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TY - UNPB AU - O'Rourke, B.E. AU - Fujiwara, T. AU - Furusaka, M. AU - Hayashizaki, N. AU - Kino, K. AU - Kuroda, R. AU - Michishio, K. AU - Muroga, T. AU - Ogawa, H. AU - Oshima, N. AU - Sato, D. AU - Sei, N. AU - Shishido, T. AU - Suzuki, R. AU - Tanaka, M. AU - Toyokawa, H. AU - Watazu, A. ED - Cheng, Yung-Sen ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Chiu, Pei-Chen ED - Li, Lu ED - Liu, Yung-Hui ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine TI - Control and Interlock System for an Electron Accelerator Based Neutron Source J2 - Proc. of PCaPAC2018, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 16-19 October 2018 CY - Hsinchu, Taiwan T2 - International Workshop on Emerging Technologies and Scientific Facilities Controls T3 - 12 LA - english AB - A compact electron-accelerator based neutron source/facility for the characterization of structural materials is under construction by the Innovative Structural Materials Association (ISMA) at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, Japan. The facility consists of a linear electron accelerator (LINAC) with a planned maximum beam power of 10 kW (~35 MeV, ~275 mA) incident on a water cooled tantalum target. The LINAC will be primarily controlled from a control room outside the radiation control area. It is also planned that a full monitoring system and some control functionality will also be available at the neutron beamline hall. We plan to install a control and monitoring system using the EPICS framework. A separate interlock system for the facility is also being developed and installed. The interlock system uses a commercial PLC sequencer in combination with a newly developed serial bus communication system developed at AIST. Both the EPICS and interlock systems will be presented in more detail at the conference. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -