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The installation of the French high intensity injector “IPHI” is in progress on the Saclay site. The proton source, RF power system, cooling plant, diagnostics line as well as shielding are now in place. The first sections of the RFQ cavity are installed on their supports. Commissioning is planned during the first half of 2007. At the beginning of 2008, a beam chopper, developed at Cern, will be inserted between the RFQ and the diagnostics line and tested with a proton beam. At the end of 2008, part of IPHI will be moved from Saclay to Cern. New tests, intended for the LINAC4 project, will be carried out using a negative hydrogen beam. This paper describes the fabrication and assembly operations. The future of IPHI at Cern is evoked.
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