Present status of the spoke cavity prototyping for the JAEA-ADS linac

JAEA-ADSリニアックのためのスポーク空洞試作の開発状況

田村 潤  ; 近藤 恭弘   ; 前川 藤夫  ; 明午 伸一郎   ; Yee-Rendon, B. ; 道前 武*; 加古 永治*; 阪井 寛志*; 梅森 健成*

Tamura, Jun; Kondo, Yasuhiro; Maekawa, Fujio; Meigo, Shinichiro; Yee-Rendon, B.; Domae, Takeshi*; Kako, Eiji*; Sakai, Hiroshi*; Umemori, Kensei*

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is proposing an accelerator-driven subcritical system (ADS) for efficient reduction of high-level radioactive waste generated in nuclear power plants. One of the challenging R&Ds for ADS is the reliability of the accelerator. In preparation for the full-scale design of the proton linac for the JAEA-ADS, we are now prototyping a single spoke cavity for low-beta (around 0.2) beam acceleration. As there is no experience of manufacturing a superconducting spoke cavity in Japan, the cavity prototyping and performance testing are essential to ensure the feasibility of the JAEA-ADS linac. To proceed to an actual cavity production, we have reviewed the fabrication method including frequency adjustment at manufacturing. We examined the electron-beam welding using niobium test pieces and investigated the welding condition for realizing the smooth underbead. Then, we performed press forming of niobium sheets to shape each part of the cavity. We have eventually fabricated all the cavity parts by the press forming work and the precision cutting work.