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Superpowerful Linear Proton Accelerators for Neutron Generators and Electoronuclear Setups (review of projects)

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Suggestions for superpowerful linear accelerators for electronuclear setups and high-intensity neutron generators are reviewed. The most important technical solutions, the characteristic features, and the state of the projects for linear accelerators with average accelerated beam power from 1 to 100 MW are examined: APT, SNS, JAERI/KEK, TRISPAL, TRASCO, ESS, KOMAC, Energy Amplifier, IFMIF, joint proposal by the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physcis, the Moscow Radio Electronics Institute, the Institute for High-Energy Physics, and other nuclear centers. 8 figures, 3 tables, 74 references.

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Lazarev, N.V., Kozodaev, A.M. Superpowerful Linear Proton Accelerators for Neutron Generators and Electoronuclear Setups (review of projects). Atomic Energy 89, 968–981 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011370904449

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