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Explore the integration of Muon Collider technology with Accelerator-Driven Sub-critical Reactors and High-Power Linear Accelerators for innovative energy solutions. Learn about the meeting at Fermi Lab to discuss critical advancements in neutron generation, spallation targets, and reactor designs. Discover the history of nuclear research and the contributions of Nobel laureates. Dive into the concepts of cleaner and inexhaustible nuclear energy production through particle beam accelerators. Join the conversation on the development of high-power energy amplifiers for sustainable energy generation.
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Collaboration Meeting Future work for ILC Muon Collider CLIC
Fermi Lab Intensity Frontier Project X • Mu2e, K • Neutrino Factory • Muon Collider
APT Accelerator Driven Sub-critical Reactor System (ADS) 1. High power proton accelerator (Energy & Current) 1 GeV, > 10 mA , CW current To generate external neutron source ~ 1018 n/s 2. Spallation target - heavy element (Pb, Pb-Bi, W etc) for > 10 MW beam power 3. Normal Power Reactor - thermal or fast, except :core is sub-critical (Keff~ 0.95-0.98) U238 Thorium ornuclear waste
US Department of EnergyFermi National Accelerator Laboratory • Enrico Fermi1938 Nobel Laureate in Physics • new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, • discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons [1] A. Westgren, presenting 1951 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry to E. McMillan and G. Seaborg http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1951/press.html [2] R. R. Wilson, Fermilab Note FN-298, 1976. [3] F. Carminati, R. Klapisch, J.P.Revol, Ch. Roche, J.A,Rubio, and C. Rubbia, An Energy Amplifier for Cleaner and Inexhaustible Nuclear Energy Production Driven by a Particle Beam Accelerator, CERN-AT-93-47. [4] C. Rubbia, J.A. Rubio, S. Buono1), F. Carminati, N. Fiétier2), J. Galvez, C. Gelès, Y. Kadi, R. Klapisch, P. Mandrillon, J.P. Revol and Ch. Roche, Conceptual Design of a Fast Neutron Operated High Power Energy Amplifier CERN/AT/95-44 (ET)