FUSION WIKI

EU-DEMO

托卡马克 device in EUROPEAN UNION; data sourced from IAEA 2022 survey.

EU-DEMO is a fusion device or design surveyed by the IAEA in 2022. EU-DEMO is a DEMO concept based on conventional tokamak design being developed in Europe by EUROfusion. The European DEMO or EU-DEMO is the facility expected to follow ITER in the European roadmap to electricity from fusion. The project is currently in its conceptual design phase and is expected to start operating by 2050.

Purpose

EU-DEMO aims to demonstrate the technological and economic viability of fusion by producing about 500 MW of net electricity and to achieve tritium self-sufficiency.

Technical data

  • Device type: Conventional Tokamak
  • Status (2022): Planned
  • Ownership: Public

Reference

国际原子能机构(IAEA),《World Survey of Fusion Devices 2022》,第 144 页(报告印刷页码)