The MYRRHA-accelerator driven system and its accelerator

After a brief motivation for an Accelerator Driven System (ADS), the requirements on the accelerator are derived.

It then details the MYRRHA design which is based on a 4 mA, 600 MeV CW superconducting proton linac. The construction of the first stage (called MINERVA) by the Belgium Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN was approved in 2018. It consists of a 100 MeV superconducting RF linac as well as two independent target stations, one for radio-isotope research and production of radio-isotopes for medical purposes, the other one for fusion materials research. 

This contribution presents the main design choices and current status of the overall project parts (civil engineering, particle accelerator and target facilities.