Report of the Meetings of International Tokamak Physics Activity, 8

Asakura, Nobuyuki; Kato, Takako*; Takamura, Shuichi*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Higashijima, Satoru; Iio, Shunji*; Ozeki, Takahisa; Ono, Yasushi*; Kawano, Yasunori; Nakajima, Noriyoshi*; Sugihara, Masayoshi; Ide, Shunsuke; Takase, Yuichi*; Tobita, Kenji; Hanada, Kazuaki*; Fukuyama, Atsushi*; Kusama, Yoshinori; Kawahata, Kazuo*; Sasao, Mamiko*; Sugie, Tatsuo; Shimada, Michiya

The ITPA (International Tokamak Physics Activity) meeting was held at Scientific Educational Center of Ioffe Institute (St. Petersburg) in Russia. In the meeting, topical physics group meetings of "Scrape-off-layer and Divertor Physics", "MHD, Disruptions and Control", "Energetic Particles, Heating and Steady State Operation", and "Diagnostics" were carried out. The joint meeting for plasma control was also held. In getting many participants from Japan, Europe, Russia, ITER international team, U.S.A. and China (observer), the active discussions were carried out. The outline of discussions in each topical group and in the plasma control joint meeting is reported here.