Abstract
Abstract
The Linear International Fusion Materials
Irradiation Facility Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc)
is under commissioning in Rokkasho Fusion Institute in Japan and
aims to accelerate 125 mA D+ at 9 MeV in Continuous Wave mode for
validating the IFMIF accelerator design. To ensure a fine
characterization and tuning of the machine many beam diagnostics are
installed spanning from injector to the beam dump. The beam
operations in 1.0 ms pulsed D+ at 5 MeV were successfully
completed with a low power beam dump in 2019. Despite the challenges
posed by the pandemic, the crucial transition to a new LINAC
configuration was also finalized to enable operation in 1.0 ms —
CW D+ at 5 MeV with the high-power beam dump. The 1st
beam operation of the configuration was carried out in 2021. The
experiences and challenges encountered during these beam campaigns
are described in this paper.