Environment, safety, and health considerations for a neutrino source based on a muon storage ring

Cossairt, J. Donald

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

关键词: Storage Rings;    43 Particle Accelerators;    Environmental Impacts;    29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy;    Neutrinos;   

DOI  :  10.2172/754862
RP-ID  :  FERMILAB-TM-2111
RP-ID  :  AC02-76CH03000
RP-ID  :  754862

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Neutrino Source presents a number of challenges in the general area of environment, safety, and health. It is the intent of this paper to identify these challenges and make a preliminary, but not detailed assessment of how they might be addressed and of their potential impact on the project. Some of the considerations which must be taken into account are very similar to those that have been encountered and solved during the construction and operation of other facilities at Fermilab and at similar laboratories elsewhere in the US and worldwide. Other considerations have not been encountered previously in connection with the construction and operation of accelerator laboratories. These novel issues will require particular attention as such a project proceeds to assure their timely resolution in a manner that is cost-effective and that meets the approval of the public. In this paper, both the conventional and the novel issues are discussed, with more emphasis on the latter. It is concluded here that with adequate planning in the design stages, these problems can be adequately addressed in a manner that merits the support of the Laboratory, the Department of Energy, and the public. An abbreviated version of this paper appears as Chapter 14 in the report of a recent feasibility study (Ho 00)and the figures have come from that work.