Neutron Production Measurement in the 125 MA 5 MeV Deuteron Beam Commissioning of Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) RFQ

The validation of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) is being conducted in Rokkasho Fusion Institute of QST, Aomori, Japan. The beam commissioning of the novel LIPAc RFQ has been progressing significantly, and the acceleration of the world highest current deuteron beam of 125 mA to 5 MeV...

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Autores: Kondo, K., Akagi, T., Bellan, L., Cara, P., Carin, Y., Comunian, M., Dzitko, H., Faggoti, E., Gex, D., Grspan, F., Jimenez, D., Kasugai, A., Kumagai, K., Kwon, S., Masuda, K., moya, I., Palmieri, A., Pisent, A., Podadera, I., Rodriguez, A., Sakamoto, K., Scantamburlo, F., Shimosaki, Y., Shinya, T., Sugimoto, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
Repositorio:Docu-menta. Repositorio Institucional del CIEMAT
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:documenta___::f323d8c45231cf7d516833b044e3c90b
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14855/2605
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:The validation of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) is being conducted in Rokkasho Fusion Institute of QST, Aomori, Japan. The beam commissioning of the novel LIPAc RFQ has been progressing significantly, and the acceleration of the world highest current deuteron beam of 125 mA to 5 MeV (1 ms, 1 Hz pulsed beam) was achieved for the 1st time in July 2019. This study is devoted to evaluating the amount of beam loss during the high current acceleration phase by measuring the neutron produced by the interaction of the beam with accelerator components so as to verify the accelerator design. The foil activation method and the 3He neutron probes were utilized. It turned out that there was no significant trace of unexpected beam loss at the high energy section of the RFQ and the medium energy beam transport (MEBT) section. The measurement using the 3He neutron probes provided an evidence that the beam loss was well controlled in the RFQ cavity as designed. This study concludes that the LIPAc RFQ as well as MEBT is working well as predicted by the design calculation, and its concept is successful.

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