energy efficiency of high power accelerators for ads applications

• DOI: 10.18429/jacow-ipac2016-tupoy044
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Authors: Francois Méot; Steve Peggs; Malek Haj Tahar
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; 08 Applications of Accelerators; Accelerator Physics

One important issue identified by the 2014 comprehensive nuclear fuel cycle Evaluation & Screening report* that was chartered by the US Department of Energy was the impact of the electricity required to operate the accelerator on the overall efficiency of an Accelerator Driven System (ADS).The objective of this paper is to contribute some understanding regarding that issue. Then, by looking at several options of existing and projected accelerator technologies for ADS, we evaluate the impact of the technology choice on the efficiency of a conventional ADS facility, in view of investigating the limitations and where there is room for improvement.<br/>Proceedings of the 7th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2016, Busan, Korea<br/>