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Hoshino, Kazuo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 92(2), p.146 - 147, 2016/02
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Hoshino, Kazuo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 91(12), p.802 - 803, 2015/12
Holding of the 17th IFERC Project Committee (PC), the 16th IFMIF/EVEDA-PC and the progress of the JT-60SA were reported. In the IFERC-PC, total 33 participated including Maisonnier chairperson, JA-EU committee, experts and project members. They reported the status of each activity, discussed the planning of project 2016 and revised plan, and concluded technical advice to the BA Steering Committee (SC). In the IFMIF/EVEDA-PC, total 27 participated including Takatsu chairperson, JA-EU committee, experts and project members. They reported the status of each activity, discussed the planning of project 2016 and revised plan, and the BA-SC recommended the endorsement of the new project plan. In the JT-60SA, a rotary crane for assembly of the troidal field coil has been installed. The disassembly of the constraint jigs of the vacuum vessel which completed 340
assembly has been progressed. 6 high temperature superconductor current leads for the troidal field coils had been delivered from EU.
Hoshino, Kazuo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 91(10), p.700 - 701, 2015/10
The progress of IFMIF Prototype Accelerator in the IFERC site and the Satellite Tokamak (JT-60SA) project were reported. For the IFMIF Prototype Accelerator, two radio frequency (RF) sources of the RF quadrupole accelerator, seven high-voltage power supplies, and distribution cabinets were delivered from the CIEMAT institute in Spain and the installation was started. In the Satellite Tokamak project, the development for long term operation technique of the neutral beam injector has been achieved and thereby confirmed to be feasible for long term operation of JT-60SA. The 340 torus assembly of vacuum vessel of the JT-60SA, which was started from May last year, has been completed. To send out information to the domestic community a major event in the BA activities.
Usami, Hiroki; Takahashi, Hiroki; Komukai, Satoshi*
Proceedings of 12th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.760 - 763, 2015/09
EU and JAEA are advancing development of Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) control system jointly, but JAEA keeps developing central control system (CCS) mainly. Data transfer during an equipment control system of CCS and EU is performed through EPICS. JAEA is using PostgreSQL as 1 of development elements in CCS and is advancing development of the system to record the whole EPICS data of LIPAc (the data acquisition system). On the other hand, a data acquisition is performed using BEAUTY (Best Ever Archive Toolset, yet) in an element test of equipment at Europe. Therefore "1 client refers to collected data by more than one server machine" with "compatibility securement of data with BEAUTY" in case of development of the data acquisition system of CCS, and, it's necessary to consider "To do a data acquisition and backup work at the same time". For the moment, former 2 are in progress. And a demonstration of the data acquisition system is being performed simultaneously with commissioning in injector. The data acquisition system is collecting data of injector other ones, and the data reference by a monitor with CSS (Control System Studio) is also possible. We will report on the current state of the development of the data acquisition system by making reference to a result of the test by injector commissioning.
Maebara, Sunao; Sukegawa, Keiichi*; Tadano, Shuya*; Kasugai, Atsushi; Suzuki, Hiromitsu; Abe, Kazuhiko*; Oku, Ryuji*; Sugimoto, Masayoshi
Proceedings of 12th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.1140 - 1142, 2015/09
For the IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator prototype RFQ linac, the operation frequency of 175MHz was selected to accelerate a large current of 125mA. The driving RF power of 1.28MW by 8 RF input couplers has to be injected to the RFQ cavity for CW operation mode. For each RF input coupler, nominal RF power of 160kW and maximum transmitted RF power of 200kW are required. For this purpose, an RF input coupler with cooling functions was designed, based on a 6 1/8 inch co-axial waveguide, and the RF coupler was manufactured by way of trial. For the trial RF coupler, high-power tests using a high voltage standing wave on a high-Q load circuit wave were carried out, and a 200kW-14 sec CW operation were performed after four days of RF aging. No RF contact defects, unnecessary low-Q value and extraordinary outgassing were observed. This report describes the high-power tests of the RF input coupler.
Hoshino, Kazuo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 91(8), p.561 - 562, 2015/08
The new construction of Joint Research Building for the DEMO R&D at IFERC, progress of the IFMIF Prototype Accelerator and the Satellite Tokamak (JT-60SA) project were reported. The Joint Research Building processing the construction as a new place where carry out a part of project for the DEMO R&D in the rest of the BA activity period and it mainly consists of the laboratory/material testing room for the material evaluation and Be production room for handling of the metal beryllium. For the IFMIF Prototype Accelerator, completed the repairs and test run of the Interlock, successful of the continuity rated proton beam, then after setting of the radiation control area, successful production of the deuterium ion beam. For the JT-60SA, the installation of a Helium refrigerator which is one of the world's largest and a He buffer tank have been completed. The 4th Research Coordination meeting was held and they discussed the research plan and theme for the experiment proposal of JT-60SA.
Hoshino, Kazuo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 91(6), p.430 - 431, 2015/06
Holding of the 16th BA Steering Committee and progress of the Satellite Tokamak (JT-60SA) project were reported. There were 33 participants for the 16th BA Steering Committee, including 3 committee members and 10 specialists from EU, 4 committee and 11 specialists from JP, each project leaders and project committee chair persons, and they approved for update of the 2014 Annual Report and the Work Plan of IFMIF/EVEDA, the IFERC and the Satellite Tokamak project. In the construction of JT-60SA, the component carry-in from EU and the assembly has been progressed steadily in JP. To announce for these progressing, a ceremony was held and 200 people concerned in EU-JP attended. The 22nd JT-60SA Technical Coordination Meeting was held. 73 people EU-JP joined and had discussion regarding the design, status of production, examination of assembly and the integrate operation in the future. To send out information to the domestic community a major event in the BA activities.
Ishii, Yasutomo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 91(2), p.161 - 162, 2015/02
Success of the first beam of injector for IFMIF prototype accelerator, accomplishment of liquid Lithium Target validation test of the IFMIF/EVEDA and the progress of Satellite Tokamak (JT-60SA) were reported. The IFMIF/EVEDA project are performed in International Fusion Energy Research Center at Rokkasho under the BA agreement, installation and adjustment of injector for IFMIF accelerator were completed and the adjustment beam test has started from Nov. 2014. For the engineering validation test, formability of the Lithium Target which become the neutron source, the Lithium Test Loop of real scale was fabricated in Oarai and test has been conducted for 2 years. At the end of Oct. 2014, made an exceeding achievement and successfully concluded. In the construction of JT-60SA at Naka, the design of each part has been performing with the 3D CAD soft CATIA. The update with previous state discloses on JT60-SA HP. To disseminate information to the domestic community a major event in the BA activities.
Ishii, Yasutomo; Matsunaga, Go; Okumura, Yoshikazu
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 90(12), p.827 - 828, 2014/12
Holding of the 15th BA Steering Committee, the 14th IFMIF/EVADA business meeting, the 15th IFERC business meeting and the progress of the Satellite Tokamak (JT-60SA) plan were reported. There were participation of 3 committee members and 8 specialists from EU side and also 30 people which is 4 committees, 7 specialists, each project leaders and project committee chair persons, for the 15th BA Steering Committee and approved for the 2015 Work Plan of IFMIF/EVADA project, the IFERC project and the Satellite Tokamak.6 committees (3 EU side, 3 Japan side), 12 specialists (5 EU, 7 JP) and 8 members of IFMIF/EVADA team, for the 14th IFMIF/EVADA meeting and progress of the each activities were reported.6 committees (3 EU, 3 JP), 16 specialists (9 EU, 7 JP) and 9 members of IFERC team, for the 15th IFERC meeting and reported on progress and discussed about the 2015 Work Plan. In the progress of the JT-60SA plan, assembly work of vacuum chamber is proceeding smoothly in the JT-60 main body room.
Ishii, Yasutomo; Matsunaga, Go
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 90(8), p.506 - 507, 2014/08
This time, the 5th LIPAc Technical Meeting on June 3-5, Acceptance testing of the RF system for the prototype accelerator, start assembling the JT-60SA vacuum vessel from May, and the 3rd EU-Japan JT-60SA research coordination meeting on May 19-23 are reported. The 5th LIPAc Technical Meeting, Installation in Rokkasho, situation of adjustment work, and preparation status, 38 topics from each agency in each equipment have been reported. In addition, the performance test of RF system for the prototype accelerator that Europe procures was conducted under JAEA, F4E and the project team attendance. Good test results are obtained. The Superconducting tokamak JT-60SA vacuum vessel has started assembling from May. The 3rd JT-60SA EU-Japan Research Coordination Meeting, formulation of a research plan of JT-60SA, and discussion and information exchange of Japanese and EU joint research on JT-60SA were done. To disseminate information to the domestic community a major event in the BA activities.
Sugimoto, Masayoshi; Wakai, Eiichi; Kanemura, Takuji; Kikuchi, Takayuki; Ida, Mizuho*; Watanabe, Kazuyoshi*; Niitsuma, Shigeto*; Yamamoto, Michiyoshi*; Yutani, Toshiaki*; Hirano, Michiko*
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The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility - Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities (IFMIF/EVEDA) is a EU an Japan collaborative project under the framework of the Broader Approach activities for fusion energy development and, after the Intermediate Engineering Design Report has been completed in 2013, the validation test tasks have been conducted up to 2015. About the tasks in charge of Japan were completed in March and now we continue the evaluation of the testing results and examine how to reflect them to updated engineering design. In this report, we present the technical validity of the design based on the results of various validation tests and summarize the issues to be solved in future.
Wakai, Eiichi; Kondo, Hiroo; Kanemura, Takuji; Furukawa, Tomohiro; Hirakawa, Yasushi; Nakaniwa, Koichi; Ito, Yuzuru; Tanaka, Hiroshi; Tsuji, Yoshiyuki*; Ito, Takahiro*; et al.
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Kasugai, Atsushi; ILIC Unit*
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The IFMIF (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility) project aiming at material tests for a future fusion DEMO reactor is under the Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities (EVEDA) phase in the Broader Approach (BA) Agreement of fusion program between Japan and EU. As a part of the activities, the installation and commissioning of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) is at the stage of demonstration of the feasibility of the low energy section of an IFMIF deuteron accelerator up to 9 MeV with a beam current of 125 mA in CW. The installation and the beam commissioning of LIPAc injector have just started at Rokkasho, Japan. After the commissioning of the injector, RFQ, MEBT, D-Plate, HEBT, beam dump and SRF linac will be installed and tested in step-by-step approach until the BA period.
Kasugai, Atsushi; Ohira, Shigeru
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LIPAc isdemonstrating the feasibility of the low energy section of an IFMIF deuteron accelerator up to 9 MeV with a beam current of 125 mA in CW at IFERC of JAEA in Rokkasho, Japan. The deuterium ion beam injector developed in CEA Saclay was delivered in Rokkasho in 2014, and is under commissioning. At this stage, a 100keV/120mA/CW hydrogen ionbeam and 100keV/90mA/CW deuteron ion beam have been produced with a low beam emittance of 0.21 
mm mrad (rms, normalized) and mass fractions above 90%. Delivery of RFQ components, consisting of RFQaccelerator developed by INFN in Italy and RF power supplies developed by CIEMAT in Spain is under way, followed by the installation of RF power supplies scheduled for this year as well. After the commissioning of theinjector, RFQ, MEBT, D-Plate, HEBT, beam dump and SRF linac will be installed and tested in step-by-step approach.
Ohira, Shigeru; Ochiai, Kentaro; Sugimoto, Masayoshi; Kasugai, Atsushi; Okumura, Yoshikazu; Ushigusa, Kenkichi; Ibarra, A.*; Heidinger, R.*; Knaster, J.*
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The IFMIF/EVEDA activity has successfully demonstrated a stable lithium flow in the EVEDA Lithium Test Loop and produced preliminary scientific results for the Injector, one of the most challenging parts of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc). Discussions by the BASC are taking place on the possibility of an extension to fully test the reliability of the LIPAc over a sufficiently long time. Recently there have been assessments in the EU and JA which have concluded that there is a need to have access around 2025 to a facility producing a fusion-like neutron spectrum with a minimum flux about half that of IFMIF- this has been given the name DONES in EU and A-FNS in JA. In this presentation, current status and achievements of the IFMIF/EVEDA was presented as well as the Ideas of the neutron source for the post-BA activities from EU and Japan.
Ohira, Shigeru
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Progress of two among three activities the BA Activities at the IFERC Site of Rokkasho, Aomori, is presented. Regarding the engineering design, the Interim Engineering Design Report was summarized in June 2013. Now the first stage preparation of the validation tests of IFMIF Prototype Accelerator is almost done. Due to some risks, re-scheduling is now being tried for completion of the validation test within the period for the BA Activities. Regarding ELTL, the goals for validation have been almost achieved. The test will end at the end of October. The 3 sub-projects of IFERC, for supporting ITER and development DEMO, good progress has been achieved. Joint work of EU and Japan for DEMO Design is in progress and also R&D items related closely to the Design selected and implemented are in progress. Regarding CSC, the High Performance Computer, high usage rate has been maintained resulting in a lot of publications. Development of the facilities of REC will be initiated soon.
Kasugai, Atsushi; ILIC Unit*
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The prototype accelerator is being carried out for an engineering validation of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) as accelerator-driven-type neutron source for developing fusion reactor materials. This is a deuteron linear accelerator consisting of an injector, an RFQ, a superconducting RF linac, RF power systems, a beam dump and beam transport lines. The specification of the target is to produce a CW deuteron beam with the beam energy and current of 9 MeV/ 125 mA. From the spring of 2014, full installation of the injector was started at Rokkasho site and the injector beam test has been just began from November 2014 in order to obtain better beam qualities for successful injection and acceleration of the following accelerators such as RFQ.
Kasugai, Atsushi; Bazin, N.*; Cara, P.*; Chel, S.*; Gex, D.*; Heidinger, R.*; Yoshida, Kiyoshi; Ihara, Akira; Knaster, J.*; Kondo, Keitaro; et al.
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The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) aims to provide an accelerator-based, D-Li neutron source to produce high energy neutrons at sufficient intensity and irradiation volume for DEMO reactor materials qualification. The IFMIF/EVEDA project, which is part of the Broader Approach (BA) agreement between Japan and EU, has the mission to work on the engineering design of IFMIF and to validate the main technological challenges. The prototype accelerator being developed in the IFMIF-EVEDA project consists of an injector, a RFQ accelerator, and a part of superconducting Linac. The design of the cryoplant for SRF-linac has been already completed and it will be started to install to the facility from coming September after the licensing. This article describes the cryoplant for the IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator facility.
Nishitani, Takeo; Ochiai, Kentaro; Kondo, Keitaro; Ohira, Shigeru; Yamanishi, Toshihiko; Sugimoto, Masayoshi; Hayashi, Takumi; Ushigusa, Kenkichi
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A fusion relevant neutron source is strongly desired for blanket functional tests and material tests toward DEMO. The International Fusion Material Test Facility (IFMIF) is one of the most promising candidates of the fusion relevant neutron source. Here, a plan is presented for a new neuron source using an IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator with 125 mA and 9 MeV D
beam and a lithium test loop for the IFMIF target facility. Expected performances of three options (9 MeV and upgrading to 26 or 40 MeV) are discussed. The option of 40 MeV is desirable, however, the option of 26 MeV is acceptable for blanket functional tests and material tests.
Wakai, Eiichi; Kanemura, Takuji; Furukawa, Tomohiro; Hirakawa, Yasushi; Kondo, Hiroo; Nakaniwa, Koichi; Tanaka, Hiroshi; Sugimoto, Masayoshi; Ohira, Shigeru; Yokomine, Takehiko*
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