Author: Middendorf, M.E.
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THOAS3 Status of the Oak Ridge Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) RF Systems 2050
 
  • T.W. Hardek, M.T. Crofford, Y.W. Kang, M.F. Piller, A.V. Vassioutchenko
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • S.W. Lee, M.E. Middendorf
    ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
 
  The SNS has been delivering production neutrons for five years with first beam delivered to the neutron target at the end of April 2006. On September 18, 2009 SNS officially reached 1 megawatt of beam on target marking the achievement of a decades-old dream of providing a U.S. megawatt class pulsed spallation source. The SNS is now routinely delivering 1 megawatt of beam power to the neutron target at over 85 percent of the scheduled beam time. The present effort is aimed at increasing availability eventually to 95 percent and gradually increasing the intensity to the 1.4 megawatt design level. While the RF systems have performed well since initial installation some improvements have been implemented. This paper provides a review of the SNS RF Systems, an overview of the performance of the various components and a detailed review of RF related issues addressed over the past several years.  
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