Continuous SiC-fiber-reinforced SiC composite (SiCf/SiC) is an attractive candidate structural
material for advanced concepts of future fusion power plants, mainly due to the favourable
intrinsic properties of the SiC ceramics, i.e. high temperature- and chemical stability, low
neutron activation and afterheat levels as well as due to the fact that it is the only nonmagnetic
material proposed. Fabrication of such composites is a very challenging task due to
limitations and requirements set for fusion-relevant structural materials
