TY  - CONF
AU  - Laxdal, Robert
AU  - Gottberg, Alexander
AU  - Maharaj, Dalini
AU  - Marquardt, Drew
AU  - Marchetto, Marco
AU  - Abbaslou, Mina
AU  - Kester, Oliver
AU  - Kolb, Philipp
AU  - Tabbassum, Sana
TI  - PC-CANS - Conceptual Design of a Compact Accelerator Based Neutron Source for Canada
M1  - FZJ-2025-01922
PY  - 2025
AB  - 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.
T2  - 11th International Meeting of the Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources
CY  - 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
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)6
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1040555
ER  -