Organisation

EFDA has two locations, which each house a so-called Close Support Unit (CSU), responsible for part of EFDA's activities. The EFDA-CSU Garching is located in Garching, near Munich (Germany), and is hosted by the German Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik. EFDA-CSU Culham is hosted by the UKAEA laboratory in Culham (UK), home of the Joint European Torus facilities.

A large number of scientists and engineers from the associated laboratories work together on different projects of EFDA. The main task of the Close Support Units is to ensure that these diverse activities are integrated in a coordinated European Fusion Programme.

The EFDA management consists of the EFDA Leader (Dr. Jérôme Paméla) and the EFDA-Associate Leader for JET (Dr. Francesco Romanelli).

Planning and supervision

The planning and supervision of the activities carried out under EFDA is the responsibility of the EFDA Steering Committee (EFDA-SC) in which all the European Fusion Associations and the European Commission (standing for Euratom) are represented. The Steering Committee approves the annual EFDA work programme in which the goals, the schedule for activities, and the required financial resources are described.

The Steering Committee ensures the collaboration of the different EFDA-partners, and ensures that the work programme is aligned with the long-term goals of EFDA defined in the Workplan. It also appoints the EFDA Leader and the EFDA Associate Leader for JET, upon proposal by the European Commission.

There is one Advisory Committees assisting the EFDA-SC, dealing with scientific and technical issues (the STAC, Science and Technology Advisory Committee).

Finally, the whole European Fusion Programme is controlled by the CCE-FU, in which national governments and the Associations are represented. CCE-FU stands for Consultative Committee for the EURATOM Specific Research and Training Programme in the Field of Nuclear Energy - Fusion.