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GA-20 EUROfusion, Barcelona, ​​Spain, 18-19 December, 2017

European fusion research under Horizon 2020 brings together the targeted 5-year (2014-2018) fusion program named EUROfusion, under the auspices of the EURATOM contract. The EU's main objectives of fusion research are related to support of the ITER fusion reactor and, in the long term, the implementation of the demonstration fusion power plant. The EUROfusion program is implemented by a consortium of Member States' fusion research units (29 in total), where the Jožef Stefan Institute acts as a Slovenian coordinator and partner in the consortium. The leading partner in the consortium is the Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), Germany. The decision-making body of the consortium is the general assembly.

On 18.12. and on 19.12.2017, the 20th meeting of the General Assembly of EUROfusion took place in Barcelona, ​​Spain. The meeting was organized at the headquarters of the ITER European Agency (F4E). At the meeting, we discussed the report of the Expert Group on the European program of breeding blankets. The main purpose of the expert group was to harmonize the Test Blanket Module Test (TBM) program in ITER, coordinated by F4E and the project of development of breeding blankets for DEMO reactor - Work Package Breeding Blanket (WPBB), which is in the EUROfusion program. The Group has made several technical and program recommendations in the direction of program consistency. The main changes to the TBM program for ITER include the incorporation of a water-cooled coating into the test program and the financial and personnel participation of EUROfusion in the TBM program. The Assembly approved the proposed amendments. Part of the EUROfusion program also includes smaller fusion devices in Europe. At the meeting were presented the progress of the COMPASS tokamak upgrade in the Czech Republic and the status of the EDIPO Testing Device in Switzerland, aimed at testing high magnetic fields, above 10 T. Dr. Boštjan Končar from the Reactor Engineering Division, IJS, attended the General Meeting of the EUROfusion.

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