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Workshop on Availability of LINAC4 and MYRTE
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Europe/Zurich
93/R-031 (CERN)
Description
MYRRHA has been identified as a long term supporting research facility for all Accelerator Driven Spallation systems. The goal of MYRTE is to perform the necessary research in order to demonstrate the feasibility of transmutation of high-level waste at industrial scale through the development of the MYRRHA research facility. Within MYRRHA as a large research facility, the demonstration of the technological performance of transmutation will be combined with the use for the production of radio-isotopes and as a material testing for nuclear fission and fusion applications. Numerical studies and experimental facilities are foreseen to reach this goal.
The MYRTE proposal contains five technical work packages. The first and largest work-package is devoted to the realisation of the MYRRHA accelerator part to demonstrate the feasibility and required availability of such an accelerator.
An availability model for MYRRHA has been developed. For the CERN LINAC4 accelerator, an availability run is planned for 2017. The idea is to use the data from the availability run of LINAC4 to derive recommendations for the LINAC4 reliability enhancement and to benchmark the availability model for MYRRHA. Conclusions and recommendations towards the MYRRHA linac availability enhancement should also be gathered.
The meeting will introduce LINAC4, MYRRHA and MYRTE, as well as the respective availability models. The tools for fault tracking available at CERN will be introduced. The collaboration between colleagues from Empresarios Agrupados, CNRS and CERN will be discussed.
