IFMIF; Overview of the validation activities

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

The IFMIF/EVEDA project under the Broader Approach Agreement between Japan and EU aims at allowing a rapid construction phase of IFMIF in due time. The three main facilities, (1) the Accelerator Facility, (2) the Target Facility and (3) the Test Facility, are the subject of validation activities that include the construction of either full scale prototypes or smartly devised scaled down facilities that will allow a straightforward extrapolation to IFMIF needs. The installation of a Linac of 1.125 MW (125 mA and 9 MeV) of deuterons started in March 2013 in Rokkasho. The world largest liquid Li test loop is running in Oarai with an ambitious experimental programme for the years ahead. A full scale high flux test module that will house 1000 small specimens developed jointly in Europe and Japan has been constructed in Germany together with its He gas loop. A full scale medium flux test module to carry out on-line creep measurement has been constructed in Switzerland.