Neutron intense pulse source on the base of the proton beam from the AN USSR IYaI meson factory

Calculated parameters of a GS-1 intense pulse neutron source on the basis of a booster-multiplier and high-current proton accelerator of the meson facility with 600 MeV proton beam energy, 10 μs pulse duration and repetition frequency of up to 100 Hz are given. The booster-multiplier represents a breedering system of plutonium dioxide irradiated with a proton beam and cooled with water. The booster core represents plutonium oxide rod fuel assembly. Time regimes of booster-multiplier are divided in two groups determined with a set of physical problems. For investigations into nuclear physics in the region of low-lying resonances, for investigations into high-excited states of condensed media (electronvolt region of neutron energies) suggested is use of microsecond pulse regimes. It is shown that production of thermal neutron fluxes having a peak density of 5x1016 neutr/(cm2xs) is possible at a mean thermal capacity of 1 MW