TY - JOUR
T1 - Status and future developments of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc)
AU - Dzitko, Herve
AU - Cara, Philippe
AU - Carin, Y.
AU - Chel, Stéphane
AU - Facco, Alberto
AU - Gex, D.
AU - Hasegawa, K.
AU - Kasugai, A.
AU - Kondo, K.
AU - Massaut, Vincent
AU - Molla, Joaquin
AU - Phillips, G.
AU - Pisent, Andrea
AU - Sakamoto, K.
AU - Sugimoto, Masayoshi
N1 - Score=10
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - IFMIF
KW - Fusion materials
KW - LIPAc
KW - Particle accelerator
KW - Beam operation
UR - https://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/overview/48066323
U2 - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112621
DO - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112621
M3 - Article
SN - 0920-3796
VL - 168
JO - Fusion Engineering & Design
JF - Fusion Engineering & Design
M1 - 112621
ER -