Design and R&D support of the XT-ADS Spallation Target
Résumé
The experimental accelerator-driven system XT-ADS is being developed within the framework of the European FP6 project EUROTRANS. The device will serve a twofold purpose. Firstly it will act as an ADS concept demonstrator and secondly it will serve as a flexible fast neutron spectrum experimental irradiation tool for materials, fuel materials and radioactive isotopes studies. Because of a functional similarity between the XT-ADS and the MYRRHA concept that was developed earlier at SCK-CEN in Mol, Belgium, the design file of the latter was chosen as a starting point for the development of the XT-ADS.