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Fusion Power Coordination Committee (FPCC)

The IEA Fusion Power Co-ordinating Committee (FPCC) co-ordinates the IEA activities on fusion and advices the IEA Committee on Energy Research and Technologies (CERT) and other IEA bodies on fusion policy and technology issues. The FPCC was established in 1975 by the IEA Governing Board. Nineteen IEA Countries, the European Commission, the Russian Federation, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are members of the FPCC. The Chairman of the FPCC is Mr. Masahiro Seki (Japan).

The IEA provides a framework for nine, major international collaborative programs (Implementing Agreements) which deal with a broad range of fusion topics including physics, technology, materials, safety, environmental and economic aspects, and social acceptance of fusion power. The IEA Implementing Agreements carry out R&D activities which are relevant to either the ITER project or the "beyond-ITER" program (Demo reactor, fusion power plants, economic, environmental, safety and social aspects of fusion power). The FPCC co-ordinates and supports the activities of the IEA Fusion Implementing Agreements.

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