| Title |
The Operation Experience at KOMAC |
| Authors |
- Y.-S. Cho, H.S. Kim, K. R. Kim, H.-J. Kwon, Y.G. Song
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
- K.Y. Kim
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea
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| Abstract |
A 100-MeV proton linac at the KOMAC (Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex) is composed of a 50-keV microwave ion source, a 3-MeV four-vane-type RFQ, a 100-MeV DTL and 10 target stations for proton irradiation on samples from many application fields. The linac was commissioned in 2013 and the user service started in July 2013 with delivering proton beam to two target stations: one for a 20-MeV beam and the other for a 100-MeV beam. In 2015, the linac has been operated more than 2,800 hours with an availability of greater than 89%. The unscheduled downtime was about 73 hours, mainly due to problems of ion source arcing and failures of pulsed high-voltage power system. More than 2,100 samples from various fields such as materials science, bio-life and nano technology and nuclear science, were treated in 2015. Currently, a new target station for radioisotope production is under commissioning and a new target station for low-flux irradiation experiments is being installed. Operational experiences of the 100-MeV linac during the past 3 years will be presented in the workshop.
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| Funding |
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning of the Korean Government. |
| Paper |
download THAM2X01.PDF [1.265 MB / 6 pages] |
| Slides |
download THAM2X01_TALK.PDF [6.669 MB] |
| Conference |
HB2016, Malmö, Sweden |
| Series |
ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams (57th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full HB2016 Proccedings |
| Session |
Working Group D - Session 3 |
| Date |
07-Jul-16 09:00–10:40 |
| Main Classification |
Commissioning and Operations |
| Keywords |
target, operation, linac, DTL, ion |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Mohammad Eshraqi (ESS, Lund, Sweden); Garry Trahern (ESS, Lund, Sweden); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-185-4 |
| Published |
August 2016 |
| Copyright |
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