1 Dr. Eric R. Colby † Senior Technical Advisor U. S. Department of Energy Office of Science Office of High Energy Physics October 27, 2015 The DOE Office.

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Dr. Eric R. Colby†

Senior Technical Advisor

U. S. Department of Energy

Office of Science

Office of High Energy Physics

October 27, 2015

The DOE Office of Science Accelerator R&D Stewardship Program

†[email protected]

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• Mission of Accelerator Stewardship• Major R&D thrust areas

– Overview of 2015 call for proposals– What’s new in 2016

• Initiatives to facilitate lab access– User Facility: Brookhaven ATF– Test Facility Pilot Program

• Online resources

Outline

“The [SEWD] Committee directs the Department to submit a …

10-year strategic plan … for accelerator technology research and development …”

The strategic plan should be based on the results of the Department's 2010 workshop study, Accelerators for America's Future, …”

Senate Report 112-075, p. 93. (Ordered to be printed September 7, 2011)

In 2011 the Senate noted the interest generated by the Accelerators for America’s Future Workshop, and asked DOE to develop a plan

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Accelerator R&D Stewardship Mission: Support fundamental accelerator science and technology R&D Disseminate accelerator knowledge and training

Program Implementation:• Facilitate access to national laboratory accelerator facilities and infrastructure for

industrial and U.S. government agency users/developers of accelerators and related technology

• Develop innovative solutions to critical problems, to the benefit of both the broader user communities and the DOE discovery science community

• Serve as a catalyst to broaden and strengthen the community that relies on accelerators and accelerator technology

DOE responded with a strategic plan for Accelerator R&D Stewardship

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• Track 1: Use-Inspired R&D• Particle Therapy Beam Delivery Improvements

• Less massive and more compact beam delivery systems capable of delivering ion beams• Technology that can provide for rapid (seconds) scanning of the beam over a tumor• Beam diagnostic technologies for ion beam therapy

• Ultrafast Laser Technology Program• Ultrafast gain materials capable of very high average power, • Increased robustness and reduction in size of optical components, • Innovations in laser architectures• Wavelength extension further into the infrared • Improvements in laser quality

• Energy Efficiency Improvements Compatible with SC Accelerators• Reduce accelerator power consumption on ~2020 timescale through innovations in power

conversion technology

• Track 2: Basic R&D• Significant increases in accelerator performance (flux, brightness, polarization, coherence,

stability, reliability, flexibility) and decreases in cost (construction cost, operating cost, physical size, complexity) are sought.

2015 Call for Proposals

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• Teaming plans from the 2015 proposals– Numbers indicate how many LOIs involved which types of participants

Institutional Teaming is a Central Feature of the Stewardship Calls for Proposals

Use-Inspired R&D / Track 1 (57 LOIs)Teaming strongly encouraged

Informal cost sharing expected

Basic R&D / Track 2 (41 LOIs)Teaming and informal cost sharing desirable

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The 2015 Call Was Extremely Competitive

98 Letters of Intent$138 M / 3 years

Interagency Input

57 Encouraged Proposals

50 Submitted Proposals$69 M / 3 years

6 Awards$7.9M / 3 years

Mail-In Reviews

Comparative Panel

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Interagency Input

HEP Input

HEP Input

Interagency Review List25 proposals / $43 M / 3 years

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2015 Accelerator Stewardship Awards

High Peak & Average Power Laser Technology R&D Innovative

Accelerator Control and Optimization

Energy Efficient LCLS-I Klystron Replacements

Advanced Beam Dynamics for High Power Cyclotrons

Compact Superconducting Combined Function Gantry Magnets

$2.5MCost Share

Gantry Optics DesignCost share

Ironless Variable Energy Superconducting Proton Cyclotron

$405k Cost share

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Preparation for this very broad topic area began with a 2014 Request for Information (RFI)

– 235 pages of input!• 28% Industry 28% Academia• 31% National Laboratories 10% Private Individuals

Preparation continued with a Workshop in June 2015 at ANL:• Assess the state of existing technologies used in E&E applications• Document current and proposed regulations• Develop performance criteria for accelerator-based systems • Identify technical gaps • Identify synergistic application-side R&D• Specify R&D activities needed to bridge technical gaps• Develop a list of R&D and regulatory compliance issues

New for the 2016 Call for Proposals:Energy & Environmental Applications of Accelerators

The RFI Responses and E&E Workshop Report are available at:http://science.energy.gov/hep/research/accelerator-rd-stewardship/workshop-reports/

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• Accelerator technologies can provide unique solutions to key E&E problems– Broadly effective pathogen destruction in water and waste (EB)– Broadly effective chemical mitigation in water and waste (EB)– Reduction of SOx and NOx in power plant gases (EB)– Remediation of oil-contaminated soils (EB)– Emergency cleanup of spills and biohazards (EB)– Lifespan increase for asphalt roads (EB)– Improving LCOE from wind generators (SC)

• To make electron Beam (EB) applications viable, coordinated basic and applied R&D is needed:– Higher power, higher efficiency, lower cost accelerators– Develop models of application-specific, radiation-driven chemistry – Build demonstrators (both technical and economic)

• Superconducting magnet (SC) technologies require significant basic R&D to lower cable cost x50-x100 and improve coil engineering knowledge in 10—60 K, 2—8 T range of operation

– Materials and cables must become much cheaper to buy and use (e.g., Ag, round cable)– Engineering experience must develop (e.g., stress, quench, and thermal management)

Energy & Environmental Applications of Accelerators

Accelerator Stewardship

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Significant Advances in Accelerator Technology are Needed for E&E Applications

E&E Workshop report, p. 47.

To make E&E applications economically viable, significant advances are needed in:• beam power• accelerator cost• electrical efficiency

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• Treating the sludge for a city of 100,000: 1.2 kW– 7 tons/day @ 10 kGy (per 40 CFR 503); Cost $70/dry ton (CC: $100-300/dt)– Class-A sludge can then be used as fertilizer in many states; methane yield increases with irradiation

• Treating the regulated medical waste for 10 cities of 100,000 ea: 5 kW– 5 tons/day @ 50 kGy; Cost: 4¢/pound (CC: 18¢/pound)

• Sterilize water & medical waste at a WHO emergency site of 500 people: 33 kW (P)– 100 gal/person/day 0.05 MGD = 2.1 kg/s @ 10 kGy– 200-bed hospital 1000 lbs of RMW/day .01 kg/s @ 50 kGy; Cost: $1,500/day

• Sterilizing U. S. Government Mail 130 kW– New Jersey facility 5 MeV x-rays/10 MeV electrons

• Treating the power plant SOX/NOX emissions for a city of 100,000: 150 kW– 3300 MW-hr/day from coal @ 9 kGy [SOX95%, NOX70%];

– Process byproduct is 17 tons/day of high-grade fertilizer; Cost: 0.12 ¢/kW-hr (CC: 0.27 ¢/kW-hr)

• Upgrading heavy crude oil at a single wellhead 550 kW– 500 BBL/day @ 500 kGy (cf. thermal refining requires ~2 MGy); Cost: $11/barrel (CC: $5/barrel)

• Treat entire industrial effluent stream of DuPont Circleville, OH Plant 1.3 MW– 0.9 MGD @ 25 kGy; Cost: $3/m3 (CC: $0.30-0.70/m3)

• Hardening 3 lane-miles per day of interstate highway: 1.4 MW (P)– 2 cm depth @ 100 kGy dose; Cost: $14k/lane-mile (resurface CC: $310k/l-m)

• Emergency water treatment for Elk River, WV MCHM spill (2014) 2.4 MW (P)– 5 gal/person/day, 300,000 people, @ 25 kGy; Cost: $5/m3 (trucked-in: $13/m3)

• Cleaning up an oil drilling site in two weeks: 3.5 MW (P)– Treating soil within 50m radius to depth of 0.5 m– 6,300 tons/2 weeks @ 500 kGy; Cost: $0.6M/cleanup site (haul-away cost: $1.1M)

• Treating entire domestic water supply for a city of 100,000: 6.3 MW– 100 gal/person/day 10 MGD @ 10 kGy; Cost: $0.65/m3 (CC: Chlorine: 9¢/m3 Desalination: $1.25/m3)

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• Track 1: Applied R&D• Particle Therapy Beam Delivery Improvements

• Less massive and more compact beam delivery systems capable of delivering ion beams• Technology that can provide for rapid (seconds) scanning of the beam over a tumor• Beam diagnostic technologies for ion beam therapy

• Ultrafast Laser Technology Program• Ultrafast gain materials capable of very high average power, • Increased robustness and reduction in size of optical components, • Innovations in laser architectures• Wavelength extension further into the infrared • Improvements in laser quality

• Energy & Environmental Applications of Accelerators• Design Studies for megawatt-class accelerators at 1- and 10 MeV energies• Develop high-average-power rf sources

• Track 2: Basic R&D• Significant increases in accelerator performance (flux, brightness, polarization, coherence,

stability, reliability, flexibility) and decreases in cost (construction cost, operating cost, physical size, complexity) are sought.

2016 Call for Proposals

Pre-Applications due November 16, 2015

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Accelerator Stewardship R&D Facilities

The Accelerator Stewardship program makes DOE Office of Science accelerator facilities and capabilities available:

• At a dedicated User Facility• Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility (“ATF”)

• By funding “outside users” to make use of accelerator capabilities of the DOE Office of Science national laboratories• Accelerator Stewardship Test Facility Pilot Program (“ASTFPP”)• ANL, BNL, FNAL, JLAB, LBNL, ORNL, SLAC

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Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facilityhttp://www.bnl.gov/atf

• The ATF has operated throughout its 25 year history as a High Energy Physics user facility dedicated to advanced accelerator R&D– 75 MeV electron beam, 1 TW CO2 laser beam

– Operated with a strong user support model – Scientific progress from R&D conducted at the BNL-ATF has enabled key advances in

more fields than just HEP• ATF currently supporting 22 experiments, roughly half support long-term R&D that

is predominantly of interest to BES, NP, DARPA, DNDO & others• This year authorized its first proprietary user

– Serves a broad population of laboratory, university, and industry users– Has a rich tradition of serving as a training ground for accelerator physicists

• The ATF is now supported under Accelerator Stewardship– In addition to scientific merit, increased priority for technical merit – Major upgrade has been funded

• ATF is an Office of Science User Facility• Use is free to non-proprietary users• Calls for proposals are made annually in late summer

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Is a one-year Pilot to:

• Broaden public awareness of accelerator R&D capabilities

at the DOE National Laboratories

– >450 participants came to events at 6 national labs

• Survey the potential demand for accelerator R&D

capabilities

– >30 partnership opportunities were identified

• Seed fund a few collaborative R&D efforts

– 7 seed-funded lab/industry and lab/university partnerships

• Test the process and logistics involved in engaging

Stewardship users

– To be evaluated Spring 2016

The DOE Office of ScienceAccelerator Stewardship Test Facility Pilot Program

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Accelerator Stewardship Test Facility Pilot ProgramSeed Funding Awards

High gradient ion accelerator

High reliability SRF coupler

Conduction cooling for SRF

UNX diamond cathode

L-PVD vacuum getter

coatings

Wireless high power for implants

Elliptic SRF ERL cavity

Accelerator R&D Stewardship Resources on the Web

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Program Description Portal to the National Labs

http://science.energy.gov/hep/research/ http://www.acceleratorsamerica.org/

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• A budget appropriation that includes funding for the major initiatives of Stewardship is essential.

• Requested $14M for Stewardship in FY 2016

• Support high-impact R&D on applications of accelerators• FY 2016 Call for proposals is posted

• Broaden accessibility of DOE accelerator infrastructure• Brookhaven ATF is a dedicated User Facility• Other facility access through Accelerator Stewardship Test Facility Pilot

Program

• Strengthen integration of lab, academic, and commercial communities• Collaborative R&D• Drawing communities together through workshops and studies

Moving Forward

Background Image courtesy of Oakridge National Laboratory