JANNUS: A multi-irradiation platform for experimental validation at the scale of the atomistic modelling

The joint Accelerators for Nanosciences and NUclear Simulation project was started in 2002 in the frame of collaboration between CEA and CNRS. Due to the scientific skills developed for a long time, two experimental sites have been considered: (1) at Saclay, three electrostatic accelerators are being coupled, a new 3 MV Pelletron machine equipped with a multi-charged ion source, a 2.5 MV single ended Van de Graaff and a 2.25 MV tandem and (2) at Orsay, a 2 MV tandem and a 190 kV ion implanter are being coupled together with a 200 kV transmission electron microscope to allow simultaneous co-irradiation and observation. A brief review is first presented on multi-irradiation facilities available in the world. Then, a technical description of the new experimental facilities being installed is given. The main experiments we intend to carry out using mono, dual or triple irradiation configurations in different nuclear application fields and especially in the fusion domain will be further presented. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.