From Fusion to DEMO

This lecture covers the progress in magnetic confinement fusion, focusing on achieving reactor-relevant conditions and ignition. It explores the roadmaps towards fusion power, emphasizing the EU strategy aiming for fusion electricity by 2050 through the construction of DEMO. The presentation delves into the EU step ladder approach to ITER, medium-size tokamaks in the EU fusion roadmap, and the importance of international collaboration. It also discusses the JET tokamak's research lines, the significance of JET data points for ITER, and the components and diagnostics of ITER. The lecture concludes by looking beyond ITER to DEMO, highlighting the commercial feasibility of fusion energy and the areas requiring further innovation.