https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14067-5
Regular Article
An intrinsically safe facility for forefront research and training on nuclear technologies — Target profile optimization
ENEA CR Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
* e-mail: marco.ciotti@enea.it
Received:
2
August
2013
Revised:
21
January
2014
Accepted:
13
February
2014
Published online:
25
April
2014
A simple 1D algorithm for a spallation target profile optimization is presented. The profile efficacy is tested considering different real particle beams profiles impinging on the target. The results are commented in terms of power non-homogeneity for unit length for different beam/profile choices, showing a non-trivial parameters selection. In details, target shaping optimization is possible knowing the beam parameters with a large benefit for surface power homogeneity, but results of the simulations show that a small increase of the beam dimension, or a beam shift with respect to the assumed one, could rapidly erase the advantages.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
