Cost-Effective Bulk Sterilization of Medical Products with New Linear Induction Accelerators

科学研究实验室(SRL)正在开发紧凑型直线感应加速器(LIA)新技术，该技术为医疗产品的批量灭菌提供了许多优势。这些加速器是可靠的，而且比静电或射频加速器便宜得多。此外，SRL感应加速器可在5-10 MeV的束能范围内扩展到平均超过800 kW的电子束功率，提供平均100 kW的重复脉冲高剂量率X射线通量。第一阶段将开展实验研究计划和并行设计研究，计划进行一项实验，展示使用现有LIA的高剂量率辐射对医疗产品进行有效灭菌。此外，一项研究将探索电子束传输和X射线靶设计，以产生均匀的X射线辐射场，以便在第二阶段进行最终的灭菌实验。

Science Research Laboratory (SRL) is developing new, compact linear induction accelerator (LIA) technology which offers many advantages for bulk sterilization of medical products. These accelerators are reliable and significantly less expensive than electrostatic or rf accelerators. In addition, SRL induction accelerator are scalable to average electron beam powers of more than 800 kW at beam energies ranging from 5-10 MeV, providing an average of 100 kW of repetitively pulsed, high dose rate x-ray flux. An experimental research program and concurrent design study will be carried out for Phase I. An experiment to demonstrate efficient sterilization of medical product using high dose rate radiation from an existing LIA is planned. In addition, a study will explore electron beam transport and x- ray target designs for production of a uniform x-ray radiation field for a definitive sterilization experiment to be performed in Phase II.