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| MOP033 |
The Operation Concept of SARAF
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- I. Mardor, D. Berkovits, Y. Grof, H. Hirshfeld, A. Nagler
Soreq NRC, Yavne
- O. Heber
Weizmann Institute of Science, Physics, Rehovot
- C. Piel
ACCEL, Bergisch Gladbach
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The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF) is a 5 - 40 MeV, 0.04 -2 mA proton/deuteron RF superconducting linear accelerator, which is under construction at Soreq NRC and is planned to start generating a beam by the end of 2010. SARAF will be a multi-user facility, whose main activities will be neutron physics and applications, radio-pharmaceuticals development and production, and basic nuclear physics research. The operational concept of SARAF will be ‘one target at a time’ and during irradiation, appropriate shielding will enable preparation and maintenance at other stations. This paper presents the planned facility operation program, the planned operations group, the location and layout of the main control room and the architecture of the main control system, including its interfaces with safety and applications. Emphasis is given to the design considerations for each of the discussed subjects.
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| MOP054 |
Status of the SARAF Project
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- A. Nagler, D. Berkovits, I. Mardor
Soreq NRC, Yavne
- K. Dunkel, M. Pekeler, C. Piel, H. Vogel, P. vom Stein
ACCEL, Bergisch Gladbach
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Soreq NRC recently initiated the establishment of SARAF – Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility. SARAF will be a multi-user facility for basic, medical and biological research, non-destructive testing (NDT) and research, development and production of radio-isotopes for pharmaceutical purposes. An on going major activity is research and development of high heat flux (up to 80 kW on a few cm2) irradiation targets. SARAF is based on a continuous wave (CW), proton/deuteron RF superconducting linear accelerator with variable energy (5–40 MeV) and current (0.04-2 mA). SARAF is designed to enable hands-on maintenance, which implies beam loss below 10-5 for the entire accelerator. The commissioning of the Phase I of SARAF (full current, energy up to 4-5 MeV) is taking place during 2006 at Soreq. This paper describes the SARAF project and presents commissioning of the normal conducting injector (i.e., ECR ion source and RFQ). Test results of the β=0.09 half wave superconducting resonators are presented, and resonator geometry improvements with respect to electron multipacting behavior is discussed. An outlook on the project regarding reaching the final energy of 40 MeV is given.
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