AVS 50th International Symposium
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       Session VT-WeA

Paper VT-WeA9
Status of the SNS Accumulator Ring Vacuum Systems*

Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 4:40 pm, Room 323

Session: Outgassing and Large Vacuum Systems
Presenter: H.C. Hseuh, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Authors: P. He, Brookhaven National Laboratory
H.C. Hseuh, Brookhaven National Laboratory
M. Mapes, Brookhaven National Laboratory
L.A. Smart, Brookhaven National Laboratory
R. Todd, Brookhaven National Laboratory
D. Weiss, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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The 2 MW US Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) consists of a 1 GeV linac, a 248m accumulator ring, two beam transport lines, and a mercury target. Brookhaven is undertaking the design, construction and commissioning of the accumulator ring and the beam transport lines for SNS. To this date, over 80% of the ring and transport line vacuum components have been fabricated and assembled. More than 50% of the ring vacuum chambers have been coated with TiN. The physics objective and the design of SNS will be briefly described. The status of the vacuum systems will be presented. Technical developments and challenges encountered, such as remote flange assemblies and conductive coating of large ceramic chambers, will be summarized. *Work performed under Contract Number DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the auspicious of the U.S. Department of Energy.