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DRAFT<br />

the carbon. Again mainly 7 Be is produced but the amount of water in the beam catcher is about a<br />

factor 10-100 less than carbon. In aluminium also long lived 22 Na is produced.<br />

More serious is the iron part of the beam catcher where more long-lived heavy nuclides are produced.<br />

A FLUKA simulation of a scenario of 4 times 90 days irradiation followed by 120 days<br />

waiting was done for a 10 12 /s uranium beam always hitting the same beam catcher after having<br />

passed the target. The resulting activity is summarized in Table 2.4.27. The conversion into ambient<br />

dose rate, H*(10), shows the strong value of 1.1 Sv/h 1 week after switching off the beam<br />

which is caused entirely by gamma radiation. This already includes the shielding by the thick iron<br />

block itself which blocks radiation from the inside with an absorption length depending on gamma<br />

energy [57]. A waiting time of 120 days would result in a dose rate of 290 mSv/h.<br />

Table 2.4.27: Table of nuclides contributing to more than 95% of the activity in the 340 kg iron of a beam<br />

catcher, 3 or 120 days after switching off the beam in the scenario described in the text. Pure beta emitters<br />

are marked by (β).<br />

nuclide T1/2 / days Activity (3d)/ Bq Activity (120d)/Bq<br />

3 H 4498, β 6.3x10 11 6.2x10 11<br />

7 Be 53.3 4.4x10 11 9.6x10 10<br />

37 Ar 35.0, β 6.3x10 11 6.2x10 10<br />

46 Sc 83.8 9.2x10 11 3.5x10 11<br />

48 V 16.0 4.2x10 12 2.7x10 10<br />

49 V 330 3.8x10 12 2.0x10 12<br />

51 Cr 27.7 1.3x10 13 6.9x10 11<br />

52 Mn 5.59 3.3x10 12 1.7x10 6<br />

54 Mn 312 1.2x10 13 9.0x10 12<br />

55 Fe 996, β 1.1x10 13 9.9x10 12<br />

56 Co 77.3 4.7x10 11 1.6x10 11<br />

2.4.11.1.7 Handling, infrastructure<br />

The dose rates mentioned above do not allow direct human access for maintenance. The plug<br />

system foreseen for the target will also be used for the beam catchers. The vacuum chamber at the<br />

exit of the dipole magnet needs to be very wide, cf. Figure 2.4.103. It is planned to build the<br />

vacuum chamber for the dipole magnet extended to incorporate the beam catcher. It also has to<br />

contain the iron shielding plug as usual vacuum seals can be used only on top of the plug. The<br />

whole setup of the three dipole magnets and the large vacuum chambers for the three beam catchers<br />

is shown in Figure 2.4.114.<br />

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