Operating Experience and Reliability Improvements on the 5 kW CW Klystron At Jefferson Lab

R. Nelson, S. Holben

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News VA 23606

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Additional Imagery:

• Pad RTV Potting and Klystron Gun
• Gun Damage from Arcing and Bad Potting
• Broken Gun ASsembly Due to Mod Anode Heat
• Bulged Potting from RTV Reversion
• Cathode Emission vs. Filament Voltage vs. Mod Anode Voltage
• Klystron failure Rate (graph)
• Klystron Mod Anode Current for Tubes in Service (graph)

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