[Isotope-prod] Telephone discussion with DOE-ONP Isotope program managers

[Ganapati Myneni]

Hi All,I am very pleased that the collaborations I initiated & forged immediately after the AcceApp conference hosted by Oak Ridge in 2011 (if I remember the year correctly) and the Virginia ADS Consortium first meeting hosted by the Dominion Energy at their Inns Brook Complex where we decided to submit the first proposal to NSF for radio isotope production developments including Cu67 is finally bearing fruit with initial funding.  I also remember having pitched support for these JLab developments at DOE ONP and later George told me that FEL was not available.  As some of you know we had a meeting in Governors Office and requested funding for building a radioisotope development center at a place that is now past becoming Tech Center. Professors Zamal Zweit and Doug Wells are the key players I brought into this exciting partnership in particular for Cu77 developments.
I am very proud of many of my out of the box initiatives that are slowly becoming main stream after several decades; the issue of hydrogen in SRF cavities, ion pump related problems in linacs, proper torquing of cryomodule seals, the application of ingot niobium technology to discovery science programs and new nuclear energy ADS systems. My present focus is to scientifically update the  specifications of niobium for SRF cavities.  Special TTC2018 sessions are now being organized by Akira at the next TTC2018 meeting in Japan June 26-29, 2018.  Our goal is to implement low RRR ingot niobium technology for the next high performance SRF linacs at reduced cost.
Thank you all for your kind understanding!Ganapati



      From: Michael Spata <spata at jlab.org>
 To: Andrew Hutton <andrew at jlab.org> 
Cc: Todd Satogata <satogata at jlab.org>; Isotope-Prod <Isotope-prod at jlab.org>; Kelly Webster <hanifan at jlab.org>; Henderson Stuart <stuart at jlab.org>
 Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:06 AM
 Subject: Re: [Isotope-prod] Telephone discussion with DOE-ONP Isotope program managers
   
Good morning,

Just for completeness we are referring to the attached proposal. We were told to expect the first year's funding to arrive as early as June. VCU funding will be sent directly to them through Chicago office but may take a few months. We did not talk about SDSMT involvement so Andrew should reach out to Doug. Summary of scope below:
   
   - Demonstrate a target system that can handle ~50kW of beam power (Jefferson Lab);
   - Quantify isotope/s yields and separation efficiency of 67Cu from the irradiated target (VCU);
   - Measure impurities (radioactive and stable), and characterize the radiochemical properties and quality of 67Cu (VCU)
   - Experimentally investigate optimal beam parameters for production and provide training opportunities for students. (VCU, SDSMT, Jefferson Lab).   

Next steps are to refine the scope of work and get the budget set up. Hari agreed to coordinate the edits to the scope.

Mike

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Michael Spata
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Accelerator Ops and R&D
Jefferson Lab
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From: "Andrew Hutton" <andrew at jlab.org>
To: "Henderson Stuart" <stuart at jlab.org>
Cc: "Mike Spata" <spata at jlab.org>, "Todd Satogata" <satogata at jlab.org>, "Isotope-Prod" <Isotope-prod at jlab.org>, "Arne Freyberger" <freyberg at jlab.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 1:48:44 PM
Subject: Telephone discussion with DOE-ONP Isotope program managers

Stuart, everyone
We had a short discussion with Marc Garland, the Isotope R&D Program Manager this afternoon.  
The discussion took a totally unexpected turn.  We were told that the DOE will fund our previous proposal at the level we previously requested, without resubmitting.  
We stated that we would like to edit the proposal to cover the isotope R&D at the LERF rather than the CEBAF Injector.  
We proposed to edit the report and update the budget within the next two weeks. 
The funding for VCU will go directly to them, and they did not request any changes.  
We will keep you informed.  
Exciting!
Andrew
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