Progress of the IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator in the Broader Approach activities for fusion energy in FY2008

Shinto, Katsuhiro   ; Vermare, C.*; Asahara, Hiroo; Sugimoto, Masayoshi; Garin, P.*; Maebara, Sunao; Takahashi, Hiroki  ; Sakaki, Hironao; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Ohira, Shigeru; Kikuchi, Takayuki; Kubo, Takashi; Yonemoto, Kazuhiro; Kimura, Haruyuki; Okumura, Yoshikazu

Progress of the IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator in fiscal year of 2008 is described. All the sub-systems of the prototype accelerator have started to design, settled the plan of the manufacturing and component tests and fixed the design parameters. As a result of the analysis of planning for the engineering validation of the IFMIF accelerator system, the project duration to be prolonged to the end of 2014 including some months for contingency was approved by the BA Steering Committee. In this article, the design status of each accelerator component, the interface between the accelerator components and the IFMIF/EVEDA Accelerator Building settled in International Fusion Energy Research Centre (IFERC) in Rokkasho and the proposed accelerator commissioning plan for the engineering validation will be presented.