Design and Supporting R&D of the XT-ADS Spallation Target

International audienceThe XT-ADS is an experimental accelerator-driven system (ADS) that is being developed within the framework of the European FP6 EUROTRANS project that runs from 2005 to 2009. In this paper the current level of the design of the XT-ADS spallation target and the status of corresponding R&D topics with respect to LBE handling, thermal-hydraulics and spallation product confinement are discussed

Design and Supporting R&D of the XT-ADS Spallation Target

International audienceThe XT-ADS is an experimental accelerator-driven system (ADS) that is being developed within the framework of the European FP6 EUROTRANS project that runs from 2005 to 2009. In this paper the current level of the design of the XT-ADS spallation target and the status of corresponding R&D topics with respect to LBE handling, thermal-hydraulics and spallation product confinement are discussed

Final report on the feasibility of the XT-ADS spallation target

In the framework of the EUROTRANS project an experimental accelerator driven system “XT-ADS” is being designed. This document is the final deliverable of work package 1.4, the project in which the design of the spallation target for the XT-ADS is developed. The present status of the design of a windowless spallation target for the XT-ADS is discussed with particular focus on the modifications made as compared to MYRRHA draft 2. The document is composed of two major parts. After the definition of the design boundary conditions, a first major part deals with the general layout of the spallation target loop with a discussion of the current lay-out options. In the second part the different design support studies that have been performed are described. These include the spallation target zone and spallation loop thermal-hydraulics, system dynamics, beam impact studies, neutronics, mechanical integration and safety analyses. In the last section some conclusions are formulated

Design and R&D support of the XT-ADS Spallation Target

International audienceThe experimental accelerator-driven system XT-ADS is being developed within the framework of the European FP6 project EUROTRANS. The device will serve a twofold purpose. Firstly it will act as an ADS concept demonstrator and secondly it will serve as a flexible fast neutron spectrum experimental irradiation tool for materials, fuel materials and radioactive isotopes studies. Because of a functional similarity between the XT-ADS and the MYRRHA concept that was developed earlier at SCK-CEN in Mol, Belgium, the design file of the latter was chosen as a starting point for the development of the XT-ADS

XT-ADS windowless spallation target design and corresponding R&D topics

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ALICE upgrades during the LHC Long Shutdown 2

International audienceA Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) has been conceived and constructed as a heavy-ion experiment at the LHC. During LHC Runs 1 and 2, it has produced a wide range of physics results using all collision systems available at the LHC. In order to best exploit new physics opportunities opening up with the upgraded LHC and new detector technologies, the experiment has undergone a major upgrade during the LHC Long Shutdown 2 (2019–2022). This comprises the move to continuous readout, the complete overhaul of core detectors, as well as a new online event processing farm with a redesigned online-offline software framework. These improvements will allow to record Pb-Pb collisions at rates up to 50 kHz, while ensuring sensitivity for signals without a triggerable signature