New proposal for the fast energy amplifier

The conceptual design of Rubbia et al. CERN/AT/95-44 (ET), 1995, for an acc elerator driven system, known as the Energy Amplifier (EA), proposes use of a spallation neutron source that is in turn induced by protons from a Cycl otron or a Linac, in a subcritical array that makes use of liquid lead cool ant. This paper introduces some qualitative changes to the concept of Rubbi a et al. examining use of more than one point of spallation, in order to re duce the requirements placed on proton energy and current of the accelerato r, and specifically to obtain a flatter power density distribution. (C) 200 1 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.