Overview on spallation target design concepts and related materials issues

GS Bauer - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2010 - Elsevier
From a modest beginning of a few kW of beam power spallation sources have now evolved
into systems that must be able to handle several MW, mostly delivered in short pulses of less …

Incorporating bubble growth volume feedback to improve simulation of the response of a structure containing liquid and gas to sudden energy input

D Winder, L Lin, J Mach - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The SNS target module is a stainless-steel structure that contains and directs mercury. The
mercury is struck with short, intense proton pulses to create neutrons. The pulses deposit …

Status of R&D on mitigating the effects of pressure waves for the Spallation Neutron Source mercury target

BW Riemer, MW Wendel, DK Felde, AA Abdou… - Journal of nuclear …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been
conducting R&D on mitigating the effects of pressure waves in mercury spallation targets …

Damage inspection of the first mercury target vessel of JSNS

T Naoe, M Teshigawara, T Wakui, H Kinoshita… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
The liquid mercury target system for the Japan Spallation Neutron Source (JSNS) began
operating in May 2008. A mercury target vessel composed of type 316L stainless steel …

CFD Investigations on Heavy Liquid Metal Alternative Target Design for the SPS Beam Dump Facility

M Calviani, C Carrelli, A Cervone, P Cioli Puviani… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study introduces numerical advancements in an alternative design for the Super Proton
Synchrotron (SPS) Beam Dump Facility (BDF) at the European Laboratory for Particle …

Thermal Hydraulic Design of a Double-walled Mercury Target Vessel

K Haga, T Naoe, T Wakui, H Kogawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - journals.jps.jp
To mitigate the cavitation damage of the mercury target vessel operating at the spallation
neutron source of J-PARC, a double-walled structure for the target vessel was investigated …

Design of imaging system for CSNS near-target beam diagnostics

Z Zeng, S Zhang, W Cheng, Q Yu, S Wei… - Radiation Detection …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Introduction China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is an accelerator-based
pulsed neutron source which produces neutron with spallation reaction induced by proton …

[PDF][PDF] Results from cavitation damage experiments with mercury spallation targets at the LANSCE–WNR In 2008

BW Riemer, A Abdou, DK Felde… - Proceedings of 19th …, 2010 - neutronresearch.com
Damage assessment from proton beam induced cavitation experiments on mercury
spallation targets done at the LANSCE–WNR facility has been completed. The experiments …

Numerical Simulations of Shock Emission by Bubble Collapse Near a Rigid Surface: With Applications to Shock-Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) and the Spallation Neutron …

E Johnsen - Advanced Experimental and Numerical Techniques for …, 2014 - Springer
The event central to cavitation erosion is bubble collapse. Yet, the detailed physics of the
process are not well characterized. In recent years, direct simulations of the Euler equations …

Numerical study of helium solubility and helium bubble stability in mercury

B Lu, AE Ruggles, MW Francis - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Dispersing small helium bubbles in the liquid mercury target of the high-power spallation
neutron sources was proposed to add compressibility to the target made of liquid mercury …