The MYRRHA linear accellerator

Dirk Vandeplassche; Jean-Luc Biarotte; Holger Podlech; Chuang Zhang; Horst Klein

The MYRRHA linear accellerator

Dirk Vandeplassche, Jean-Luc Biarotte, Holger Podlech, Chuang Zhang, Horst Klein

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Abstract

Accelerator Driven Systems are promising tools for the efficient transmutation of nuclear waste products in dedicated industrial installations (transmuters). The Myrrha project at Mol, Belgium, placed itself on the path towards these applications with a multipurpose and versatile system based on a liquid PbBi (LBE) cooled fast reactor (80 MWth) which may be operated in both critical and subcritical modes. In the latter case the core is fed by spallation neutrons obtained from a 600 MeV proton beam hitting the LBE coolant/target. The accelerator providing this beam is a CW superconducting linac which is laid out for the highest achievable reliability. The combination of a redundant and of a fault tolerant scheme should allow obtaining an MTBF value in excess of 250 hours that is required for optimal integrity and successful operation of the ADS. Myrrha is expected to be operational in 2023. The forthcoming 4-year period is fully dedicated to R&D activities, and in the field of the accelerator they are mainly focused on the reliability aspects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators 2011 (AccApp'11)
Publisher	American Nuclear Society
Pages	141-145
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781622767915
State	Published - 3 Apr 2011
Event	AccApp'11- 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications & Utilization of Accelerators - Knoxville, Tennessee Duration: 4 Apr 2011 → 7 Apr 2011

Conference

Conference	AccApp'11- 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications & Utilization of Accelerators
Country/Territory	United States
City	Knoxville, Tennessee
Period	2011-04-04 → 2011-04-07

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Vandeplassche, D, Biarotte, J-L, Podlech, H, Zhang, C & Klein, H 2011, The MYRRHA linear accellerator. in Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators 2011 (AccApp'11). American Nuclear Society, pp. 141-145, AccApp'11- 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications & Utilization of Accelerators , Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 2011-04-04. <https://www.proceedings.com/16936.html>

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