Special Issue containing papers presented at the 14th IAEA Technical Meeting on Energetic Particles in Magnetic Confinements Systems (IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 1–4 September 2015)

[摘要] Understanding energetic particles in magnetic confinement systems is key to successfullyconfirming the feasibility of exploiting magnetic confinement fusion for the production ofenergy for peaceful purposes. The ITER Project, now under construction at St Paullez-Durance in southern France, will address this shared goal by providing an integrateddemonstration of the physics and technology required for a fusion power plant. It shouldfulfil this mission by demonstrating routine operation of burning plasmas, with a fusionpower output of up to 500 MW at a fusion power gain (Q, the ratio of fusion power to externalheating power) of at least 10 in pulses of several hundred seconds duration. The ultimategoal of ITER experiments is to demonstrate fully non-inductive steady-state operation of atokamak with Q values of at least 5.