allen and Hill, Jeffrey Owen and John, Kevin Dale and Marroquin, Pilar Sotero and McCrady, Rodney Craig and Norman, Deborah E. and Nortier, Francois Meiring and O’Hara, James Francis and Olivas, Eric Richard and Patten, Austin Randall and Pieck, Martin and Rybarcyk, Lawrence John and Snyder, Joseph Frank and Swensen, Erik Arnold and Valicenti, Raymond A. and Vermeulen, Christiaan and Watkins, Heath Andrew and Woloshun, Keith Albert},
abstractNote = {The Isotope Production Facility (IPF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is used to produce an array of isotopes for medical, global security, and research applications with an intense beam of protons supplied by the linear accelerator at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). An Accelerator Improvement Project (AIP) was recently conducted at IPF to improve facility reliability and reduce programmatic risk while increasing general isotope production capacity and flexibility. This was accomplished through the installation of an improved beam window assembly, more robust beam diagnostics, an active and adjustable collimator, and a new beam rastering system. This paper will highlight the four exciting innovations and how they were designed, validated, and installed in parallel as well as the significant operational advantages they provide to IPF. Key experiments and the increased currents achieved in routine production runs demonstrating the enhanced capability from the AIP will be presented. As a result, the most notable capability enhancements include irradiations with beam currents ranging from 100 nA experimental runs up to 300 μA on routine production targets and utilization of a range of cylindrical target diameters.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2019.163316},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 956,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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