They are Sophie Carpentier (France, European Union), Plasma-surface interaction; Matthew Jewell (USA), Supraconducting magnets; Junghee Kim (South Korea), Plasma diagnosis; Evgeny Veschev (Russian Federation), Energy particle physics, and Axel Winter (Germany, European Union), Plasma control. These winners were selected from 28 candidates chosen for their excellence.
ITER Organization signed a ten-year partnership agreement with the Principality of Monaco on 16 January 2008. It provides for the funding of five postdoctoral fellowships every two years and of a yearly international scientific event.
This agreement contributes not only to training the next generation of scientists and engineers from all countries, but also to establishing the foundations for an international centre for research in fusion.
The postdoctoral fellows are all from one of ITER's seven partners (European Union, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Russian Federation and United States of America) or the Principality of Monaco. Their training concerns a research topic in connection with the ITER project.
ITER is located in Cadarache, southern France. It will be the largest experimental facility for fusion ever built. It was designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy. Fusion is at the origin of the energy of the Sun and stars. When the nuclei of light atoms fuse to form heavier nuclei, a large amount of energy is released. Fusion is based on a resource of abundant universally accessible fuel.
Research on fusion aims to develop a prototype for a safer, more reliable, environmentally friendly and economically viable ?fusion power plant?.
