Operation of the GENEPI-3C accelerator for the ads mock-up GUINEVERE

Emmanuel Froidefond, Maud Baylac, Annick Billebaud, P. Boge, Dominique Bondoux, J. Bouvier, Thierry Cabanel, Sébastien Chabod, G. Dargaud, M. Heusch, Anatoly Kochetkov, Etienne Labussière, François-René Lecolley, Jean-Luc Lecouey, Grégory Lehaut, Nathalie Marie, Jan Mertens, R. Micoud, Francis Van Gestel, Chris Van GriekenBart Van Houdt, Guido Vittiglio

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Abstract

GUINEVERE provides a zero power Accelerator Driven System at present mainly dedicated to the investigation of on-line reactivity monitoring and operational procedures of an ADS in the framework of the FP7 FREYA project. It was launched and constructed in the framework of FP 6 IP-EUROTRANS, as a follow up of the MUSE program, and was supported by SCK•CEN, the PACEN CNRS program, and CEA . GUINEVERE couples an electrostatic particle accelerator GENEPI-3C to a fast sub-critical nuclear reactor VENUS-F at SCK•CEN. GENEPI-3C consists of a duoplasmatron source, an electrostatic accelerator tube, and an optical line (dipole, quadrupoles and steerers), which has horizontal and vertical sections, and guides the beam to a tritium target located inside the VENUS reactor. After the first coupling of GENEPI-3C and VENUS-F in October 2011, a lot of data from the accelerator has been recorded and some improvements have been achieved, especially concerning the stability of beam production. The accelerator was operated in three different beam modes at 220 kV: pulses, continuous and chopped mode. We present the first results of the operation of GENEPI-3C coupled with VENUS-F.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, AccApp 2013
PublisherBelgian Nuclear Research Center
Pages256-260
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781629938288
StatePublished - 2013
Event11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, AccApp 2013 - Bruges
Duration: 5 Aug 20138 Aug 2013

Publication series

Name11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, AccApp 2013

Conference

Conference11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, AccApp 2013
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBruges
Period2013-08-052013-08-08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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