Within the framework of Horizon 2020, European fusion research combines the targeted 7-year (2014-2020) EUROfusion fusion program under the auspices of the EURATOM Treaty. Within EUROfusion, a large part of the activities is devoted to the development of the DEMO demonstration fusion power plant. The Department of Reactor Engineering, IJS, is involved in this area within the WPSAE (Nuclear Safety) and WPPMI (Plant Level System Engineering, Design Integration and Physics Integration) work packages.

Between 27.1. and 29/01/2020, a meeting of the WPSAE Workshop responsible for the safety of the DEMO reactor was held in Garching, Germany. The meeting was organized at EUROfusion headquarters in Garching. At the meeting, the coordinator and the individual partners presented the implementation status of the WPSAE work package program and the program plan for 2020. The Reactor Engineering Division is involved in the project in the field of generic safety report preparation for the DEMO reactor. The meetings were attended by prof. Leon Cizelj et al. Boštjan Končar from the Department of Reactor Engineering, JSI. Prof. Cizelj presented the security report of the chapter on external risks.

In parallel, dr. On 28/01/2020 Boštjan Končar also attended a meeting of the WPPMI project aimed at defining activities and scope of work in 2020. The following day, 29.1. 2020 a meeting with the EUROfusion Program Manager and the DEMO Project Manager in the role of JSI and the preparation of the program for the next research program 2021 - 2027 was also held.