Description of need
Developing shield materials to protect High-temperature superconducting magnets from irradiation.
The main metrics of interest are:
- Shield lifetime (target: 30 years instead of 1 month)
- Nuclear heating (target < 0.1 kW instead of 50 kW)
- Damage energy (target: 20 W instead of 1000 W)
Problem severity (1-10)
4
Who has this need
Fusion companies
Total addressable market (TAM)
Solutions today, and their shortcomings
- Hydrides tend to liberate hydrogen and ignite.
Potentially relevant capabilities
- Lance Snead (Stony Brook University) is collaborating with PSFC (Ethan Peterson), and Tokamak Energy and CFS. They are trying to embed hydrides in a matrix that is permeable to hydrogen (like MgO or Ti). Up to 25% hydrogens.