• A.K. Mitra, S. Calic, S.R. Koscielniak, R.E. Laxdal
  TRIUMF, Vancouver

A 500 kW electron linear accelerator is being proposed at TRIUMF for radioactive ion beam production to support existing rare isotope facility. Present design consists of 100 keV thermionic gun, a normal conducting buncher, an injector module and main linac modules. The design energy is 50 MeV with 10 mA beam current. The linac will operate in cw mode using 1.3 GHz superconducting technology. The injector cryomodule (ICM), uses a nine-cell TESLA type cavity operating at 2 degree Kelvin. The front end of the ICM has a room temperature buncher and also has two superconducting capture cavities which are housed in the same cryomodule as the accelerating multi-cell cavity. Solid state amplifiers are proposed to be used for the buncher and the capture cavities. A 30 kW 1.3 GHz IOT, operating at cw will be used to drive the nine-cell cavity of the ICM. The rf power will be divided into two equal parts and fed to two TTF III type couplers. The same couplers are intended to be used for the remaining accelerator cavities of the e-linac. The e-linac is being proposed to be built in stages. High power Klystrons are to be used to provide rf power to the accelerating cavities.