Annual status report 31 December 1976

The 1976 activities of the institute as related to fusion research are described in three sections. In the first section, the experimental division, work is reported on the long-term behavior of screw pinch plasmas in SPICA and the short-term behavior of the non-circular plasma is SP IV b. The second section, the theoretical division, describes the work done on magnetohydrodynamics of toroidal systems, on wave dynamics in inhomogeneous plasmas, transport phenomena in plasmas and on advanced fusion fuels. The third section, technology and engineering, summarizes the activities done in support of the experimental studies and the contribution of FOM members to the Joint European Torus project