# UC$_x$ target design for the SPIRAL 2 project and the ALTO project

Abstract : Two ways of production of radioactive beams using uranium carbide targets are taken into consideration: fission induced by fast neutrons and by bremsstrahlung radiation. For the SPIRAL 2 project, the fission of 238U in uranium carbide target will be induced by a neutron flow created by bombarding a carbon converter with a 40 MeV high intensity deuteron beam. Calculations and design of the target in order to reach 1013 fissions/s with good release time have been done. The second way is the photofission using an electron beam. In 2005 the ALTO project (Accélérateur Linéaire Auprès du Tandem d'Orsay) will give a 50 MeV/10$\mu$A electron beam. This facility will allow more than 1011 fissions/s. In this case, the electron beam hits the target without converter. Calculations realised in order to estimate the production are used to choose the best target shape. For the two cases some R & D on targets to improve release is described.
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O. Bajeat, F. Azaiez, C. Bourgeois, M. Cheikh Mahmed, H. Croizet, et al.. UC$_x$ target design for the SPIRAL 2 project and the ALTO project. EXON 2004, International Symposium on Exotic Nuclei, Jul 2004, Peterhof, Russia. pp.630-635. ⟨in2p3-00023293⟩

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