  The existence of efficient ion acceleration regimes in collective
laser-plasma interactions opens up the possibility to develop high-energy
physics facilities in conjunction with projects for inertial confinement
nuclear fusion (ICF) and neutron spallation sources. In this paper, we show
that the pulse compression requests to make operative these acceleration
mechanisms do not fall in contradiction with current technologies for high
repetition rate ICF drivers. In particular, we discuss explicitly a solution
that exploits optical parametric chirped pulse amplification and the intrinsic
modularity of the lasers aimed at ICF.
