AbstractIn the design of advanced technology products such as fusion reactors it is important to make clear the criteria which depend on engineering conditions and constraints. For fusion reactor design studies such as ITER, the conditions and constraints for superconducting magnets, high heat flux materials, and so on, have been examined. Using the present database, these issues are reviewed and major considerations for fusion power reactors are discussed. The effect of improving the engineering design constraints is studied by the tokamak system analysis code. It is shown that the development of high heat flux materials, high field magnets and special materials for magnets is the key to the future of fusion reactors.
What is lacking in order to design and build a commercially viable fusion reactor?