The President of CAS prof. Eva Zažímalová was impressed by plasma research

IPP has become one of the President's stops on her round-the-academy-institutes´ tour. Director of the Institute Dr. Radomír Pánek, presented the key research activities of the IPP research departments and the main challenges and goals. He also introduced current and future research projects, among them the largest project COMPASS-U. This project involves the design and construction a new tokamak which will represent a unique research facili.

 

Prof. Zažímalová appreciated the complexity of IPP plasma research and, in particular, future plans and the importance of plasma research for the society. She was also interested in the research of thermonuclear fusion, which takes place on the COMPASS tokamak. The president of CAS visited all research departments of the Institute. The heads of IPP research departments also briefly introduced main research topics and their current activities and also important results and publications.

 

More information you can find here (available only in Czech language).