WPPT Subgroup on Accelerator Utilisation and Reliability


Scope Objectives Method of Work
Meetings Key Interfaces List of Activities
Related Conferences and Meetings Working Area (Members only)


Scope

The Accelerator Utilisation and Reliability Subgroup (AURS) of the NEA Working Party on Partitioning and Transmutation (WPPT) is one of four Subgroups tasked with supporting the WPPT study to determine the potential viability of nuclear waste partitioning and transmutation as part of a waste management strategy.  The other subgroups are focused on fuels and materials, chemical separations, and physics and safety.

In support of the full NEA WPPT, the Accelerator Subgroup will:

  • Evaluate the potential utilisation of accelerator driven spallation targets as part of transmutation systems
  • Organise one or more workshop(s) of experts on accelerators, spallation targets, and beam entrance windows in order to consider, evaluate, and rank potential issues related to system performance and reliability
  • Evaluate expected performance of accelerators, spallation targets, and beam entrance windows for applications associated with accelerator-driven transmutation systems
  • Propose a prioritised list of issues that need to be resolved relating to the interaction of an accelerator and target system

Objectives

Under the guidance of the WPPT, the AURS will provide Member Countries with up to date information on:

     
  • Accelerator and spallation target reliability and any associated safety issues
  • Target performance and toxicity of any spallation products
  • Beam Entrance Window performance, including thermal stress and radiation damage

  • Information to be included in a final study by the AURS will include:

    -  Technology status of the proposed accelerator(s), target(s)
    -  Data available to support an accelerator application
    -  R&D required
    -  R&D underway internationally
    -  Where there are the gap(s)
    -  Ongoing international collaborations meant to fill the gap(s)
     


Method of Work

Meetings will be held in conjunction with major international meetings, and/or meetings of the full WPPT.  The first meeting of the subgroup will be in Reno Nevada, USA, on Thursday afternoon Nov 15, 2001.

The Third International Workshop of Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Accelerators is being planned in Santa Fe, New Mexico during May of 2002.  The second meeting of the AURS will be held in conjunction with the Santa Fe Workshop.  The schedule would allow for a follow-on meeting involving several of the workshop participants, if needed, to evaluate specific issues.

The principal product of the AURS will be a final report to the full WPPT due during 2004.  It will include an evaluation by the full AURS of the findings of the Santa Fe Workshop and include a technical summary of that Workshop and all follow-on meetings. 
 


Meetings

  • The first meeting of the subgroup was held at the Reno Hilton Hotel in Reno Nevada, USA, on Thursday afternoon Nov 15, 2001.
  • The second subgroup meeting will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, on Thurday afternoon 16 May 2002.

Key Interfaces

Primary interface is with the Physics and Safety Subgroup, regarding requirements on beam and spallation target reliability


List of Activities

  • The Third International Workshop on Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 12-16 May 2002. The workshop is hosted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA). More information can be found on //www.oecd-nea.org/science/hpa3.
  • 2nd workshop on "Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators", Aix-en-Provence, France, 22-24 November 1999. 
  • 1st workshop on "Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators", Mito, Japan, 13-15 October 1998.

    Workshop Proceedings( OECD bookstore)

  • Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators
    Workshop Proceedings, Aix-en-Provence, France, 22-24 November 1999
    Language: English , Printed: 2001, 472pages
    ISBN: 92-64-18749-9,
    Cost: 130 Euros
  • Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators
    Workshop Proceedings, Mito, Japan, 13-15 October 1998
    Language: English , Printed: 1999, 443 pages
    ISBN: 92-64-17068-5,
    Cost: 650 FF, 113 US$, 194 DM, 69 £, 13100 JPY
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Related Conferences and Meetings

     
  • ANS Conference "AccApp'01 & ADTTA '01: Nuclear Applications in the New Millennium", Reno, Nevada, USA, 11-15 November 2001
  • International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performan- ce Computing (PHYSOR 2002), Seoul, Korea, 7-10 October 2002


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