Author: Bouly, F.
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MOP018 Design of the MYRRHA 17-600 MeV Superconducting Linac 129
 
  • J.-L. Biarrotte
    IPN, Orsay, France
  • F. Bouly
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J.-P. Carneiro
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
  • D. Uriot
    CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
  • D. Vandeplassche
    SCK•CEN, Mol, Belgium
 
  Funding: This work is being supported by the European Atomic Energy Community’s (EURATOM) Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement n°269565 (MAX project).
The goal of the MYRRHA project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of transmutation in a 100MWth Accelerator Driven System (ADS) by building a new flexible irradiation complex in Mol (Belgium). The MYRRHA facility requires a 600 MeV accelerator delivering a maximum proton flux of 4 mA in continuous operation, with an additional requirement for exceptional reliability. This paper will briefly describe the beam dynamics design of the main superconducting linac section which covers the 17 to 600 MeV energy range and requires enhanced fault-tolerance capabilities.
 
 
MOP057 Developments and Tests of a 700 MHz Cryomodule for the Superconducting Linac of MYRRHA 250
 
  • F. Bouly
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • S. Berthelot, J.-L. Biarrotte, M. El Yakoubi, C. Joly, J. Lesrel, E. Rampnoux
    IPN, Orsay, France
  • A. Bosotti, R. Paparella, P. Pierini
    INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy
 
  Funding: This work is being supported by the European Atomic Energy Community’s EURATOM) Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement n°269565(MAX project).
The MYRRHA (“Multi-purpose Hybrid Research reactor for High-tech Applications”) project aims at the construction of a new flexible fast spectrum research reactor. This reactor will operate as an Accelerator Driven System demonstrator. The criticality will be sustained by an external spallation neutron flux; produced thanks to a 600 MeV high intensity proton beam. This CW beam will be delivered by a superconducting linac which must fulfil very stringent reliability requirements. In this purpose, the accelerator design is based on a redundant and fault-tolerant scheme to enable the rapid mitigation of RF failures. To carry out “real scale” reliability-oriented experiments a prototype of cryomodule was developed by INFN Milano and installed at IPN Orsay. The module holds a 700 MHz 5-cell elliptical cavity (βg = 0.47) equipped with its blade frequency tuner. Several tests were carried out to commission the experimental set-up. We review here the obtained results and the lessons learnt by operating this module, as well as the on-going developments.