Closing remarks; Future prospect of plasma profile control toward a fusion reactor

Kurihara, Kenichi

While construction of the ITER aiming at full D-T burning has just started in Southern France, activities in DEMO reactor design and fusion nuclear research are now eagerly progressing. The design/manufacturing of the satellite tokamak JT-60SA has been also conducted under the Japan-EU broader approach collaboration on fusion research. To attain a steady state, high performance plasma, profile control of plasma current, density, temperature, and toroidal rotation is considered a key issue for a burning high-beta plasma. In this section, the future prospect of the profile control is discussed as closing remarks of this issue.