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| Poster (Invited) | FZJ-2025-01902 |
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2025
Abstract: The use of neutrons is established since decades and essential for industry, medicine, life sciencesand research. Classical neutron sources are mainly neutron generators, with low neutron flux, orresearch reactors and spallation sources, which are large and cost intensive installations. A costefficient, effective and compact neutron source could bridge the gap existing and offer potentialusers either a dedicated standalone version for high demands of a single application or a full variableuser facility. Such a compact accelerator driven neutron source based on a radio frequency linearaccelerator (linac) accelerating 10 - 20 mA of proton current to energies between 8 to 10 MeV candeliver neutron fluxes between 109 –1013 n/cm2/s.A concept for a reliable proton linear accelerator using a combination of high duty cycle H-modecavities that can be cooled well and 4-rod RFQs suitable for cw operation presents a cost efficient,reliable and well proven linac design for such applications. The neutron target is based on diffusionbonded beryllium as the most suitable choice to be operated for such a neutron source. The linacwill have about 15 m in total length including the target station and can be installed and operatedfor reasonable costs. We will present the current status of such an accelerator-based neutron sourceand potential perspectives.
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