Dresden 2013 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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AGjDPG: Arbeitsgruppe junge DPG

AGjDPG 1: Nuclear Fusion (with AKE)

AGjDPG 1.1: Hauptvortrag

Montag, 4. März 2013, 09:00–09:45, HSZ-03

The European Fusion Roadmap — •Francesco Romanelli — European Fusion Development Agreement

This talk describes the main technical challenges on the path to fusion energy. For all of the challenges candidate solutions have been developed and the goal of the programme is now to demonstrate that they will also work at the scale of a reactor.

The European Fusion Roadmap has been developed within a goal-oriented approach articulated in eight different Missions. For each Mission the critical aspects for reactor application, the risks and risk mitigation strategies, the level of readiness now and after ITER and the gaps in the programme have been examined.

ITER is the key facility in the roadmap and its success represents the most important overarching objectives of the EU programme.

A demonstration fusion power plant (DEMO), producing net electricity for the grid at the level of a few hundreds MW is foreseen to start operation in the early 2040s. Following ITER, it will be the single step to a commercial fusion power plant.

Industry must be able to take full responsibility for the commercial fusion power plant after successful DEMO operation. For this reason, DEMO cannot be defined and designed by research laboratories alone, but requires the full involvement of industry in all technological and systems aspects of the design.

The talk will also address the needs in the area of education and training and basic research.