South Korea to advance nuclear fusion energy project, utilizing AI technology under public-private cooperation = South Korea

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it had deliberated and passed a draft strategy for accelerating the realization of nuclear fusion energy. Lee Chanseong, public fusion research policy officer at the ministry, said, "In advanced countries such as the United States, private companies are not allowed to develop fusion energy.
"As we continue to advance our nuclear fusion research with the cooperation of the US, we have also formulated a strategy in Korea to support nuclear fusion research," he said.
In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), materials technology, and nuclear fusion technology has been accelerated with the cooperation of private companies.
The project will develop a basis for commercializing fusion energy by developing a fusion reactor in Cadarache, France, which is being constructed by major countries around the world, including South Korea, to verify the feasibility of the project.
In addition to expanding its participation in the KEK Research Institute's (K-TER) project, the institute will also actively utilize the research reactor (K-STAR) installed at the institute.
In order to achieve this, the government and private sectors are working together to promote the "Fusion Engineering Innovation Project." The plan is to support the development of core technologies, including divertors. In addition, the government will utilize digital twin technology to
We will build a virtual fusion reactor using IoT, improve reliability during the design and verification process, and develop operation technology for the fusion reactor using AI technology. We will monitor the fusion reactor using IoT and develop a fusion reactor that can operate under extreme conditions.
We will also develop technology to remotely diagnose the condition of the furnace.