Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 13, 3502046 (2018)

Overview Articles


Fusion Research and International Collaboration in the Asian Region
Shigeru MORITA, Liqun HU1), Yeong-Kook OH2), Naoko ASHIKAWA, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Daiji KATO, Yasuaki KISHIMOTO3), Satoshi OHDACHI, Satoru SAKAKIBARA, Yasushi TODO, Yutaka KAMADA4), Daniel RAJU5) and Min XU6)
National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
1)
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
2)
National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon 34133, Korea
3)
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
4)
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan
5)
Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
6)
Southwestern Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
(Received 2 February 2018 / Accepted 13 March 2018 / Published 10 May 2018)

Abstract

In recent years, fusion research has become exceedingly popular in the Asian region. Many toroidal devices are currently operated for fusion research in universities and institutes. The long pulse operation of a high-performance plasma is also possible in four superconducting devices, which are EAST (Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), China), KSTAR (National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI), Korea), LHD (National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Japan) and SST-1 (Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), India). The world's largest superconducting tokamak, JT-60SA (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Japan), and middle-size tokamak, HL-2M (Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP), China), have now been constructed for the upcoming operation. Based on the progressive development of fusion research in Asian region an international collaboration on critical physics for the steady state operation of high-performance plasmas has been carried out among China, Japan and Korea during past five years through the A3 foresight program. Recent fusion research activities in the Asian region and the results of the collaboration are briefly reported with future prospects for international collaboration.


Keywords

EAST, HL-2A, JT-60SA, KSTAR, LHD, SST-1, international collaboration, tokamak, stellarator

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.13.3502046


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