Operation and commissioning of IFMIF (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility) LIPAc injector

Okumura, Yoshikazu; Gobin, R.*; Knaster, J.*; Heidinger, R.*; Ayala, J.-M.*; Bolzon, B.*; Cara, P.*; Chauvin, N.*; Chel, S.*; Gex, D.*; et al.

Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(2), p.02A739_1 - 02A739_3, 2016/02

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936248

IFMIF is an accelerator based neutron facility having two set of linear accelerators each producing 125mA/CW deuterium ion beams (250mA in total) at 40MeV. The LIPAc (Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator) being developed in the IFMIF-EVEDA project consists of an injector, a RFQ accelerator, and a part of superconducting Linac, whose target is to demonstrate 125mA/CW deuterium ion beam acceleration up to 9MeV. The injector has been developed in CEA Saclay and already demonstrated 140mA/100keV deuterium beam. The injector was disassembled and delivered to the International Fusion Energy Research Center (IFERC) in Rokkasho, Japan, and the commissioning has started after its reassembly 2014; the first beam production has been achieved in November 2014. Up to now, 100keV/120mA/CW hydrogen ion beam has been produced with a low beam emittance of 0.2 .mm.mrad (rms, normalized).

Safety managements of the linear IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator

Takahashi, Hiroki; Maebara, Sunao; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Narita, Takahiro; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi; Sakaki, Hironao; Suzuki, Hiromitsu; Sugimoto, Masayoshi

Fusion Engineering and Design, 89(9-10), p.2066 - 2070, 2014/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.02.051

Interface test between IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator control system and injector

Takahashi, Hiroki; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Narita, Takahiro; Maebara, Sunao; Sakaki, Hironao; Suzuki, Hiromitsu

Proceedings of 10th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.724 - 727, 2014/06

http://www.pasj.jp/web_publish/pasj10/proceedings/PDF/SAP0/SAP093.pdf

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Residual strain of OFC using synchrotron radiation

Sano, Mutsumi*; Takahashi, Sunao*; Watanabe, Atsuo*; Shiro, Ayumi; Shobu, Takahisa

Materials Science Forum, 777, p.255 - 259, 2014/02

https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.777.255

Engineering design of the RF input coupler for the IFMIF prototype RFQ linac

Maebara, Sunao; Palmieri, A.*; Mereu, P.*; Ichikawa, Masahiro; Takahashi, Hiroki; Comunian, M.*; Suzuki, Hiromitsu; Pisent, A.*; Sugimoto, Masayoshi

Fusion Engineering and Design, 88(9-10), p.2740 - 2743, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.02.135

Evaluation of -ray and neutron energy for area monitoring system in the IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator building

Takahashi, Hiroki; Maebara, Sunao; Sakaki, Hironao; Hirabayashi, Keiichi*; Hidaka, Kosuke*; Shigyo, Nobuhiro*; Watanabe, Yukinobu*; Sagara, Kenshi*

Fusion Engineering and Design, 87(7-8), p.1235 - 1238, 2012/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.02.109

The Engineering Validation of the IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator, up to 9 MeV by supplying the deuteron beam of 125 mA, will be performed at the BA site in Rokkasho. A design of this area monitoring system, comprising of Si semiconductors and ionization chambers for covering wide energy spectrum of -rays and He counters for neutrons, is now in progress. To establish an applicability of this monitoring system, photon and neutron energies have to be suppressed to the detector ranges of 1.5 MeV and 15 MeV, respectively. For this purpose, the reduction of neutron and photon energies throughout shield of water in a beam dump and concrete layer is evaluated by PHITS code, using the experimental data of neutron source spectra. In this article, a similar model using the beam dump structure and the position with a degree of leaning for concrete wall in the accelerator vault is used, and their energy reduction including the air is evaluated.

Design of -ray and neutron area monitoring system for the IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator building

Takahashi, Hiroki; Maebara, Sunao; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Kubo, Takashi; Sakaki, Hironao; Takeuchi, Hiroshi; Shidara, Hiroyuki; Hirabayashi, Keiichi*; Hidaka, Kosuke*; Shigyo, Nobuhiro*; et al.

Fusion Engineering and Design, 86(9-11), p.2795 - 2798, 2011/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.02.074

In the IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator, the engineering validation up to 9 MeV by employing the deuteron beam of 125 mA are planning at the BA site in Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan, the personnel protection system (PPS) is indispensable. The PPS inhibit the beam by receiving the interlock signal from the -ray and neutron monitoring system. The -ray and neutron detection level which is planned to be adopted are "80 keV to 1.5 MeV (-ray)" and "0.025 eV to 15 MeV (neutron)". For the present shielding design, it is absolutely imperative for the safety review to validate the shielding ability which makes detection level lower than these -ray and neutron detector. For this purpose, the energy reduction of neutron and photon for water and concrete is evaluated by PHITS code. From the calculating results, it is found that the photon energy range extended to 10 MeV by water and concrete shielding material only, an additional shielding to decrease the photon energy of less than 1.5 MeV is indispensable.

Development status of PPS, MPS and TS for IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator

Takahashi, Hiroki; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi; Narita, Takahiro; Nishiyama, Koichi; Sakaki, Hironao; Maebara, Sunao

Proceedings of 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2011) (Internet), p.1734 - 1736, 2011/09

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2011/papers/tups084.pdf

Control system for the IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator consists of six subsystems; Central Control System (CCS), Local Area Network (LAN), Personnel Protection System (PPS), Machine Protection System (MPS), Timing System (TS) and Local Control System (LCS). The Prototype Accelerator provides the deuteron beam with the beam power more than 1 MW, and this control system is required the high reliability and usability to perform various operation modes for beam commissioning. To satisfy these requirements, we are developing mainly PPS, MPS and TS at the beginning. This paper presents the status of hardware development of the PPS, MPS and TS.

Present status of the MPS and TS for IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator

Takahashi, Hiroki; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi; Narita, Takahiro; Sakaki, Hironao; Maebara, Sunao

Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2695 - 2697, 2010/05

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC10/papers/wepeb006.pdf

Control System for IFMIF accelerators consists of the six subsystems; Central Control System (CCS), Local Area Network (LAN), Personnel Protection System (PPS), Machine Protection System (MPS), Timing System (TS) and Local Control System (LCS). The subsystems have been designed and their test benches been fabricated at JAEA. The IFMIF accelerator prototype provides a deuteron beam with the power more than 1 MW, which is as same as that in cases of J-PARC and SNS. In the control system, MPS and TS with high performance and precision are strongly required to avoid the radio-activation of the accelerator components. The prototypes of the MPS and TS are testing in conjunction with the injector test starting at CEA/Saclay from autumn in 2010. These results will feedback the design and the fabrication of the control components. This paper presents the development status of the TS modules and EPICS drivers for TS and MPS, and the prospects to apply them to the Injector test.

The Accelerator prototype of the IFMIF/EVEDA project

Mosnier, A.*; Beauvais, P. Y.*; Branas, B.*; Comunian, M.*; Facco, A.*; Garin, P.*; Gobin, R.*; Gournay, J. F.*; Heidinger, R.*; Ibarra, A.*; et al.

Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.588 - 590, 2010/05

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC10/papers/mopec056.pdf