Construction
The IFMIF will consist of two parallel accelerators, each about 50 m long, producing beams of deuterium nuclei. These, on contact with a lithium target, will be converted into high-energy neutrons and used to irradiate materials specimens and test components.
Preparation for IFMIF construction is expected to have begun around 2006, although operation testing of materials is not scheduled until roughly 2017. IFMIF is unlikely, therefore, to be useful in the construction of the first-generation ITER reactor, but will provide important construction information for commercial fusion reactors after ITER, such as DEMO.
Read more about this topic: International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility
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