PROGRAMME

Status of Korea’s fusion research activities and strategies to accelerate fusion energy commercialization DR. OH, Yeongkook Korea Institute Of Fusion Energy Dr. Yeongkook OH received his doctorate in nuclear engineering from Seoul National University in 1999. Starting his professional journey in 1993 at the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), he was responsible for the desig and alignment of magnets for the "Hanbit" magnetic mirror system. Additionally he contributed to the design and testing of superconducting magnets for the KSTAR device. He continues his contribution to the KSTAR project as division head for integrated commissioning, tokamak operation, joint plasma experiments at National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI) from 2005. He served as director of KSTAR project and Vice President of the NFRI before his delegation to the ITER project in France from 2018, where he was responsible for preparing the devices for operation and coordinating the performance of ITER modules. Returning to the Korea Fusion Energy Institute (KFE) in 2023, he led the K-DEMO design group and was appointed as the KFE president in April 2024. His technical expertise encompasses on superconducting magnets, tokamak operation, and plasma experiments.

Integrated interdisciplinary engineering efforts towards realisation of a fusion power plant PROF. YOU, Jeong-ha Max Planck Institute For Plasma Physics Prof. Jeong-Ha You joined Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Garching) in 1999 after his postdoc training at FZ Jülich and RWTH Aachen. Since 2014, Dr. You has been leading the European R&D activities of conceptual design and key technologies for the Divertor and Limiter PFCs of the European demonstration fusion reactor (EU-DEMO) in the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium. In his project team, roughly 60 experts from 9 European national laboratories, 11 university groups and a number of industry partners are involved (cumulative budget: ~39 M€). He is teaching as adjunct professor at the physics department of Ulm University since his habilitation in physics. He also serves as chair of the design review panel for the Chinese BEST tokamak and editorial board member of Nucl. Mater. Ener. Prof. You was educated at SNU (metallurgy) and RWTH Aachen (mechanical engineering). He published roughly 200 papers in international journals.