Summary
This overview discusses the status of fusion energy development in the Republic of Korea. Korea studies fusion energy through research and development in 2 ways: one by performing the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) for a domestic approach and the other by participating in the international collaboration project ITER. Korea had remarkable progresses not only in KSTAR but also in the ITER project in 2016. In KSTAR, a world record of more than 70 seconds in high-performance plasma (H-mode) operation in the superconducting tokamak has been achieved. For the ITER project, toroidal field conductors have been successfully accomplished and the other major equipment such as vacuum vessel sectors, ports, and assembly tooling seem to be reaching an end. This paper deals with current research and development results on both fields of KSTAR study and ITER project progress.

Fusion energy development status in Korea

Application of 3D View Factor method for heat fluxes deposition on ITER Cryostat Thermal Shield

Thermal design and performance of taper cavity cryomodule for ADS Injector II

Robin Le Barbier

Papers

Progress of the ITER Thermal Shields

3D thermal-hydraulic analysis of two irregular field joints for the ITER vacuum vessel

Structural integrity analysis for manufacturing design of the ITER vacuum vessel gravity support