Speaker
Wojciech Krolas
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
Description
IFMIF-DONES - a powerful neutron irradiation facility for studies and certification of materials - is planned as part of the European roadmap to fusion electricity. Its main goal will be to study properties of materials under severe irradiation in a neutron field similar to the one in a fusion reactor first wall. It is a key facility to prepare for the construction of the DEMO Power Plant envisaged to follow ITER.
As part of the present deliberations about financing and siting a DONES facility, it is being considered to extend the objectives of IFMIF-DONES beyond its standard program of material studies for fusion reactors. Various scientific areas, such medical applications, nuclear physics, astrophysics, basic physics studies and industrial application of neutrons are under consideration as complementary research topics. A White Book report on "IFMIF-DONES for isotope production, nuclear physics applications, materials science and other research topics" is under preparation.
The conclusions of the White Book will be presented identifing the most promising science projects that could be developed at IFMIF-DONES without compromising its main role. The possible implementation in IFMIF-DONES of these additional experiments will be also discussed.
This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
Co-authors
Adam Maj
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Kraków, Poland)
Angel Ibarra
(CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain)
Roland Heidinger
(Fusion for Energy, Garching, Germany)
Wojciech Krolas
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Kraków, Poland)