SUPERCONDUCTIVITY and ITS APPLICATION to PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

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Superconducting Particle Accelerator Forum of the
Americas www.spafoa.orgCapitol Hill Briefing
Ken Olsen SPAFOA PresidentJuly
30, 2009
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SPAFOA OBJECTIVES

• Provide a formal network for its industry members
  to interact with government funded RD efforts
  for superconducting particle accelerator
  projects, including the International Linear
  Collider (ILC).
• Establish a partnership between its members and
  government, national laboratories, universities,
  and international design teams throughout all
  phases of accelerator program developments.
• Provide members current information on the
  progress and issues related to these programs
  through newsletters, bulletins and meetings at
  the National laboratories and in DC.

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SPAFOA OBJECTIVES (cont.)

• Prepare and present briefings and industry
  position papers on behalf of the forum on
  specific management and technical issues where
  relevant industrial capability will benefit the
  program.
• Facilitate two-way technology transfer between
  industry and government funded activities.

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SPAFOA MISSION CHANGE

• Formerly the Linear Collider Forum of America,
  founded as a 501 (c) 6 not for profit U.S.
  corporation in 2005.
• Delays in the ILC program, primarily due to
  operational slippage at CERN and DOE budget
  constraints, resulted in reduced U.S. support for
  the program.
• SCRF accelerator technology is incorporated into
  several other government supported RD activities
  that precede deployment of the future ILC.
• A strong industrialization program within these
  programs will mutually benefit both government
  and industry.
• Therefore the forum which was focused on the ILC
  program has become SCRF technology focused.

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SCRF ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY BASED PROGRAMS

• Examples of government funded SCRF activities
• CEBAF Upgrade from 6 to 12 GeV at Jefferson Lab
• ISAC-II Upgrade to the isotope separator and
  accelerator at TRIUMF
• ILC damping rings and main linacs
• SNS Upgrade at Oak Ridge
• Navy Free Electron Laser program
• Cornell Energy recovery linac
• Project X at Fermi main linac
• Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU
• Advanced Photon Source facility upgrade at
  Argonne
• Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Laboratory
• E-RHIC proposed electron-ion collider at
  Brookhaven

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INDUSTRIALIZATION

• Industrialization is preparing industry to
  compete in the global marketplace by establishing
  government-industry collaborations during the
  research, design, and fabrication of SCRF
  components and systems for major government
  programs.

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INTERNATIONAL SCRF INDUSTRIAL FORUMS

• EIFast European Industry Forum for Accelerators
  with SCFR Technology
• Council to Promote Advanced Accelerator
  Technologies (Japan)
• Federation of Japanese Diet members to promote
  the ILC

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SPAFOA MEMBERSHIP

• Able Electropolishing Chicago, IL
• Advanced Energy Systems Medford, NY
• Amuneal Manufacturing Corp Philadelphia, PA
• BiRa Albuquerque, NM
• Communications Power Industries Beverly, MA
• Cryogenic Society of America Oak Park, IL
• D-Pace Nelson, BC Canada
• Diversified Technologies Bedford, MA
• Eden Cryogenics, LLC Plain City, OH
• EGG Gaithersburg, MD
• Everson Tesla Nazareth, PA

• Fermi Research Associates Washington, DC
• Incodema, Inc. Ithaca, NY
• Joseph Oat Company Camden, NJ
• L-3 Communications Williamsport, PA
• Linde Cryogenics, Div. of Linde Plants Tulsa, OK
• Meyer Toll and Manufacturing, Inc. Oak Lawn, IL
• Parsons Washington, DC
• PAVAC Industries Richmond, BC Canada
• PTR- Precision Technologies Enfield, CT
• Sciaky, Inc.Chicago, IL
• Square One Systems Design Jackson, WY

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TODAYS MESSAGE

• SCRF accelerator technology is becoming high
  growth area for industry
• Broad ranging government supported programs that
  include a strong industrialization component will
  lead to lower costs and higher reliability
• As the technology matures, applications will
  increase in non-government funded areas a major
  application symposium and workshops are scheduled
  this fall
• The ILC, although on a stretched schedule,
  represents a major shift to volume manufacturing
  for industry.