%0 Conference Paper
%A Laxdal, Robert
%A Gottberg, Alexander
%A Maharaj, Dalini
%A Marquardt, Drew
%A Marchetto, Marco
%A Abbaslou, Mina
%A Kester, Oliver
%A Kolb, Philipp
%A Tabbassum, Sana
%T PC-CANS - Conceptual Design of a Compact Accelerator Based Neutron Source for Canada
%M FZJ-2025-01922
%D 2025
%X In an effort to close the neutron gap in Canada a prototype, compact accelerator-based neutronsource for Canada (PC-CANS) is proposed for installation at the University of Windsor. The PCCANS is envisaged to serve two neutron science instruments, a boron neutron capture therapy(BNCT) station and a beamline for fluorine-18 radioisotope production for positive emission tomography.To serve these diverse applications of neutron beams, a linear accelerator solution isselected, that will provide 10 MeV protons with a peak current of 10 mA within a 5% duty cycle. Theaccelerator is based on an RFQ and DTL with a post-DTL pulsed kicker system to simultaneouslydeliver macro-pulses to each end-station. The neutron production targets for both neutron scienceand BNCT will be of Beryllium and engineered to handle the high beam power density. A stagedapproach is foreseen for ramping the power. Conceptual studies of both the accelerator and thetarget-moderator-reflector (TMR) will be presented.
%B 11th International Meeting of the Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources
%C 24 Feb 2025 - 28 Feb 2025, Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, North Vancouver (Canada)
Y2 24 Feb 2025 - 28 Feb 2025
M2 Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, North Vancouver, Canada
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)6
%9 Conference Presentation
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1040555