LIPAc, the 125 mA / 9 MeV / CW deuteron IFMIF's prototype accelerator; What lessons have we learnt from LEDA ?

Scantamburlo, F.*; Knaster, J.*; Okumura, Yoshikazu; Kasugai, Atsushi; Shidara, Hiroyuki*; Chauvin, N.*; Gobin, R.*; Nghiem, P. A. P.*

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The Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities (EVEDA) phase of IFMIF aims at running a 9 MeV / 125 mA / CW deuteron accelerator to demonstrate the feasibility of IFMIF's 40 MeV / 125 mA / CW accelerator with components mainly designed and constructed in European labs. LEDA was operated successfully in 1999-2001 as a 6.7 MeV / 100 mA / CW proton accelerator with high availability. The present paper assesses the experience gained in LEDA and explains how LIPAc, the IFMIF prototype accelerator, is inheriting its role of breaking through technological boundaries.