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As a part of Horizon 2020, european fusion research brings together a targeted 5-year (2014-2018) EUROfusion program under the auspices of the EURATOM Treaty. Due to the 7-year horizon of Horizon 2020, the program has been extended by two years until 2020, with the same annual funding volume. The main objectives of EU fusion research are related to research in support of the ITER fusion reactor and in the long term, the realization of the DEMO demonstration fusion power plant. The EUROfusion program is implemented by a consortium of fusion research units of EU Member States (30 in total), where the Jozef Stefan Institute acts as a Slovenian coordinator and partner in the consortium. The lead partner in the consortium is the Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Germany.

On 11 July 2019, a PPPT (Power Plant Physics & Technology) Project Management Meeting was held at the IPP in Garching, Germany, to discuss planned activities under the 9th EC OP in 2021-2027. The activities were presented in more detail by the WPP holders within the PPPT program: WPPMI (Plant Level System Engineering, Design Integration and Physics Integration), WPBB (Breeding Blanket), WPMAT (Materials), WPMAG (Magnet system), WPTFV (Tritium , Fuelling & Vacuum Systems), WPRM (Remote Maintenance Systems), WPDIV (Divertor), WPHCD (Heating and Current Drive Systems), WPPES (Plant Electrical Systems), WPBOP (Heat Transfer, Balance-of-Plant and Site), WPDC (Diagnostic and control), WPENS (Early Neutron Source Definition and Design), WPSAE (Safety and Environment).

On July 12, 2019, the DEMO Project Board met in the same location. The Project Committee oversees the implementation of the PPPT program, which is underway to develop the DEMO demonstration fusion power plant and support research. At the meeting, the members of the project committee were briefed on the contents of the meeting of the DEMO Steering Board, the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), the international cooperation, the substantive and financial progress of the project implementation and the review of the WPBOP, WPCS ( Containment structures) and WPHCD.

Both meetings were attended by dr. Matjaž Leskovar from the Department of Reactor Engineering, IJS, who is a member of the DEMO Project Board.

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