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to a position to start one of its major tasks, i.e. theEngineering Design of the IFMIF plant.With regard to the accelerator prototype, theconstruction of all its different componentsis progressing. The Injector is at the stage ofmanufacturing, the Procurement Arrangement (PA)has been signed and the first experiments in Saclayare foreseen to start before the end of 2010. Its deliveryto Rokkasho is now planned for the spring 2012.The detailed design review of the RFQ has taken placewith satisfactory results. A full scale aluminium mockuphas been built and used for low power tunabilitytests in Legnaro, Italy. Full scale copper prototypemodules have also been manufactured to checkthe brazing operation and cooling effectiveness.Preliminary design reviews of the SRF Linac and ofthe Beam Dump have taken place during 2009.The EVEDA Lithium Test Loop, maintaining similaritywith the final one for the relevant parameters ofthe liquid lithium, although at reduced width ofthe target (100mm instead of 260mm foreseen forthe IFMIF plant), is being built and installed underJAEA responsibility at Oarai, a site with previousexperience in liquid metals, with contributions fromEU (ENEA, Italy) to the lithium monitoring system anda significant part of the Target Assembly. In parallel,erosion corrosion experiments are also initiated atthe ENEA Brasimone centre on the Lifus 3 loop inadvance of its operation.The design and validation of the Test Facilities arepredominantly conducted in EU with KIT (Karlsruhe,Germany) as the leading laboratory and contributionsfrom CIEMAT (Spain), SCK-CEN (Belgium) and CRPP(Switzerland). Most of the design work during thisphase has been performed with the objective ofproducing a new effective design of the Test Cell andof the related remote handling.One of the four vanes scale 1:1 of the mock-up manufactured to checkthe brazing procedure (required accuracy is better than a few tens of µm)Picture of the Helium Low Pressure Loop at Karlsruhe (HELOKA-LP)that will be used to validate the High Flux Test Module thermo-hydrauliccharacteristicsA number of different solutions have beeninvestigated in order to optimise the operation of thefacility. A mock-up of the vertical rig of the HFTMhas been built, the Low Pressure HELOKA loop fortest with helium cooling has been commissioned inKarlsruhe. Related capsules have been designedfor a fission reactor irradiation at SCK-CEN (Mol,Belgium) to investigate the thermal behaviour of therigs, which will start in the beginning of 2011. Designwork has also been conducted on the Medium FluxTest Modules with the definition of a Creep FatigueTest Module by CRPP and of a Tritium Release TestModule jointly by KIT and CIEMAT. All the remainingProcurement Arrangements foreseen for the TestFacilities are expected to be signed during the firsthalf of 2010.IFERC ProgrammeThe Computer Simulation Centre activities haveprogressed well in 2009. Work in the EU hasfocused on the definition of interfaces with JAEA,the establishment of a detailed schedule, and thepreparation of the Technical Specifications of theSupercomputer Procurement Arrangement. TheSpecial Working Group I (SWG1), created by the BASteering Committee has selected the benchmarkingcodes to be used in order to evaluate and comparethe performance of the possible different solutionsavailable on the market, and contributed to thedefinition of general target performance of thesupercomputer. This group will complete its tasks bymonitoring the performance of the computer centresix months after the start of operation. It is nowforeseen that for phase 2 of the CSC activity, a secondSpecial Working Group (SWG 2) will be established inorder define the utilisation rules of the supercomputercentre.The DEMO design activities have so far consisted ofjoint workshops (Kyoto, February 2009, and Garching,ANNUAL REPORT 2009 FUSION FOR ENERGY41
CSC implementation planSeptember 2009) for preliminary discussions toprepare the collaborative work that will start in 2011.The DEMO R&D activities have progressed accordingto the schedule established in the Project Plan. Onthe breeding blanket, a pebble bed type blanket isconsidered as one of the most promising blanketconcepts both in the EU and Japan. Consideringthe demanding requirements on this component inDEMO, the timely development of blanket structuralmaterials and breeding/multiplying materials isessential. In this frame, a number of R&D Tasks havebeen proposed to be implemented through the BADEMO R&D program: T1: SiCf/SiC Composites, T2:Tritium Technology, T3: Materials Engineering forDEMO Blanket (reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM) steels as structural material), T4: AdvancedNeutron Multiplier for DEMO Blanket and T5:Advanced Tritium Breeders for DEMO Blanket.The EU participates in all tasks except T2. Twoworkshops (Kyoto, February 2009 and Barcelona,October 2009) have taken place to evaluate theobtained data and to discuss future plans. The mainachievements in the EU tasks in 2009 are:On T1, ENEA is developing a multiscale methodologyfor composite structural modelling and validationof modelling procedure by mechanical testing: aprogressive failure method has been implementedinto a general purpose finite element program,ABAQUS, which allows the user to define materialConclusion of QPC PAproperties at a material point scale. ENEA also iscompleting a programme of determination of thethermal conductivity of SiC/SiC. CIEMAT is carryingout work to characterise basic properties of siliconcarbide materials (SiC and SiCf/SiC). Studies includevolume and surface electrical conductivity, H diffusion,and the effects of H and He on microstructure andelectrical conductivity.On T3, reduced activation ferritic/martensiticsteels RAFMs are considered the main candidatematerials for structural applications in DEMO. In2009, KIT has continued the characterisation of theproduction and treatment of EUROFER 97-3 plates.The irradiation effects on the mechanical propertiesand microstructure are studied in CRPP usingsmall specimen test techniques. Irradiation effectsand specimen size and geometry effects on the42
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