Technical Paper Abstract

Applications for the RFD Linac Structure

D.A. Swenson,
Linac Systems,

With the successful completion and operation of the "Proof-of-Principle" prototype of the Rf-Focused Drift tube (RFD) linac structure, our attention has now turned to
the identification of the first applications for this new compact and economical linac structure. The principal medical applications are for the production of
short-lived radioisotopes for the positron emission tomography (PET and SPECT) application, epithermal neutron beams for the boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
application, and nanoamperes of energetic (250 MeV) protons for proton therapy.

The structure can be configured as a compact injector linac for proton synchrotrons. The structure can be configured as a pulsed cold neutron source to support cold neutron
physics and its applications. The principal industrial applications include non-destructive testing (NDT), thermal neutron radiography (TNR), thermal neutron
analysis (TNA), and pulsed fast neutron analysis (PFNA). Brief descriptions of these RFD linac-based systems will be presented.