NAPAC2022 - List of Keywords (drift-tube-linac)

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MOYE4	Diagnoses and Repair of a Crack in the Drift Tube LINAC Accelerating Structure at LANSCE	vacuum, experiment, detector, linac	19
	W.C. Barkley, D.A. Bingham, M.J. Borden, J.A. Burkhart, D.J. Evans, J.T.M. Lyles, J.P. Montross, J.F. O’Hara, B.J. Roller, M. Sanchez Barrueta LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396 Many were perplexed at the inability of Module 3 at LANSCE to operate at peak power and duty factor while running production beam. During the 2018 production run, the DTL began to intermittently break down, leading to a series of root cause investigations. These analyses included eliminating the usual suspects: vacuum leak, debris in tank, driveline window, power coupler, etc. The throttling back of repetition rate from 120 to 60 Hz allowed continued production with a diminished beam, one that reduced neutron flux to three experimental areas. During the annual shutdown in 2019, a more thorough investigation involving the use of x-ray detection, high-resolution cameras and IR detection through site glass windows was performed. After a tenacious search, a 30 cm long crack was discovered in a weld at one of the ion pump port grates. Inaccessibility for welding from the outside and in a confined space, non-intrusive repairs were tried first but were unsuccessful. Ultimately, an expert welder entered the tank to weld the crack under unfamiliar welding conditions. This paper describes the diagnoses, non-intrusive solutions and ultimate repair of the crack in the accelerating structure.
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DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-MOYE4
About •	Received ※ 23 July 2022 — Revised ※ 04 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 05 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 13 September 2022
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TUPA44	A Personal History of the Development of the LAMPF/LANSCE Accelerator	coupling, linac, operation, DTL	449
	J.M. Potter JP Accelerator Works, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
	The LAMPF/LANSCE accelerator has now been operational for 50 years. I arrived as a LASL employee in Group P11 in April 1964 at the beginning stages of its development. I participated in the development of the resonant coupling principle [1] and went on to develop tuning procedures for the 805-MHz coupled cavity linac (CCL) structures and the post-stabilized drift tube linac (DTL) [2]. The resonant coupling principle is now well established as the basis for rf linear accelerators worldwide. I will discuss the development and building of the accelerator from my viewpoint as a member of a large, dedicated team of physicists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-TUPA44
About •	Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 04 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 05 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 05 September 2022
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MOYE4

Diagnoses and Repair of a Crack in the Drift Tube LINAC Accelerating Structure at LANSCE

vacuum, experiment, detector, linac

19

W.C. Barkley, D.A. Bingham, M.J. Borden, J.A. Burkhart, D.J. Evans, J.T.M. Lyles, J.P. Montross, J.F. O’Hara, B.J. Roller, M. Sanchez Barrueta
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Funding: Work supported by the United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396
Many were perplexed at the inability of Module 3 at LANSCE to operate at peak power and duty factor while running production beam. During the 2018 production run, the DTL began to intermittently break down, leading to a series of root cause investigations. These analyses included eliminating the usual suspects: vacuum leak, debris in tank, driveline window, power coupler, etc. The throttling back of repetition rate from 120 to 60 Hz allowed continued production with a diminished beam, one that reduced neutron flux to three experimental areas. During the annual shutdown in 2019, a more thorough investigation involving the use of x-ray detection, high-resolution cameras and IR detection through site glass windows was performed. After a tenacious search, a 30 cm long crack was discovered in a weld at one of the ion pump port grates. Inaccessibility for welding from the outside and in a confined space, non-intrusive repairs were tried first but were unsuccessful. Ultimately, an expert welder entered the tank to weld the crack under unfamiliar welding conditions. This paper describes the diagnoses, non-intrusive solutions and ultimate repair of the crack in the accelerating structure.

Slides MOYE4 [3.232 MB]

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reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-MOYE4

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Received ※ 23 July 2022 — Revised ※ 04 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 05 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 13 September 2022

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TUPA44

A Personal History of the Development of the LAMPF/LANSCE Accelerator

coupling, linac, operation, DTL

449

J.M. Potter
JP Accelerator Works, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

The LAMPF/LANSCE accelerator has now been operational for 50 years. I arrived as a LASL employee in Group P11 in April 1964 at the beginning stages of its development. I participated in the development of the resonant coupling principle [1] and went on to develop tuning procedures for the 805-MHz coupled cavity linac (CCL) structures and the post-stabilized drift tube linac (DTL) [2]. The resonant coupling principle is now well established as the basis for rf linear accelerators worldwide. I will discuss the development and building of the accelerator from my viewpoint as a member of a large, dedicated team of physicists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel.

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-TUPA44

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Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 04 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 05 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 05 September 2022

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