Status and future developments of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc)
| Autor: | Philippe Cara, Atsushi Kasugai, Kotaro Kondo, Guy Phillips, Hervé Dzitko, V. Massaut, A. Facco, Joaquin Molla, Keishi Sakamoto, Dominique Gex, Andrea Pisent, S. Chel, Masayoshi Sugimoto, Yann Carin, Koichi Hasegawa |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), LIPAc Unit Team |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
particle accelerator
Computer science Nuclear engineering [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph] Fusion materials 7. Clean energy 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas law.invention law 0103 physical sciences Energy spectrum IFMIF General Materials Science Neutron Beam dump 010306 general physics beam operation Civil and Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering High intensity Fusion power High energy beam Nuclear Energy and Engineering LIPAc Cryomodule Neutron source |
| Zdroj: | Fusion Eng.Des. Fusion Eng.Des., 2021, 168, pp.112621. ⟨10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112621⟩ |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112621⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; LIPAc is the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator developed within the framework of the IFMIF project under the Broader Approach (BA) agreement signed between EURATOM and the Japanese Government in 2007. The IFMIF accelerator aims to provide an accelerator-based D-Li neutron source to produce high intensity neutron fluxes with appropriate energy spectrum in order to characterize materials envisioned for future fusion reactors. Because the IFMIF accelerator has to reach unprecedented performances, the feasibility is being tested through the design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and testing activities of a 1:1-scale prototype accelerator, namely LIPAc, from the injector to the first cryomodule together with the High Energy Beam Transport line and the High Power Beam Dump. After outstanding results obtained in 2019, the LIPAc project has entered 2020 in the preparation of the third commissioning stage, i.e., validation in continuous-wave mode of the complete accelerator up to 5 MeV with its final beam dump. The validation until the nominal energy of 9 MeV will be made after the completion of cryomodule assembly. After a brief overview of the goals already achieved in the framework of the IFMIF/EVEDA program, this paper will present a synthesis of the results that have been obtained so far with the LIPAc accelerator as well as the future developments planned beyond 2020. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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