Design of a beam dump for the IFMIF-EVEDA accelerator

• Published in: Fusion engineering and design 2009-06, Vol.84 (2), p.509-513
• Main Authors: Brañas, B., Iglesias, D., Arranz, F., Barrera, G., Casal, N., García, M., Gómez, J., López, D., Martínez, J.I., Martín-Fuertes, F., Ogando, F., Oliver, C., Sanz, J., Sauvan, P., Ibarra, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Accelerators; Activation; Applied sciences; Beam stop; Beams (radiation); Beams (structural); Controled nuclear fusion plants; Design engineering; Deuterons; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy; Mathematical analysis; Plugs; Thermo-mechanical design
• ISSN: 0920-3796; 1873-7196
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.078

The IFMIF-EVEDA accelerator will be a 9 MeV, 125 mA cw deuteron accelerator prototype for verifying the validity of the accelerator design for IFMIF. A beam stop will be used for the RFQ and DTL commissioning as well as for the EVEDA accelerator tests. Therefore, this component must be designed to stop 5 MeV and 9 MeV deuteron beams with a maximum power of 1.13 MW. The first step of the design is the beam-facing material selection. The criteria used for this selection are low neutron production, low activation and good thermomechanical behavior. In this paper, the mechanical analysis and radioprotection calculations that have led to the choice of the main beam dump parameters will be described. The present design is based on a conical beam stop (2.5 m length, 30 cm diameter, and 3.5 mm thickness) made of copper plus a cylindrical 0.5 m long beam scraper. The cooling system is based on an axial high velocity flow of water. This design is compliant with the mechanical design rules during full power stationary operation of the accelerator. The radioprotection calculations performed demonstrate that, with an adequate local shielding, doses during beam on/off phases are below the limits.