IFMIF/EVEDA; Progress of validation and design activities under the Broader Approach framework

Sugimoto, Masayoshi; Knaster, J.*; Arbeiter, F.*; Cara, P.*; Favuzza, P.*; Furukawa, Tomohiro  ; Gioacchino, M.*; Groeschel, F.*; Heidinger, R.*; Ibarra, A.*; Matsumoto, Hiroshi*; Mosnier, A.*; Suzuki, Hiromitsu; Wakai, Eiichi  

Under the framework of the Broader Approach agreement between Japan and EURATOM the concept of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) to provide the intense neutron irradiation test facility for developing the fusion reactor materials has been evolved since 2007, through the activities to prepare the engineering design documents for IFMIF with the associated R&D of prototypical components, named as IFMIF Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities (EVEDA) project. Recently the Intermediate IFMIF Engineering Design Report for IFMIF (IIEDR) was delivered in July 2013, which is supported by the major outcomes of the validation activities of the prototypical components: Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator, EVEDA Lithium Test Loop, High Flux Test Module capsule, etc. In this article, the progresses of the IIEDR and validation tests and also the outcomes to be achieved till mid 2017, the completion time of IFMIF/EVEDA, will be comprehensively overviewed.