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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THPD025
TitleIFMIF-DONES advanced machine protection system
Authors
  • R. Lorenzo Ortega, C. Carvajal Almendros
    IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium
  • A. Jokinen
    Fusion for Energy
  • E. Botta
    Ansaldo Nucleare
  • I. Podadera
    Consorcio IFMIF-DONES España
  • M. Cappelli
    ENEA Casaccia Research Centre
AbstractThe International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO-Oriented Neutron Source (IFMIF-DONES), a cutting-edge accelerator-based neutron source for fusion materials research. IFMIF-DONES Facility Project involves a particle accelerator that produces a deuterium beam of 40 MeV and 125 mA, impacting on a flowing liquid lithium target, generating the neutron source by called nuclear stripping reaction, therefore a robust central control system for safe and efficient operation is required. IFMIF-DONES Central Instrumentation and Control System (CICS) focuses on three groups of systems: CODAC (Control, Data Acquisition, and Communication), responsible for overall coordination and data management; MPS (Machine Protection System), ensuring machine protection; and SCS (Safety Control System), implementing safety functions for personnel and the environment. The work presents the current design focused only on robust central MPS interlock signals for safe, reliable and efficient protection of the machine. The MPS design describes advanced technology and fast interlock propagation, based on hierarchical, modular, and scalable architecture with built-in redundancy. The MPS system shall be able to respond in a maximum time of 10 µs, acting over the accelerator systems and the lithium systems.
Paperdownload: THPD025.pdf
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Conference20th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'25)
Series
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Date20-26 Sep 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardKent Wootton (ANL), Jeffery Biss (FNAL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jeff Kirchman (ANL), Kelly Jaje (ANL), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), SuYin Grass Wang (ANL)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-255-4
Online ISSN2226-0358
Received08 September 2025
Revised25 September 2025
Accepted29 October 2025
Issued25 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THPD025
Pages1637-1641