27th Iaea Fusion Energy Conference: Summary Of Sessions Ex/C, Ex/S And Ppca

Developments presented at the 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference in several areas of experimental magnetic confinement fusion research relating to confinement physics, plasma stability, plasma performance and control are reviewed. First results were reported from significant new stellarator and tokamak facilities and wide-ranging studies of issues such as disruption mitigation, control of edge localized modes (ELMs), the influence of hydrogenic isotope on heat and particle transport, optimization of ELMy H-modes and advanced H-modes and the application of advanced control techniques have been performed in support of the preparations for ITER operation.