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Key enabling technologies for fusion power plants (European Partnership on Fusion Energy)

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
Up to €15,000,000
Deadline
November 4, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-EURATOM-2027-02-01 · EURATOM Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-EURATOM-2027-02: Innovation actions under the co-programmed European partnership on fusion energy (2nd call). Opens 2027-04-15; next deadline 2027-11-04. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-EURATOM-2027-02-01

Expected Outcome: the action is expected to mature and demonstrate (TRL 6-8) innovative technologies in one of the technology areas set out within the scope of the topic: - developing and advancing the technology readiness of innovative individual components and/or integrated systems that perform the key functions of fusion power plants (FPPs), in line with the technology area targeted; - testing the innovative components and/or systems developed in close-to-real-life conditions, demonstrating the ability to deliver fusion-grade components and/or systems; - providing a credible business case, clarifying the potential and perspectives for the commercialisation of the components and/or systems developed, and showing the benefits for the competitiveness and growth of EU companies from the fusion field.

Scope: actions funded under this topic are expected to address one of the following technology areas of relevance that are key to the development of future fusion power plants: - tritium breeding; - fuel cycle; - high-power lasers and optical technologies for inertial confinement fusion; - targets for inertial confinement fusion; - fusion-grade materials; - qualification of reactor components in a relevant operational plasma scenario (including high neutron load); - digital technologies (including modelling and simulation); - the engineering design of future key enabling fusion facilities; - any other technology relevant to FPPs.

Proposals should clearly indicate which one of these key areas they address and should, for this purpose and for the technology area(s) targeted: -…

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