National Institute for Fusion Science

Oct 13-18, 2008
Palace of Nations of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland

        The 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference was held from the 13th to the 18th of October 2008. Researchers who specialize in the fields related to nuclear fusion research get together biyearly from all over the world to report their accomplishments in various researches to actualize nuclear fusion. This year, the conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland at the Palace of Nations of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), where the commemorable 2nd International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (held in 1958) that served as the founder of nuclear fusion research was held; for, the year 2008 corresponds to the 50th year since the latter international meeting. The 22nd Fusion Energy Conference turned out to be a major meeting with over 800 participants from 50 different nations. From the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), we presented 60 research reports and gained high marks from other participants. At the last day of the conference was held a summary session to wrap up the entire meeting for 6 days, and Prof. Motojima, the Director-General of NIFS, was appointed a general presenter for the experimental research. Prof. Motojima reviewed the latest research accomplishment reported at the conference, looked back the 50 years history of nuclear fusion research, and finally summarized the current of nuclear fusion research where a definite goal toward the actualization of a new energy source that considers a series of global environmental issues.

Prof. Motojima, Director-General of NIFS
       

<Presentation documents>
Summary of The 22nd Fusion Energy Conference
Experiments (Stability, Wave-Plasma Interaction, Plasma-Wall Interaction)
22nd IAEA FEC, Geneva, 13-18 Oct. 2008, S/1-2