Fusion Power Associates
2 Professional Drive, Suite 249
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
phone: (301) 258-0545
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e-mail: FusionPwrAssoc@aol.com
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FPN09-09

Aymar Named CEA ITER Advisor

March 2, 2009

Robert Aymar has been named Special Advisor for ITER to the Administrator-General of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Aymar was head of the ITER team from 1994-2003 and Director-General of the CERN high-energy accelerator lab in Geneva 2003-2008. He also was responsible for the design and construction of Tore Supra, the French superconducting tokamak, dating back to 1977. He was a recipient of Fusion Power Associates 2000 Leadership Award and 2003 Distinguished Career Award and served on the Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors.