Conference summary; Progress in experiments on confinement, plasma-material interactions and innovative confinement concepts

Ninomiya, Hiromasa

Nuclear Fusion, 45(10), p.S13 - S31, 2005/10

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/45/10/S02

This paper summarizes the results presented at the 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference 2004 in the sessions of confinement, plasma-wall interaction and innovative confinement concept. The highlights of the presentations are as follows. Long pulse operation with high beta and high bootstrap fraction much longer than the current diffusion time has been achieved. The discharge scenario optimization and its extrapolation towards ITER have progressed remarkably. Significant progress has been made in understanding of global confinement and transport physics.