Outline of research project on nuclear fusion

When the advance of nuclear fusion research during 10 years hereafter is predicted, the next project should start the research toward nuclear burning, adopt the diversified ways, and develop the research in wide related fields. The central subject such as the containment of plasma is studied with large experimental facilities, but in the related fields, the research subsidies must be utilized positively. The research on nuclear fusion is organized as the special research composed of the group of research subjects, of which the term is set to be 7 to 10 years. The organization to perform the research comprises 6 groups, 1) reactor materials and plasma-wall interaction, 2) science and engineering of tritium and influence on living things, 3) fundamentals of core control, 4) development of superconducting magnets, 5) design and evaluation of nuclear fusion reactors, and 6) general management group. The distribution and management of the scientific research subsidy are explained. All the subjects of planned and publicly invited research are listed, and the researchers concerned, the amount of subsidy, the objective and the plan of execution in fiscal 1980 of each research are outlined. (Kako, I.)