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Commissioning plan for a high-current proton linac

Year: 2002

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: High-power proton linacs (E>500 MeV) are potentially useful for transmutation applications, such as the production of tritium, In production applications, high availability is essential. Achieving high availability requires an accelerator design that simplifies maintenance and accommodates commissioning procedures designed to minimize tune-up time. These are worthwhile goals for any accelerator, but the high beam powers (170 MW) and heavy beam loading of the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) linac introduce significant new challenges. This paper describes the commissioning plan, as developed to date.

Source: Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC)

DOI: 10.1109/pac.1997.749958

Authors: K.C.D. Chan, R.L. Barber, R.W. Garnett, J.D. Gilpatrick, K.F. Johnson, G.P. Lawrence, S. Nath, A. Regan, L. Rybarcyk, R.E. Shafer, H.V. Smith, T.P. Wangler, L.M. Young, L.W. Funk, K. Crandall

Institution: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Particle accelerators and beam dynamics

Subfield: Aerospace Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2142954717

FWCI: 1.788

Cites: 14

Cited by: 3

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