Commissioning Status of the  iBNCT Accelerator

Sato, Masaharu; Fang, Zhigao; Fukuda, Masafumi; Fukui, Yuji; Futatsukawa, Kenta; Ikegami, Kiyoshi; Kobayashi, Hitoshi; Kubota, Chikashi; Kumada, Hiroaki; Kurihara, Toshikazu; Matsumoto, Yoshitaka; Miura, Taichi; Miyajima, Tsukasa; Nagura, Nobuaki; Naito, Fujio; Nanmo, K.; Obina, Takashi; Oguri, Hidetomo; Ohba, Toshiyuki; Shibata, Takanori; Sugimura, Takashi; Takagi, Akira; Tanaka, Susumu; Toyoshima, Toshikazu

doi:10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPOGE09

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sato, M.
AU  - Fang, Z.
AU  - Fukuda, M.K.
AU  - Fukui, Y.
AU  - Futatsukawa, K.
AU  - Ikegami, K.
AU  - Kobayashi, H.
AU  - Kubota, C.
AU  - Kumada, H.
AU  - Kurihara, T.
AU  - Matsumoto, Y.
AU  - Miura, T.
AU  - Miyajima, T.
AU  - Nagura, N.
AU  - Naito, F.
AU  - Nanmo, K.
AU  - Obina, T.
AU  - Oguri, H.
AU  - Ohba, T.
AU  - Shibata, T.
AU  - Sugimura, T.
AU  - Takagi, A.
AU  - Tanaka, Su.
AU  - Toyoshima, T.
ED  - McIntosh, Peter
ED  - Burt, Graeme
ED  - Apsimon, Robert
ED  - Schaa, Volker R.W.
TI  - Commissioning Status of the  iBNCT Accelerator
J2  - Proc. of LINAC2022, Liverpool, UK, 28 August-02 September 2022
CY  - Liverpool, UK
T2  - International Linear Accelerator Conference
T3  - 31
LA  - english
AB  - An accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) has been studied intensively in recent years as one of the new cancer therapies after many clinical research with nuclear reactors. In the iBNCT project, the accelerator configuration consists of an RFQ and a DTL which have proven achievements in J-PARC. Meanwhile, a high duty factor is required to have a sufficient thermal neutron flux needed by BNCT treatments. After a failure of the klystron power supply occurred in Feb. 2019, beam operation was resumed in May 2020. To date, an average current of about 2 mA with the beam repetition rate of 75 Hz has been achieved with stable operation. Irradiation tests with cells and mice are ongoing together with characteristic measurements of the neutron beam. In parallel with that, we have been gradually improving the accelerator cooling-water system for further stability. In this contribution, the present status and prospects of the iBNCT accelerator are reported.
PB  - JACoW Publishing
CP  - Geneva, Switzerland
SP  - 164
EP  - 166
KW  - target
KW  - neutron
KW  - operation
KW  - rfq
KW  - radiation
DA  - 2022/09
PY  - 2022
SN  - 2226-0366
SN  - 978-3-95450-215-8
DO  - doi:10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPOGE09
UR  - https://jacow.org/linac2022/papers/mopoge09.pdf
ER  -