TECFIR / UNED provides with nuclear analysis regularly to EUROfusion

From 2011, TECFIR / UNED provides Nuclear Analysis to EUROfusion Consortium supporting the current conceptual design of the DEMO Fusion Reactor.

In the European strategy developed under the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, DEMO is the only step between ITER and a commercial Fusion Power Plant. Thus, DEMO targets two general goals:

• To produce net electricity for the grid by 2050.
• To make the business case to convince commercial operators to develop the prototype fusion Power Plant, referred to as PROTO

To achieve fusion electricity by 2050, DEMO construction has to start in the early 2030s, immediately after ITER achieves the milestone of a net energy surplus. Despite DEMO will largely build on the ITER experience, it will require a significant amount of innovation in critical areas such as heat exhaust, materials and tritium breeding.