Evolution of IFMIF-DONES heart: System overview of the Test Cell

The IFMIF-DONES Facility is built with the purpose of irradiating materials under DEMO Tokamak-like conditions and is a first-of-a-kind project that is foreseen to be built in Granada, Spain. A systematic top-down approach is used to design its Systems and to aid the harmonization and interaction be...

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Autor: Castellanos Parra, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/41418
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155185
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/41418
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:IFMIF-DONES
Material testing
Neutron source
Test Cell
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Sumario:The IFMIF-DONES Facility is built with the purpose of irradiating materials under DEMO Tokamak-like conditions and is a first-of-a-kind project that is foreseen to be built in Granada, Spain. A systematic top-down approach is used to design its Systems and to aid the harmonization and interaction between them. One of these main systems is the Test Systems which serves as the meeting point for other major systems such as the Lithium System (LS) and Accelerator Systems (AS), while also providing a connection to the Facilities for Complementary Experiments (FCE) for additional irradiation campaigns to take place. The Test Cell is a confined space for the experiments to take place, with critical functions for operation and safety. The TC is a subsystem serving as a convergent space for other systems, therefore the design of the TC has to fulfil the needs and requirements of the connecting systems also. In this paper, the design evolution of the Test Cell is discussed in detail from the early concept to the last more mature design, while also describing the connecting systems and the challenges these provide.