Fusion Reactor Development: A Review

Development of AINA code for the study of loss of plasma control events in ITER and DEMO, and contribution to the systems study of DEMO

“…The first step was done with the INTOR Workshop, in which fusion scientists and engineers from EURATOM, Japan, the USA, and the Soviet Union worked to assess the readiness of the world's fusion programs to undertake the task. [Stac10] The collaboration was fruitful in identifying many of the critical issues and in suggesting areas of future research, [Frei07] and thus, on the basis of INTOR results, and in a political context of goodwill between the Soviet Union and USA, General Secretary Gorbachev made the recommendation to President Reagan at the 1985 Geneva summit that led to the formation of the ITER project.…”