Objective
A Roadmap to the realization of fusion energy was adopted by the EFDA system at the end of 2012. The roadmap aims at achieving all the necessary know-how to start the construction of a demonstration power plant (DEMO) by 2030, in order to reach the goal of fusion electricity in the grid by 2050. The roadmap has been articulated in eight different Missions. The present proposal has the goal of implementing the activities described in the Roadmap during Horizon 2020 through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion Consortium.
ITER is the key facility in the roadmap. Thus, ITER success remains the most important overarching objective of the programme and, in the present proposal the vast majority of resources in Horizon 2020 are devoted to ensure that ITER is built within scope, time and budget; its operation is properly prepared; and a new generation of scientists and engineers is properly educated (at undergraduate and PhD level) and trained (at postdoctoral level) for its exploitation. DEMO is the only step between ITER and a commercial fusion power plant. To achieve the goal of fusion electricity demonstration by 2050, DEMO construction has to begin in the early 2030s at the latest, to allow the start of operation in the early 2040s. 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. Specific provisions for the involvement of industry in the Consortium activities are envisaged.
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Call for proposal
EURATOM-Adhoc-2014-20
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Funding Scheme
COFUND-EJP - COFUND (European Joint Programme)
Coordinator
80539 Muenchen
Germany
Participants (30)
1010 Wien
1000 Bruxelles
1784 Sofia
10000 Zagreb
1678 Nicosia
182 00 Praha 8
2800 Kgs Lyngby
51005 Tartu
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02044 VTT Espoo
02150 Espoo
75015 Paris 15
52428 Julich
76131 Karlsruhe
15341 Agia Paraskevi
1121 Budapest
9 Dublin
000196 Roma
LV-1063 Riga
LT-44403 Kaunas
3526 KV Utrecht
01 497 Warszawa
1049-001 Lisboa
077125 Magurele
814 99 Bratislava
1000 Ljubljana
28040 Madrid
111 64 Stockholm
1015 Lausanne
OX14 3DB Abingdon
61108 Kharkiv