The CDTI Innovation published public procurement bidding for the development of fusion energy for IFMIF-DONES

The CDTI innovation, public funding of innovation of the ministry of science, innovation and universities, has launched, through its instrument of pre-commercial public procurement bidding, the service of r & D for the development of technological solutions in the area of the validation of systems and materials in fusion energy into two separate areas (particle acceleration white and experimental and areas of radiation), with a budget of up to eur 40 million, co-financed with FEDER founds. The public administration that validated the two solutions resulting will be the consortium IFMIF-DONES.

The project envisages the development of two demostradores validators (VATI) around two distinct Areas:

• VATIACdemonstrator, for testing and validation ofaccelerator technologies collider, linear, and high-intensitywith up to eur 25 million
• VATISTdemonstrator, for testing and validation ofwhite technologies experimental and irradiation areaswith up to eur 13 million

The level of innovation, required by developments within this tender exceeded, in large part, the state of art. While the world of particle accelerators used related technologies, was not built none that handles figures IFMIF-DONES accelerator in beam current space, loading and beam power. This requires that the majority of the components of the accelerator of IFMIF-DONES ad hoc should be designed and without previous examples to build upon.

To partially alleviate this difficulty, between 2007 and 2017 a prototype of a part of the accelerator of IFMIF-DONES called LIPAc (Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator) and that was built in Rokkasho, japan. IFMIF-DONES is a Single installation, the first of a future sources of fast neutron fluxes, the high-flux and that, for the implementation of the majority of its components is necessary to the specific development of new knowledge. This prototype served to demonstrate that it was possible to accelerate a beam current of the level of of IFMIF-DONES, in the area of “ low energy ”, with particular interest to confirm the viability of constructing a first stage of acceleration, known as radiofrequency Cuadrupolo (RFQ) and to be the most long and winding of the world, and of course, beyond the state of art.

In particular, there are technological niches in the field of fusion energy that are not sufficiently evolucionados and require the development of innovative knowledge to tackle, prior to the construction of the IFMIF-DONES, technologies and materials in the accelerators collider high intensity of new generation and pilot white and test Areas of radiation.

In the case of VATIAC, for example, the level of fast neutron irradiation with expected far exceeds the state of art and thus require advanced designs will be the first of its kind in the world and address unmet need in the current GIC. As regards VATIST, it is a set of critical components test Cell and white That have never been constructed earlier and for those who reach the parameters for its proper functioning is an important challenge in terms of innovation.

In general, the construction of a large scientific (ICM), as IFMIF-DONES, she is exposed to a high risk of error of design and selection of materials that can have a meaningful impact on the pilot programme. To mitigate this risk with regard to the selection of technologies and materials to incorporate the plant, this tender deals with the analysis of previous test methodologies through Integrated Technological Validators (VATIs). These banks will test the consortium of performing long-term critical systems and components For the future major international scientific IFMIF-DONES, validate the suitability of designs, systems integration, the adequacy of manufacturing techniques, materials and maintenance operations and handling of future teams to integrate both in the part of the system off the accelerator as systems of the white cells and pilot testing of future GICs.

IFMIF GIFTS

IFMIF-DONES(International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility, DEMO Oriented Neutron Source) is the scientific infrastructure that the consortium IFMIF GIFTS will help to build and operate in Escúzar (Granada). This future major Scientific (hereinafter GIC) was unique to the international level, and has been included in the road map for the achievement of fusion energy, and the list of the european strategic infrastructures (ESFRI).

IFMIF-DONES is a source of neutrons, essential to test the most critical material installations, which makes it unique in the world, but also makes it an important technological baseline for many other scientific or industrial facilities that are under construction or are in the project.

In IFMIF-DONES, a particle accelerator will produce a bundle of deuterones (D +) 125 mA and 40 MeV of energy, which will impact on a curtain of liquid lithium 25 mm thick flowing to 15 m/s. The reactions produced in that white lithium, the influence of deuterones beam, will generate a flow of high-energy neutron and with sufficient intensity to simulate, as is accelerating, damage, leading to neutrons in a fusion reactor. The flow of neutrons will be used to radiate samples of materials located immediately behind the curtain of lithium, in the test modules in the area of radiation, which is part of the so-called test cell.

Phases of the public procurement bidding

• 1: Phase
  • design of manufacture of VATIAC validator over a period of9 months
  • design of manufacture of VATIST validator over a period of10 months
• 2: Phase
  • development of each of the functional characteristics that make up the validator VATIAC over a period of24 months
  • development of each of the functional characteristics that make up the validator VATIST over a period of24 months
• 3: Phase
  • pre-operacional verification in a period of7 months
  • pre-operacional verification in a period of6 months

Total duration of phase 1 + 2 + 3:

• VATIAC 40 months:
• VATIST 40 months:

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