WEBEXPIR: Windowless Target Electron Beam Experimental Irradiation

Jan Heyse (1) , Hamid Aït Abderrahim (1) , Thierry Aoust (1) , Marc Dierckx (1) , Kris Rosseel (1) , Paul Schuurmans (1) , Katrien van Tichelen (1) , Arnaud Guertin (2) , Jean-Michel Buhour (2) , Arnaud Cadiou (2) , Michel Abs (3) , Benoit Nactergal (3) , Dirk Vandeplassche (3)

1 SCK-CEN - Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire
2 SUBATECH - Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes
3 IBA

The WEBEXPIR (Windowless target Electron Beam EXPerimental IRradiation) programme was set up as part of the MYRRHA/XT-ADS R&D efforts on the spallation target design, in order to answer different questions concerning the interaction of a proton beam with a liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) free surface. An experiment was conceived at the IBA TT-1000 Rhodotron, a 7-MeV electron accelerator which produces beam currents of up to 100 mA. Due to the small penetration depth of the 7-MeV electron beam and the high beam currents available, the TT-1000 allows to imitate the high power deposition at the MYRRHA/XT-ADS LBE free surface.

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

Jan Heyse, Hamid Aït Abderrahim, Thierry Aoust, Marc Dierckx, Kris Rosseel, et al.. WEBEXPIR: Windowless Target Electron Beam Experimental Irradiation. HPPA 2007 - Fifth International Workshop on Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators, May 2007, Mol, Belgium. pp.205-212. ⟨hal-01084114⟩