Creating a Mobile L-Band Linear Accelerator (LINAC)

Objective: The program goal under the offered D2P2 topic is to design and build a transportable L-Band Linear Accelerator (LINAC) with a 20 MeV output. This LINAC would be used as both a standalone nuclear test environment and with other test capabilities to create a combined nuclear test environment for microelectronics. The program would leverage existing components (electron gun, klystrons, accelerator section) retrieved from a previously operated DoW LINAC. Work could include procurement/fabrication of injector system, modulator, beamline and magnetics, beamline diagnostics and support equipment, beamline structure, beamline cooling, power management & distribution system, power supplies, controls, external chillers, computer/software, and RF system. For procurement or fabrication work that cannot be completed under phase II, full drawings and phase III development/operation plan must be included at the end of phase II. This LINAC represents a capability that does not currently exist within the DoW. Description: White Sands Missile Range's (WSMR's) Survivability, Vulnerability and Assessment Directorate (SVAD) received major components of a Linear Accelerator (LINAC) from Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center with the intention of rebuilding it to be a smaller LINAC with a 20 MeV output that could be housed in a freight container for ease of transport and positioning. This effort was put on hold, but a mobile LINAC is still needed to operate as a standalone capability and synchronized with other test capabilities for combined environment testing. Keywords: Linear Accelerator; Nuclear Hardness and Survivability; Pulsed Power; Gamma Simulator CMMC Level: Level 2 (Self)