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WPPT Subgroup on Accelerator Utilisation and Reliability
Scope
The
Accelerator Utilisation and Reliability Subgroup (AURS) of the NEA Working
Party on Partitioning and Transmutation (WPPT) is one of four Subgroups
tasked with supporting the WPPT study to determine the potential viability
of nuclear waste partitioning and transmutation as part of a waste management
strategy. The other subgroups are focused on fuels and materials,
chemical separations, and physics and safety.
In
support of the full NEA WPPT, the Accelerator Subgroup will:
- Evaluate
the potential utilisation of accelerator driven spallation targets as
part of transmutation systems
- Organise
one or more workshop(s) of experts on accelerators, spallation targets,
and beam entrance windows in order to consider, evaluate, and rank potential
issues related to system performance and reliability
- Evaluate
expected performance of accelerators, spallation targets, and beam entrance
windows for applications associated with accelerator-driven transmutation
systems
- Propose
a prioritised list of issues that need to be resolved relating to the
interaction of an accelerator and target system
Objectives
Under the guidance of the
WPPT, the AURS will provide Member Countries with up to date information
on:
- Accelerator and spallation
target reliability and any associated safety issues
- Target performance and
toxicity of any spallation products
- Beam Entrance Window performance,
including thermal stress and radiation damage
Information to be included
in a final study by the AURS will include:
- Technology status
of the proposed accelerator(s), target(s)
- Data available to
support an accelerator application
- R&D required
- R&D underway
internationally
- Where there are the
gap(s)
- Ongoing international
collaborations meant to fill the gap(s)
Method
of Work
Meetings
will be held in conjunction with major international meetings, and/or
meetings of the full WPPT. The first meeting of the subgroup will
be in Reno Nevada, USA, on Thursday afternoon Nov 15, 2001.
The
Third International Workshop of Utilisation and Reliability of High Power
Accelerators is being planned in Santa Fe, New Mexico during May of 2002.
The second meeting of the AURS will be held in conjunction with the Santa
Fe Workshop. The schedule would allow for a follow-on meeting involving
several of the workshop participants, if needed, to evaluate specific
issues.
The
principal product of the AURS will be a final report to the full WPPT
due during 2004. It will include an evaluation by the full AURS
of the findings of the Santa Fe Workshop and include a technical summary
of that Workshop and all follow-on meetings.
Meetings
- The
first meeting of the subgroup was held at the Reno Hilton Hotel in Reno
Nevada, USA, on Thursday afternoon Nov 15, 2001.
- The
second subgroup meeting will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA,
on Thurday afternoon 16 May 2002.
Key
Interfaces
Primary
interface is with the Physics and Safety Subgroup, regarding requirements
on beam and spallation target reliability
List of Activities
- The Third International Workshop on Utilisation and Reliability of
High Power Proton Accelerators will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
USA, 12-16 May 2002. The workshop is hosted by the Los Alamos National
Laboratory (USA). More information can be found on http://www.nea.fr/html/science/hpa3.
- 2nd
workshop on "Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators",
Aix-en-Provence, France, 22-24 November 1999.
- 1st
workshop on "Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators",
Mito, Japan, 13-15 October 1998.
- Utilisation
and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators
Workshop Proceedings,
Mito, Japan, 13-15 October 1998
Language: English
, Printed: 1999, 443 pages
ISBN: 92-64-17068-5,
Cost: 650 FF,
113 US$, 194 DM, 69 £, 13100 JPY
Related
Conferences and Meetings
- ANS
Conference "AccApp'01 & ADTTA '01: Nuclear Applications in the New
Millennium", Reno, Nevada, USA, 11-15 November 2001
- International
Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics,
Safety and High-Performan- ce Computing (PHYSOR
2002), Seoul, Korea, 7-10 October 2002
For more Information
on this Subgroup, please contact Claes Nordborg (Claes.Nordborg@oecd.org
For
more information on activities managed/supported by the NSC, please contact Claes Nordborg ( Claes.Nordborg@oecd.org)
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