Fusion energy is an area of active development and innovation worldwide, with many design concepts studied, each exhibiting a range of technical challenges. A significant portion of technical challenges will be unique for a given design concept; however, there are several overarching challenges that any design must address to some degree. These include tritium handling and the tritium cycle; materials and their survivability in the high-energy neutron environment of D-T fusion; neutronics and the validation of nuclear data; remote handling and maintenance activities; and integrated holistic approaches to fusion plant design. This paper provides an overview of these aspects for magnetic and inertial fusion approaches with a view to highlighting commonality and the benefits of shared knowledge that this may bring. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy (part 2)’.

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磁和惯性聚变电站开发的共同技术挑战概述

聚变能源是世界范围内积极发展和创新的领域，研究了许多设计概念，每个概念都表现出一系列技术挑战。对于给定的设计概念，很大一部分技术挑战将是独一无二的；然而，任何设计都必须在一定程度上解决几个总体挑战。这些包括氚处理和氚循环；材料及其在 DT 聚变高能中子环境中的生存能力；中子学和核数据验证；远程处理和维护活动；聚变装置设计的综合整体方法。本文概述了磁和惯性聚变方法的这些方面，以突出共性和共享知识可能带来的好处。