Materials and Engineering
This section covers the materials science and engineering challenges in fusion reactors.
Key Challenges
Section titled “Key Challenges”- First wall materials: Must withstand extreme heat flux and neutron bombardment
- Blanket systems: Tritium breeding and heat extraction
- Superconducting magnets: High-field, large-scale magnets
- Divertor: Exhaust handling and impurity control
Materials Under Development
Section titled “Materials Under Development”- Reduced Activation Ferritic/Martensitic (RAFM) steels
- Tungsten alloys
- Silicon carbide composites
- High-temperature superconductors (HTS)