Author: Tiede, R.
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WEPS039 General Layout of the 17 MeV Injector for MYRRHA 2574
 
  • H. Podlech, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, H. Klein, D. Mäder, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp, R. Tiede, C. Zhang
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • M. Amberg
    HIM, Mainz, Germany
 
  Funding: European Union FP7 MAX Contract Number 269565
The MYRRHA Project (Multi Purpose Hybrid Reactor for High Tech Applications) at Mol/belgium will be a user facility with emphasis on research with neutron generated by a spallation source. One main aspect is the demonstration of nuclear waste technology using an accelerator driven system. A superconducting linac delivers a 4 mA, 600 MeV proton beam. The first accelerating section is covered by the 17 MeV injector. It consists of a proton source, an RFQ, two room temperature CH cavities and 4 superconducting CH-cavities. The initial design has used an RF frequency of 352 MHz. Recently the frequency of the injector has been set to 176 MHz. The main reason is the possible use of a 4-rod-RFQ with reduced power dissipation and energy, respectively. The status of the overall injector layout including cavity design is presented.
 
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WEPS043 From EUROTRANS to MAX: New Strategies and Approaches for the Injector Development 2583
 
  • C. Zhang, H. Klein, D. Mäder, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp, R. Tiede
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Atomic Energy Community’s (Euratom) Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2011 under grant agreement n° [269565].
As the successor of the EUROTRANS project, the MAX project is aiming to continue the R&D effects for a European Accelerator-Driven System and to bring the conceptual design to reality. The layout of the driver linac for MAX will follow the reference design made for the XT-ADS phase of the EUROTRANS project. For the injector part, new design strategies and approaches, e.g. half resonant frequency, half transition-energy between the RFQ and the CH-DTL, and using the 4-rod RFQ structure instead of the originally proposed 4-vane RFQ, have been conceived and studied to reach a more reliable CW operation at reduced costs. In this paper, the design and simulation results of the MAX injector are presented.