Korean ITER preparation and fusion energy development strategy

Technical data to confirm the validity of the present design have also been developed on some issues. Completing these technical preparations it will make it possible to finalize the specification of the ITER procurements. ITER is regarded as the key step to the realization of the fusion energy development strategy in Korea. According to the National Basic Plan for the development of the nuclear fusion energy in Korea set up in 2005, in consists of several major activities: study of a long-pulse by using KSTAR, an advanced tokamak operation, ITER for the burning plasma experiment, DEMO for the demonstration of producing a net electricity from a fusion reactor, and a commercial fusion reactor. To accomplish the mission of each program, not only plasma physics and fusion engineering for the construction and operation of the facilities, but also the fusion reactor technologies need to be developed in parallel, by making use of the expertise existing in the domestic fission program which shares key technologies with a fusion reactor