The advantages:

• In contrast to Nuclear Fission, the fuels needed for fusion are available in abundance, for example Hydrogen-Nuclei .
• Based on the operating principle of fusion reactors, radiation risks are dramatically reduced.

The feasibility of nuclear fusion has alreay been demonstrated by a large number of experimental reactors on a worldwide basis. International research efforts are now closing in on the next major goal: the first self-sustaining plasma inside of the ITER fusion reactor. Within ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) the leading Nations and Research Institutes in the field of Nuclear Fusion are working together to build the foundation for the first generation of commercial fusion plants.

PLANSEE components.
For the highest demands in nuclear fusion.

Generating, igniting and keeping a plasma are challenging tasks for both design and materials. Ever increasing burning periods (> 1000 seconds) and plasma temperatures of up to 200 million °C  require a magnetic confinement along with the most sophisticated materials to built the plasma facing first wall components.
PLANSEE components for nuclear fusion are made to face the most demanding conditions of extremely high heat flux and mechanical loads. In partnership with our customers we develop and manufacture components for plasma sources, first walls, limiters, divertor modules and beam stoppers.
Combinations of materials like tungsten, fibre-reinforced graphites and copper alloys along with highly sophisticated joining techniques are the basis for custom made composites to resist thermo-mechanical exposure.  Depending on design, choice of materials and applications, these components withstand steady-state heat fluxes up to 20 MW/m2 and surface temperatures of more than  2000 °C.

In-house manufacturing of High Performance Materials in combination with state-of-the-art engineering, processing and inspection procedures enable PLANSEE to maintain its position as a reliable partner for fusion technology.

Facing the demanding thermo-mechanical conditions of nuclear fusion,  PLANSEE manufactures components from Tungsten, Molybdenum, Chromium, Copper and their alloys as well as Tantalum, Niobium, Graphites and CfC-Graphites.

PLANSEE engineering services and processing techniques.
For custom made development and innovative solutions.

• material studies and high temperature testing up to 2.400 °C
• component testing under simulated service conditions
• modeling of manufacturing processes and component properties by FEM and experiment design by DoE
• active metal casting
• high temperature brazing
• hot isostatic pressing
• electron beam welding
• explosive plating
• vacuum plasma spraying (VPS)
• physical vapor deposition (PVD)
• chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
• computer aided design (CAD)

PLANSEE inspection technology.
For best quality.

• ultrasonic testing
• superheated-steam transient thermography
• pulsed thermography
• helium leak testing
• static and dynamic pressure testing
• x-ray testing and many more