Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a jointprogramme of the members of the EURO fusion consortium

EUROfusion’s updated Fusion Research Roadmap aims to acquire the necessary knowledge to start constructing a demonstration fusionpower plant (DEMO) five years after ITER is in full-power operation. DEMO will deliver fusion electricity to the grid early in the secondhalf of the century. The Roadmap has been articulated in eight different Missions. The present proposal has the goal of implementing theactivities described in the Roadmap during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion Consortium,with the following high-level objectives:

  1. Construct and commission ITER;
  2. Secure the success of future ITER operation via preparation and experiments on present devices;
  3. Develop the conceptual design of a DEMO fusion power plant;
  4. Finalise the designand construct a fusion spectrum neutron source (IFMIF-DONES);
  5. Advance the stellarator as an alternative approach to fusion powerplants;
  6. Prepare the ITER and DEMO generations of scientists, engineers and operators;
  7. Promote innovation and European industrycompetitiveness in fusion technology and eyond. The ITER success remains an important overarching objective of the programme andmuch attention is devoted to ensure that ITER operation is properly prepared, and that a new eneration of scientists and engineers isthoroughly educated and trained for its exploitation. DEMO is the only step between ITER and a commercial fusion power plant. Toachieve the goal of fusion electricity demonstration in the early 2050-ies, the DEMO Conceptual Design has to be completed by 2030 atthe latest, to allow the start of the Engineering Design Activities. 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. Therefore, specific provisions forthe involvement of industry in the Consortium activities are envisaged.

Project number: 101052200

Project acronym: EUROfusion

Call: EURATOM-2021-ADHOC-IBA

Topic: EURATOM-2021-ADHOC-IBA

Type of action: EURATOM Cofund Actions

Granting authority: European Commission-Euratom

Grant managed through EU Funding & Tenders Portal: Yes (eGrants)

Project starting date: fixed date: 1 January 2021

Project end date: starting date + months of duration

Project duration: 60 months

BENEFICIARIES FROM UKRAINE

NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY

https://www.euro-fusion.org/