title: Installation and first operation of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility injector at the Rokkasho site.
abstract: The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) linear IFMIF prototype accelerator injector dedicated to high intensity deuteron beam production has been designed, built, and tested at CEA/Saclay between 2008 and 2012. After the completion of the acceptance tests at Saclay, the injector has been fully sent to Japan. The re-assembly of the injector has been performed between March and May 2014. Then after the check-out phase, the production of the first proton beam occurred in November 2014. Hydrogen and deuteron beam commissioning is now in progress after having proceeded with the final tests on the entire injector equipment including high power diagnostics. This article reports the different phases of the injector installation pointing out the safety and security needs, as well as the first beam production results in Japan and chopper tests. Detailed operation and commissioning results (with H(+) and D(+) 100 keV beams) are reported in a second article.
authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.lastname: Bogard
authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.lastname: Misiara
authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
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authors.lastname: Roger
authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
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authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/Saclay, DSM/IRFU, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France.
authors.forename: Matthieu
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authors.lastname: Valette
authors.affiliation: Fusion for Energy, BFD Department, Garching, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Cara
authors.affiliation: Fusion for Energy, BFD Department, Garching, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Duglué
authors.affiliation: Fusion for Energy, BFD Department, Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Dominique
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authors.affiliation: IFMIF/EVEDA Project Team, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.affiliation: IFMIF/EVEDA Project Team, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Juan Marcos
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authors.affiliation: IFMIF/EVEDA Project Team, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Juan
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authors.affiliation: IFMIF/EVEDA Project Team, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Alvaro
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authors.affiliation: JAEA, Division of Rokkasho BA Project, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: JAEA, Division of Rokkasho BA Project, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: JAEA, Division of Rokkasho BA Project, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: JAEA, Division of Rokkasho BA Project, Obuchi-Omotedate, 2-166, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan.
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