Name: 9th High Power Targetry Workshop (HPTW2026)
Start: 2026-11-16T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-21T13:30:00+01:00
Location: CERN

9th High Power Targetry Workshop (HPTW2026)

from Monday, 16 November 2026 (08:00) to Saturday, 21 November 2026 (13:30)
CERN (503/1-001)

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

16 Nov 2026

17 Nov 2026

18 Nov 2026

19 Nov 2026

20 Nov 2026

21 Nov 2026

08:30	Registration (until 09:30)
09:30	Intro & Keynote (until 10:00)
10:00	Intro & Keynote (until 10:10)
10:10	--- Coffee break ---
10:30	Session A - Target facility challenges & opportunities (until 11:50)
10:30	The LBNF Neutrino Beamline Design – Progress and Future Plans - Patrick Goodwin Hurh (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
10:50	ISIS Target Station 1: Remote repair of target trolley - Henry Russell
11:10	Technical Design of the Second Target Station at the Oak Ridge National Lab Spallation Neutron Source - Daniel Lyngh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
11:30	ESS Target Station Update: Progress Toward Beam on Target - Rikard Linander
11:50	CERN visits - Claudia Ahdida (until 12:10)

08:40	Session B - Operational experience (until 10:00)
08:40	Operation and Maintenance Updates for the Mercury Target System at J-PARC Pulsed Spallation Neutron Source - Dr Takashi Naoe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
09:00	Performance overview of the new spallation target at LANSCE as viewed by the DICER instrument - Thanos Stamatopoulos
09:20	Remote Replacement of SNS Inner Reflector Plug-2 - Luke Meyer
09:40	The SNS Mercury Target at 2 MW - Drew Winder
10:00	--- Coffee break ---
10:30	Session B - Operational experience (until 11:30)
10:30	Present status and future of BigRIPS beam dump at RIKEN RIBF - Yasuhiro Togano (RIKEN Nishina Center)
10:50	Production Target at J-PARC Hadron Experimental Facility - Dr Hiroaki Watanabe (KEK)
11:10	Innovations in High-Power Targetry for Medical Radionuclides: Overview and Developments within PRISMAP and PRISMAP+ - Michele Ballan
11:30	Poster - flash presentation (until 12:00)

09:00	Session D - Radiation damage effects to materials - simulations and experimental studies (until 10:20)
09:00	Dynamic Fracture Response of Beam intercepting materials under Pulsed Proton-Beam Loading - Patrick Goodwin Hurh (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
09:20	Radiation Damage Studies for High-Power Accelerator Applications at TRIUMF - Ferran Boix Pamies (TRIUMF)
09:40	Target Materials Research and Development for Future High-Power Accelerator Facilities - Kavin Ammigan
10:00	Development of Radiation-Damage-Resistant Proton Accelerator Beam Windows Using Ti-15-3 Alloy - Taku Ishida (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
10:20	--- Coffee break ---
10:50	Session D - Radiation damage effects to materials - simulations and experimental studies (until 12:10)
10:50	Novel materials development to enable multimegawatt target systems - Abe Burleigh (Fermilab)
11:10	PHITS-Based Reconstruction of Heavy Ion Damage and Irradiation Conditions in Glidcop AL-15 - Ethan Fletcher (Michigan State University- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)
11:30	Radiation effects on organic materials used in target subsystems: overview, challenges, and operation-oriented design of irradiation studies - Dominika Zemkova (CERN)
11:50	From Materials Verification to PIE activities at ESS - Hossein Sina

08:40	Session F - Post-irradiation examination of systems and components removed from service (until 10:00)
08:40	Post Irradiation examination (PIE) on ISIS TS2 targets - Stephen Gallimore (UKRI - STFC) Mr Daniel Coates (UKRI - STFC)
09:00	Tensile properties and microstructure of irradiated Al-6061 and Inconel 718 from proton beam windows at the Spallation Neutron Source - David McClintock (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
09:20	Post-irradiation examination of n_TOF Target #2: radiation protection challenges and lessons for future target design - Fabio Pozzi (CERN)
09:40	Transmutation Products in the SS316 Target Vessel at the Spallation Neutron Source - Wei Lu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
10:00	--- Coffee break ---
10:30	Session G - Fabrication, assembly, inspection and quality assurance (until 12:30)
10:30	Lessons Learned from SNS Inner Reflector Plug Fabrication - Josh Watkins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
10:50	Progress in Solid Tungsten Target of China Spallation Neutron Source - Shaohong Wei (1.Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China 2.Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China)
11:10	Characterisation of Hot-Rolled Tungsten Plates for the Beam Dump Facility Target - Patrick Michael Curran
11:30	Quantifying Performance Drivers and Tolerance Limits in Multi-Volume Reflection Arrays for Crystal Collimation - Michael William Howes
11:50	Experience with manufacturing, testing and commissioning of the Super-FRS Shielding Flask - Faraz Amjad
12:10	Benefits of in-house quality assurance methods in Target Manufacture - Grace Fenemore

09:00	Session H - Beam intercepting devices design, analysis and validation of concepts (until 10:20)
09:00	Basic Design of the 500 µA Proton Beam Dump for the ISOL facility in MYRRHA - Luis Angel Fernandez (ESS-Bilbao)
09:20	Thermomechanical studies for the IMPACT HIMB target wheel design - Dr Raffaello Sobbia (Paul Scherrer Institute)
09:40	Mu2e Production Target Design Updates and Testing - Mr Jonathan Williams (Fermilab)
10:00	Updates of a Helium-cooled Tungsten target design and prototype campaigns at the SPS Beam Dump Facility (BDF) at CERN - Rui Franqueira Ximenes (CERN)
10:20	--- Coffee break ---
10:50	Session H - Beam intercepting devices design, analysis and validation of concepts (until 11:50)
10:50	IFMIF-DONES Lithium Target diagnostics - Dr Jorge Maestre (IFMIF-DONES)
11:10	Design and Challenges for a Liquid-Lead Dump for the FCC-ee Beamstrahlung Photon Beam - Dr Silvio Candido (CERN)
11:30	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ROTATING GRAPHITE TARGET SYSTEM AT FRIB - Mohit Patil (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University)
11:50	--- Lunch break ---

08:30	Group D - Visit LSS6 - LHC beam dumping systems (LBDS) (until 11:00) (LSS6)
08:30	Group D - Transport from B39 to LSS6 (Bus stop at Building 39)
09:00	Group D - Visit to LSS6 ( LSS6 (B 2685))
10:35	Group D - Transport from LSS6 to B39 ( LSS6 (B 2685))
09:00	ALICE experiment underground visit (until 12:00)
09:00	Transport from B39 to ALICE (Bus stop at Building 39)
09:30	Visit to ALICE (ALICE (B 2285))
11:40	Transport from ALICE to B39 (ALICE (B 2285))
09:45	ISOLDE Hall, nuclear laboratories and MEDICIS facility (until 12:00)
09:45	Group A - Visit MEDICIS (B 179 (MEDICIS))
10:30	Group A&B- Visit ISOLDE (B 170 (ISOLDE))
10:30	Group C - Visit MEDICIS (B 179 (MEDICIS))
11:15	Group B - Visit MEDICIS (B 179 (MEDICIS))
11:15	Group C - Visit ISOLDE ( B 170 (ISOLDE))
10:00	Group E - Visit LSS6 - LHC beam dumping systems (LBDS) (until 12:30) (LSS6)
10:00	Group E - Transport from B39 to LSS6 (Bus stop at Building 39)
10:30	Group E - Visit to LSS6 ( LSS6 (B 2685))
12:05	Group E -Transport from LSS6 to B39 ( LSS6 (B 2685))

12:10	--- Lunch break ---
13:30	Session A - Target facility challenges & opportunities (until 14:50)
13:30	The S3 target station and the GANIL Targets Laboratory - Christelle STODEL
13:50	Design and R&D efforts for Accelerator Interfacing Systems for the Second Target Station’s Target Systems at Spallation Neutron Source - Neelam Pradhan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
14:10	Design and Integration of the Beam Dump Facility Target Complex - Gemma Stacey Humphreys (CERN)
14:30	CERN-ISOLDE targets for radioactive ion beam production - Simon Thomas Stegemann (CERN)
14:50	--- Coffee break ---
15:20	Session A - Target facility challenges & opportunities (until 16:40)
15:20	Target Developments Towards the High-Power ISOL@MYRRHA Facility - Dr Joao Pedro Ramos (Belgian Nuclear Research Center (BE))
15:40	CERN-MEDICIS: Production of high-purity medical radionuclides for research and clinical translation - Patricija Kalnina (University of Latvia (LV))
16:00	The future TATTOOS radionuclides facility at PSI - Dr Davide Reggiani (Paul Scherrer Institute)
16:20	Project IMPACT at PSI with focus on HIMB: an upgrade of the meson target station at HIPA - Daniela Kiselev

12:00	--- Workshop Group Picture ---
12:15	--- Lunch break ---
13:00	Session C - Sustainability, dismantling and repurposing in target systems (until 14:00)
13:00	Radiological characterization of the TCC8 / ECN3 dismantling - Elzbieta Nowak (CERN)
13:20	T2K Target Helium Cooling Trouble - Eric John Harvey-Fishenden (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
13:40	BDF Target Design Driven by Final Disposal Requirements: Outcome of the Service Cell Study - Jean-Louis Grenard (CERN)
14:00	--- Coffee break ---
14:30	Session C - Sustainability, dismantling and repurposing in target systems (until 15:30)
14:30	Twelve Years of Robotic Operations in Radioactive Accelerator Environments: Towards a Code of Practice for Remote Maintainability - Sergio Di Giovannantonio (CERN)
14:50	Dismantling and component replacement in highly radioactive areas at CERN: Operational Feedback and engineering challenges. - Nicolas Quinquis
15:10	Design and progress of beam Line from linac to reactor for CiADS proejct - Huan Jia (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
15:30	Numerical modelling for targetry (FLUKA and MAP2X dedicated event)
17:30	Science Gateway Visit - Ana-Paula Bernardes (CERN) (until 18:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
18:00	Science Gateway Visit (until 19:00) (Science Gateway)
19:00	Welcome reception & poster session (until 22:00) (Science Gateway)
19:00	Benchmarking FLUKA-Based Predictions of Radiation Damage and Thermal-Conductivity Degradation in the ISIS TS1 Spallation Target - Lina Quintieri (STFC- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
19:01	From As-Built Models to Next-Generation Targets: Modernizing WNR and the Lujan Center - Josef Svoboda
19:02	The design of a high-performance target holder for the South African Isotope Facility for use in commercial radioisotope production - Johann Wiggert Brummer (iThemba LABS)
19:03	The (OLT) Off-line Tattoos test facility at PSI - James Cruikshank (Paul Scherrer Institute)
19:04	Inventory calculations of ESS target cooling system in support of personal dosimetry - Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source ERIC)
19:05	Design and thermomechanical studies of the HIMB collimator system - Jochem Snuverink (PSI)
19:06	Simulating Beam-Induced Shock and Jet Fragmentation in Liquid Lead Targets for High-Power Applications - Luca Tricarico (University of Bologna - ENEA)
19:07	Release tests of porous Titanium Carbide samples: comparison between additive manufacturing and powder-based feedstock materials - Mr Luca Avanzi (Università degli studi di Padova)
19:08	Design And Development of the new Isolde Beam Dumps at CERN - Panagiotis Romanos Menachilis
19:09	Irradiation, Thermal, and Safety Studies for the CSNS Target Station - BIN ZHOU (Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
19:10	Irradiation induced degradation analysis in the welded joints of ESS Moderator & Reflector Plug components - Shabdali G. Ashwit
19:11	Conceptual design of the Beamstrahlung Windows for FCC-ee - Ivan Keiti Umezu
19:12	First-Principles Investigation of Mechanical Stability in Irradiated Pyrochlore Ceramics - Toreniyaz Shomenov (Nazarbayev University)
19:13	Thermal Design Optimization of an ISOL Target Assembly with Multi-Layer Thermal Shielding - Mohammad Asif Azad (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)
19:14	Replacement of SNS Service Bay Bridge Systems - Luke Meyer
19:15	The beam destinations for the commissioning of the ESS proton accelerator - Dr Elena Donegani (European Spallation Source)
19:16	SFRS Target Installation - Klaus Knie Helmut Weick (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung) Maximilian Schuett (GSI)
19:17	Machine Learning Based Anomaly Detection for Target System Operation - Drew Winder
19:18	Simulation study of the curtain-type liquid lithium jet as a muon source target - jianwei Niu (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
19:19	Development of Capacitance Sensor and Ceramic-Braided Cable for High-Temperature and High-Radiation Environments near High Power Target - Fumimasa MUTO (KEK)
19:20	Unstructured Mesh Neutronics Analysis for the SNS Second Target Station Final Design - Lukas Zavorka (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
19:21	Leveraging the Ability to Indirectly Couple Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code to Finite Element and Computation Fluid Dynamics for High Power Target Design. - Eric Olivas (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
19:22	Design and Prototyping of the FCCee Positron Target - Richard Cowan
19:23	Diagnostics and operational challenges of the J-PARC MLF muon target under 1MW beam operation - Hikaru Sunagawa
19:24	Multi-order Fourier Harmonic Superposition Scan for CiADS Target - Yuanshuai Qin (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
19:25	Development of a Neutron Producing Lithium Target for the Moderator Test Station at Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Josh Watkins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
19:27	Development of a New-Generation Adjustable Aperture for High-Precision Power Control of CiADS Sub-critical Reactor - Haihua Niu (Institute of Modern Physics, CAS)
19:28	Advances in the LBNF target system and their implications for future High-Power Target Facilities - Katsuya Yonehara
19:29	Dynamic Characterization of the LBNF Horn A Assembly Using Experimental Modal Analysis - Zunping Liu
19:30	Manufacturing and properties of high-strength tungsten for the BDF/SHiP target - Tristan Francois Calvet Patrick Michael Curran
19:31	Introduction of the Beam Technology Development Section at J-PARC - Shunsuke Makimura
19:32	Development of Innovative Additively Manufactured ISOL Targets Concepts for High-Power Applications - Michele Ballan
19:33	Development of In-Target Material Irradiation Capability at the CSNS Target - Mr Ruiqiang Zhang (IHEP, CAS)
19:34	HiRadMat: a high-power beam facility at CERN - Paraskevi Alexaki (University of Liverpool (GB))
19:35	The TATTOOS ISOL target thermal transient behaviour - Rémi Martinie
19:36	Design and manufacturing of the next generation of CERN’s North Area Splitter Collimators (TCSC) - Jules Braken (CERN)

12:10	--- Lunch break ---
12:15	Transport from Building 39 to Prevessin Training Center (Bus stop at Building 39)
12:30	Self-rescue mask training - Session 1 & 2 (6953/R-001 Safety Training Centre)
13:20	Transport from Prevessin Training Center to Building 39 (6953/R-001 Safety Training Centre)
13:30	Session E - R&D activities to support design concepts (until 15:10)
13:30	Surrogate Modeling for Shielding and Muon Monitor Response Studies in High-Power Neutrino Beamlines - Michael Hedges
13:50	Engineering Design Calculations and Beam-Tests Benchmarking of the SPS Beam Dump Facility (BDF) Helium-Cooled Tungsten Target - Mike Parkin (CERN)
14:10	Fluidized Granular Targets- Development Work for the Muon Collider - Ben Suitters (STFC RAL)
14:30	Integrated material and architecture design of porous carbide ISOL targets for enhanced thermal stability and release efficiency - Giorgia Franchin (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova)
14:50	Liquid lithium film jet technology for high power beams - Ryoto Iwai (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)
15:10	--- Coffee break ---
15:40	Session E - R&D activities to support design concepts (until 17:40)
15:40	Target Materials R&D for the Second Target Station of the Spallation Neutron Source - Aaron Jacques
16:00	Development of production targets for a high-intensity muon source at CiADS - Dr Han-Jie Cai (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
16:20	An Evolving Design Framework for the Mu2e Production Target - Michael Hedges
16:40	Low-Density Materials and Nanomaterials for Accelerator Technologies - Chiara Pasquino (CERN) Raymond Veness (CERN) Thierry Stora (CERN)
17:00	Detailed Design and Production of the HL-LHC External Beam Dumps - Nicola Solieri (CERN)
17:20	High-Power Target Developments at CEA Saclay for Neutron Sources - Loïc Thulliez (CEA-Saclay) Christian VEYSSIERE (CEA Saclay) Romuald Duperrier (CEA Saclay) Dr Xavier Wohleber (CEA Saclay) Antoine Drouart (CEA Saclay)
17:40	SPC meeting (until 19:10)

12:30	--- Lunch break ---
12:30	Transport from Building 39 to Prevessin Training Center (Bus stop at Building 39)
12:45	Self-rescue mask training - Session 3 & 4 (6953/R-001 Safety Training Centre)
13:35	Transport from Prevessin Training Center to Building 39 (6953/R-001 Safety Training Centre)
14:00	Excursion (until 19:00)
19:00	Conference Dinner (until 22:00)

12:15	Transport from Building 39 to Prevessin Training Center (Bus stop at Building 39)
12:30	Self-rescue mask training - Session 5 (6953/R-001 Safety Training Centre)
13:20	Transport from Prevessin Training Center to Building 39 (6953/R-001 Safety Training Centre)
13:30	Session H - Beam intercepting devices design, analysis and validation of concepts (until 14:30)
13:30	Revalidation of the LCLS-II-HE electron beam dumps under combined energy and power upgrade - Giacomo Lavezzari
13:50	Strain measurement analysis and simulations of SNS 2 MW target with gas injections - Hao Jiang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
14:10	ISIS Targets: Analysis and Operating Experience - Dan Wilcox
14:30	--- Coffee break ---
15:00	Session H - Beam intercepting devices design, analysis and validation of concepts (until 16:20)
15:00	Simulating Horn-Induced Vibration Response in the LBNF Target - Dan Wilcox
15:20	Upgrade of the SPS Transfer Line Dump for high intensity operation in CERN’s North Area - Panagiotis Romanos Menachilis
15:40	Thermo-mechanical analysis of slow-extracted beam interception in Super-FRS at FAIR - Amit Kumar (CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute)
16:00	Multi-Physics Modelling and Design Upgrade of CERN's Antiproton Decelerator Magnetic Horn - Leonhard Gross
16:20	Discussion and closing remarks (until 16:50)