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Bitteker, L.J.

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THPLT152 Operation of the Position Measurements for the Isotope Production Facility 2810
 
  • J.D. Gilpatrick, D.S. Barr, L.J. Bitteker, M.S. Gulley, D.M. Kerstiens, D. Martinez, J.F. O'Hara, C. Pillai, R.B. Shurter
    LANL/LANSCE, Los Alamos, New Mexico
  
  The Isotope Production Facility (IPF) will provide isotopes for medical purposes by using a 100-MeV H+-beam spur beam line from the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) facility. Beam position measurements for IPF use a standard micro-stripline beam position monitor (BPM) with both an approximate 50-mm and 75-mm radius. The associated cable plant is unique in that it unambiguously provides a method of verifying the operation of the complete position measurement. The processing electronics module uses a log ratio technique with an error correcting software algorithm so that each the overall position measurement is periodically calibrated over a dynamic range of > 86 dB with errors less than 0.1 dB within this range. A National Instruments LabVIEW virtual instrument performs automatic periodic calibration and verification, and serves the data via the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) channel access protocol. In order to report the data to the LANSCE facility operators and accelerator physicists, the served data are displayed and archived. This paper will describe the measurement system, commissioning and initial operating experiences.  
THPLT153 Commissioning and Initial Operation of the Isotope Production Facility at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center 2813
 
  • K.F. Johnson, H.W. Alvestad, W.C. Barkley, D.B. Barlow, D.S. Barr, G.A. Bennett, L.J. Bitteker, E. Bjorklund, W. Boedeker, M.J. Borden, R.A. Cardon, G. Carr, J.L. Casados, S. Cohen, J.F. Cordova, J.A. Faucett, M. Fresquez, F.R. Gallegos, J.D. Gilpatrick, F. Gonzales, F.W. Gorman, M.S. Gulley, M.J. Hall, D.J. Hayden, R.C. Heaton, D. Henderson, D.B. Ireland, G. Jacobson, G.D. Johns, D.M. Kerstiens, A.J. Maestas, A.R. Martinez, D. Martinez, G.C. Martinez, J. Martinez, M.P. Martinez, R. Merl, J.B. Merrill, J. Meyer, M.L. Milder, E.A. Morgan, F.M. Nortier, J.F. O'Hara, F.R. Olovas, M.A. Oothoudt, T.D. Pence, E.M. Perez, C. Pillai, F.P. Romero, C. Rose, L. Rybarcyk, G. Sanchez, J.B. Sandoval, S. Schaller, F.E. Shelley, R.B. Shurter, W. Sommer, M.W. Stettler, J.L. Stockton, J. Sturrock, T.L. Tomei, V.P. Vigil, P.L. Walstrom, P.M. Wanco, J. Wilmarth
    LANL/LANSCE, Los Alamos, New Mexico
  • R.E. Meyer, E.J. Peterson, F.O. Valdez
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
  
  The recently completed 100-MeV H+ Isotope Production Facility (IPF) at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) will provide radioisotopes for medical research and diagnosis, for basic research and for commercial applications. A change to the LANSCE accelerator facility allowed for the installation of the IPF. Three components make up the LANSCE accelerator: an injector that accelerates the H+ beam to 750-KeV, a drift-tube linac (DTL) that increases the beam energy to 100-MeV, and a side-coupled cavity linac (SCCL) that accelerates the beam to 800-MeV. The transition region, a space between the DTL and the SCCL, was modified to permit the insertion of a kicker magnet (23o kick angle) for the purpose of extracting a portion of the 100-MeV H+ beam. A new beam line was installed to transport the extracted H+ beam to the radioisotope production target chamber. This paper will describe the commissioning and initial operating experiences of IPF.