Exploratory study for the production of Sc beams at the ISOL facility of MYRRHA preliminary thermal investigations

Ashford, Martin Christopher;Popescu, L.;Houngbo, D.;Dierckx, M.;Aït Abderrahim, Hamid
(2020) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms — Vol. 463, p. 244-247 (2020)

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  • Ashford, Martin ChristopherUCLouvain
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  • Popescu, L.SCK•CEN
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  • Houngbo, D.SCK•CEN
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  • Dierckx, M.SCK•CEN
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  • Aït Abderrahim, HamidUCLouvain
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Abstract
This paper reports on the start-up of an exploratory study for optimising an ISOL-target geometry towards isotopes production at driver-beam energies in the range of 100 MeV. A 1D algorithm that determines the optimal target thickness, as well as a partially algorithmic method that combines the particle-transport calculations with thermo-mechanical simulations have been developed. Further developments are planned in order to integrate an isotope-release model, as well as to provide a degree of automation, in order to facilitate optimisation. In the future this will allow easier determination of the optimal target design for the production of a specific isotope. To illustrate the optimisation process, the exploratory study for the production of scandium beams at an ISOL facility with a 100 MeV proton driver-beam is presented.
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Ashford, M. C., Popescu, L., Houngbo, D., Dierckx, M., & Aït Abderrahim, H. (2020). Exploratory study for the production of Sc beams at the ISOL facility of MYRRHA preliminary thermal investigations. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 463, 244-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.05.028 (Original work published 2020)