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TY - CONF AU - Haj Tahar, M. AU - Méot, F. AU - Peggs, S. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine ED - Ko, In Soo ED - Kim, Dong Eon ED - Kim, Kyung Sook TI - Energy Efficiency of High Power Accelerators for ADS Applications J2 - Proc. of IPAC2016, Busan, Korea, May 8-13, 2016 C1 - Busan, Korea T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 7 LA - english AB - One important issue identified by the 2014 comprehensive nuclear fuel cycle Evaluation & Screening report* that was chartered by the US Department of Energy was the impact of the electricity required to operate the accelerator on the overall efficiency of an Accelerator Driven System (ADS).The objective of this paper is to contribute some understanding regarding that issue. Then, by looking at several options of existing and projected accelerator technologies for ADS, we evaluate the impact of the technology choice on the efficiency of a conventional ADS facility, in view of investigating the limitations and where there is room for improvement. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 2001 EP - 2003 KW - neutron KW - linac KW - klystron KW - proton KW - cyclotron DA - 2016/06 PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-95450-147-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY044 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2016/papers/tupoy044.pdf ER -