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| MOPC093 | Experimental Study of Radiation Damage in Carbon Composites and Graphite Considered as Targets in the Neutrino Super Beam | proton, target, radiation, linac | 280 | ||
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Carbon composites have been of primary interest as materials of choice for a multi-MW neutrino superbeam which desires low-Z pion production target. Beam on target experiments conducted at BNL made the case stronger in their favor, as compared to graphite, by demonstrating their excellent shock resistance which is directly linked with their extremely low thermal expansion. Since target survivability also depends on resistance to prolonged radiation, a series of irradiation damage studies on carbon composites and graphite were launched. While carbon composites at moderate doses exhibited interesting behavior of damage reversal through thermal annealing, at higher dose levels of peak proton fluences >5x1020 protons/cm2 they exhibited serious structural degradation. The experimental study also showed that graphite suffered similar damage when subjected to same fluence level. The paper discusses the findings of the experimental studies focusing on these materials and attempts to explain their structural degradation observed under high proton fluences given the excellent survivability record, especially of graphite, under high neutron fluences in nuclear reactor settings.
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Work performed under the auspices of the US DOE. |
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| TUPC106 | Optimization of Electron Linac Operating Conditions for Photonuclear Isotope Production | target, electron, simulation, radiation | 1308 | ||
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The communication describes the method for optimizing the high-power Linac regime (electron energy, pulsed current and beam size, pulse repetition rate) and the composition of output devices to provide the maximum photonuclear yield of isotope product with the maintenance of thermal stability of structural elements. To exemplify, the results of accelerator KUT-30 (45 MeV, 10 kW) optimization at conditions of medical isotope Cu-67 production are reported. Simulation based on a modified PENELOPE/2006 code was employed to compute the Cu-67 generation rate in the Zn target, and also the absorbed radiation power in output device elements for different operating conditions of the accelerator with due regard for its loading characteristic. The simulation results were used to calculate the target and the converter (Ta) temperature at various thicknesses of the latter and at real cooling parameters. Conditions have been established for the maximum Cu-67 yield with keeping thermal stability of the target device.
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