ºÚÁÏÉçapp Parties
All seven Domestic Agencies are now in place and their heads appointed:
China has established the ºÚÁÏÉçapp China Office affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). The Office will soon be transformed into the Chinese ºÚÁÏÉçapp Domestic Agency, which will have legal responsibility for the implementation of Chinese ºÚÁÏÉçapp fusion activities.
The European Domestic Agency "Fusion for Energy" situated in Barcelona, Spain, was formally established in March 2007. In July, Dr. Didier Gambier was appointed as Director. See .
The Indian ºÚÁÏÉçapp Office has been established at the Institute for Plasma Research in Bhat, Gandhinagar with Predhiman Kaw as Director. See .
On 24 October 2007 the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) was designated by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as the Japanese Domestic Agency. Toshihide Tsunematsu was appointed as Head of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Domestic Agency. See .
ºÚÁÏÉçapp Korea was established on 31 August 2007 within the National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI). Dr. Guyung-Su Lee was appointed Director-General on 27 September 2007. See .
The US ºÚÁÏÉçapp office was the first one to be established in July 2004 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories with Ned Sauthoff as Director. See .
In Russia, a special department was established on 31 August 2007 within the Kurchatov Institute. Anatoly Krasilnikov was appointed as Head of the Russian DA. See .