Qualification of components operating in future fusion power
plants will be heavily reliant on simulations of component
behaviour. The lack of representative test environments for many
aspects of the expected operating environment will necessitate full
or partial virtual qualification of components. The cornerstone
of virtual qualification is …
Critical to the successful design of fusion reactor components is the development of coupled simulation models, capable of conducting efficient whole system design optimisation and virtual component qualification, under conditions which cannot be readily tested. Additionally, successful lifetime monitoring and predictive maintenance of fusion compo…
