World's first ADSR experiments which use spallation neutrons produced by high energy proton beams accelerated by the FFAG synchrotron has started since March 2009 at KURRI. In these experiments, the prompt and delayed neutrons which indicate neutron multiplication caused by external source have been detected. The accelerator complex for ADSR study in KURRI consists of three FFAG proton rings. It delivers the 100MeV proton beam to the W target located in front of the subcritical nuclear fuel system constructed in the reactor core of KUCA (Kyoto University Critical Assembly) at 30Hz repetition rate. Current status of the facility and the future plans of ADSR system and high intensity pulsed spallation neutron source which employ a newly added 700MeV FFAG synchrotron to the existing FFAG complex in KURRI will be presented.
This work was supported by MEXT of Japan in the framework of a task entitled "Research and Development for an Accelerator-Driven Subcritical System Using an FFAG Accelerator".