Engineering Development of Superconducting RF Linacs for Production of Tritium
Abstract
The APT Project proposes a high-power proton linac to produce tritium for the maintenance of the U. S. stockpile. The proposed linac has an energy of 1700 MeV and a beam current of 100 mA. It uses superconducting RF cavities to accelerate the protons from 217 MeV to 1700 MeV. Engineering development is presently underway at Los Alamos National Laboratory to demonstrate the SCRF technology required to reach this high power. The areas of development include SC cavities, power couplers, and the integration of components into a cryomodule. This paper describes the scope of work and status of the development.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 1998
- Bibcode:
- 1998APS..APR.I1401C