The optimum role of nuclear fusion in carbon-free future energy systems

该项目的目的是研究商业上可行的核聚变所需的技术创新。这将建立在现有技术路线图的基础上，并侧重于从技术开发到制造的过渡。关键问题将包括，随着技术从开发到制造，再到适合快速推出模块化融合系统的大规模生产，降低成本的途径。发电只是全球能源系统的一部分。化石燃料目前主导着交通和家庭供暖，如果我们要实现气候变化目标，替代化石燃料至关重要。需要考虑热电联产（氢、过程热、家庭供暖、推进）。反应堆的规模和性质，以及由此产生的经济效益和电厂的平衡将取决于应用。

The aim of this project is to study the technological innovation necessary for commercially viable fusion. This will build on an existing technology roadmap and focus on the transition from technology development to manufacturing. Key issues will include cost reduction pathways as the technology moves from development to manufacture and on to mass manufacture suitable for rapid roll out of modular fusion systems.Electricity generation is only part of the global energy system. Fossil fuels currently dominate transport and domestic heating and their replacement is vital if we are to meet climate change targets. Co-generation (hydrogen, process heat, domestic heating, propulsion) will need to be considered. The scale and nature, and hence the economics, of reactors and the balance of plant will depend on the application.