IFMIF-DONES is an ESFRI facility based on a 5 MW deuteron accelerator currently under construction in Granada (Spain) as part of the European roadmap to fusion electricity. Its main goal is to characterize and qualify materials under a neutron field with an induced damage like the one faced in a fusion reactor, developing a material database for the future fusion nuclear reactors. Moreover, a list of medium neutron flux experiments in other irradiation areas for fusion and non-fusion applications have been identified previously and are under analysis. The construction phase was officially launched from March 2023, after setting up the steering committee for the DONES Program composed of several countries. To support the preparation of the key documentation and consolidate contributions from parties, a set of tasks is being developed within the framework of the new DONES Consolidation Phase project (DONES-ConP1). In this contribution, the main objectives of the project such as the drafting of the acceptance tests for the procurement, the first version of the irradiation plan for fusion and non-fusion applications, or the update of key project documentation will be discussed.

The intensity of the HL-LHC beam will be twice that of LHC. Hence, an upgrade of the LHC injection kickers (MKIs) is necessary for HL-LHC to avoid excessive beam induced heating of the MKIs. In addition, any newly installed MKI magnet would limit HL-LHC operation for a few hundred hours due to dynamic vacuum activity. Extensive studies have been carried out to identify solutions to address these problems and they have been implemented in an upgraded LHC injection kicker magnet (MKI Cool): the MKI Cool was installed in the LHC during the 2022-23 Year End Technical Stop. Magnet heating has been reduced by redistributing a significant portion of the beam induced power deposition from the ferrite yoke to a ferrite loaded RF Damper, which is not at pulsed high voltage, and by water cooling of the damper. Furthermore, a surface coating, to mitigate dynamic vacuum activity, has been applied. This paper discusses the upgrades, presents results from the initial operational experience, and compares the predicted and ‘measured’ beam induced power deposition.

The PIP-II proton accelerator will provide the intensity sufficient to power a new generation of high energy facilities at Fermilab. Extension of that linac to higher energy with following acceleration and bunching rings could provide the intensity needed to feed a muon production target for a high-energy μ+-μ- collider. Scenarios using a rapid-cycling synchrotron or an ~8 GeV Linac are presented and discussed. Use of the existing Fermilab accelerators is also discussed. Support for other high-intensity experiments such as muon-ion collisions, neutrino sources and lepton flavor conservation is also considered.