Published 1996 | Version v1
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Safety of spallation sources in the accelerator production of tritium

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  • 2. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
  • 3. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • 4. USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Description

The Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) project will employ a high power proton accelerator to generate neutrons in a spallation target for the production of tritium. This paper will describe major attributes of the safety of this facility. 1 fig

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE96014036; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
LA-UR--96-1980

Conference

Title
Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the European Nuclear Society (ENS).
Dates
10-14 Nov 1996.
Place
Washington, DC (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28013775
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATORS; FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SPALLATION; TARGETS; TRITIUM; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-36
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-961103--16.