Download or read book Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators written by and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents the proceedings of a NEA workshop, held in May 2002 in the US, to discuss RandD activities regarding the use of high power proton accelerators in nuclear energy systems. Issues discussed include: the reliability of the accelerator and the impact of beam interruptions on the design and performance of accelerator-driven systems; spallation target design characteristics and their impact on the subcritical system design; safety and operational characteristics of a subcritical system driven by a spallation source; and test facilities.