COMPASS – Tokamak for Thermonuclear Fusion Research
Project ID:LM2015045
Provider:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Period:Jan 01, 2016 - Dec 31, 2019
Principal Investigator:doc. RNDr. Radomír Pánek, Ph.D.
Co-investigatorsA. Havránek, P. Junek, M. Varavin, P. Marek, J. Varju, J. Písačka, K. Kovařík, J. Kladrubský, P. Müller, I. Ďuran, M. Tadros, J. Strnad, J. Zajac, M. Dimitrova, M. Boušek, F. Pova, U. Lee, J. Vlček, F. Žáček, D. Šesták, Z. Požár, M. Tomeš, P. Böhm, P. Bílková, V. Weinzettl, P. Háček, J. Havlíček, A. Podolník, M. Imríšek, E. Tomešová, R. Papřok, M. Jeřáb, I. Švadlenková, J. Stöckel, M. Hron

Aims of the project: The fusion energy is an attractive option for beyond mid-century for its long-term sustainability, and security of supply for millions of years. The complexity and challenges associated with its development call for joining efforts and resources not only within Europe but worldwide. The COMPASS research infrastructure consisting of the COMPASS tokamak and its auxiliary systems represents one of the key infrastructures in a joint European effort to master thermonuclear fusion under the EUROFUSION consortium. The COMPASS tokamak has been put into operation in 2012 and represents a compact experimental device operated in divertor plasma configuration with ITER-like plasma cross-section. COMPASS is able to operate in high-confinement mode, which is a reference operational scenario of the ITER tokamak. Therefore, COMPASS is able, together with a comprehensive diagnostics set focused on the edge plasma region and flexible plasma heating systems, to address the key problems connected to the construction and future exploitation of the ITER tokamak. Moreover, a high flexibility of its operation allows to react quickly on the actual needs of the fusion research. The main aims of the COMPASS project are (i) to secure the open access to this infrastructure for a wide domestic as well as foreign user community, (ii) enhance education and training activities in the field of high-temperature magnetized plasma and (iii) provide technical support for realization of experiments by external users.