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Figure 7. The MASURCA installation for the MUSE programme<br />

The GENEPI<br />

deuton accelerator<br />

Vertical loading of<br />

MASURCA tube<br />

MUSE configuration<br />

Deuton beam (from GENEPI)<br />

MASURCA tube (10 × 10 cm)<br />

Steel shielding<br />

Réflecteur<br />

NaSS reflector<br />

NaSS<br />

Core (Na-UO 2<br />

- PUO 2<br />

)<br />

Lead (simulating spallation target)<br />

Tritium or deuterium target<br />

Beam pulse width ∼ 1 µsec<br />

Source intensity ≈ 2 × 10 10 n/s<br />

Sub-critical core: k eff = 0.95 ÷ 0.98<br />

A sub-critical MUSE-4 configuration<br />

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