From 19 to 22 May 2025, the 25th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas (RFPPC 2025) took place at Schloss Hohenkammer, a historic venue near Munich, Germany. The conference brought together over 130 participants from leading research institutions across Europe, Asia, and the United States to discuss advances in the use of electromagnetic waves in plasma, particularly in relation to present and future magnetic confinement fusion devices.
Ukraine was represented by two researchers from the National Science Centre “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology” (NSC KIPT).
Yurii Kovtun delivered an invited talk, Yurii Martsenyuk presented his research in the poster session.
Their participation highlights the strong contribution of Ukrainian scientists to global fusion research and underscores the international recognition of their work.
The scientific programme featured 31 oral presentations, including 3 overview talks and 28 invited lectures, alongside 90 poster presentations. Topics covered recent findings from leading tokamaks such as JET (UK), EAST (China), WEST (France), ASDEX Upgrade (Germany), KSTAR (South Korea), DIII-D (USA), and others, as well as stellarators including Wendelstein 7-X (Germany), LHD (Japan), and Uragan-2M (Ukraine).
The conference also showcased plasma heating systems for ITER (France), CFEDR (China), DTT (Italy), SMART (Spain), EU DEMO, and WHAM (USA), along with several concepts and devices developed by private companies, including SPARC (Commonwealth Fusion Systems, USA), ST40 (Tokamak Energy Ltd., UK), C-2W and Copernicus (TAE Technologies, USA), and OpenStar Technologies (New Zealand).
The presentations by Ukrainian researchers not only contributed to the discussion of cutting-edge scientific results but also reaffirmed Ukraine’s role in the international fusion community.
The next RFPPC conference is scheduled to take place in 2027 in Princeton, USA.
