The KOMAC

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) launched the KOMAC (Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex) project to develop and build a high current proton/H- linear accelerator capable of delivering a 1 GeV cw proton beam with an intensity of 20 mA in the final stage. The KOMAC is to be utilized for emerging nuclear research including the studies on nuclear transmutation and energy production, basic neutron and muon sciences, industrial uses, and medical applications. Many investigations will be given to develop the technologies on the realization of continuously sharing and extracting the beam. The beam of 100 MeV and 260 MeV will be extracted at two different stages of the accelerator for low energy beam current applications and 1 GeV beam will be at the end of the accelerator for multiple purposes. Also, many efforts are devoted to investigating the cw-mode operation. The superconducting structure is considered a major option for development in effort to reduce operating costs and machine size for a future hybrid system. The project is scheduled to develop an injector, RFQ, and CCDTL in the first phase from 1997 to 2001. In the second stage from 2002 to 2006, the machine will be completed. In parallel, the transmutation technology development project HYPER (Hybrid Power Extraction Reactor) is being carried out at KAERI. (author)