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A systematic approach to assess the linear stability of Alfv\'en eigenmodesin the presence of fusion-born alpha particles is described. Becauseexperimental results for ITER are not available yet, it is not known beforehandwhich Alfv\'en eigenmodes will interact more intensively with thealpha-particle population. Therefore, the number of modes that need to beconsidered in stability assessments becomes quite large and care must beexercised when choosing the numerical tools to work with, which must be fastand efficient. In the presented approach, all possible eigenmodes are firstfound after intensively scanning a suitable frequency range. Each solutionfound is then tested to find if its discretization over the radial grid in useis adequate. Finally, the interaction between the identified eigenmodes and thealpha-particle population is evaluated with the drift-kinetic code CASTOR-K, inorder to assess their growth rates and hence their linear stability. Thedescribed approach enables one to single out the most unstable eigenmodes in agiven scenario, which can then be handled with more specialized tools. Thisselection capability eases the task of evaluating alpha-particle interactionswith Alfv\'en eigenmodes, either for ITER scenarios or for any other kind ofscenario planning.

A systematic approach to the linear-stability assessment of Alfv\'en  eigenmodes in the presence of fusion-born alpha particles for ITER-like  equilibria