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IPP was founded in 1960. It is an institute of the Max Planck Society and also associated to the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. Since 1961 IPP has been an associate of the European Fusion Programme, which comprises the fusion laboratories of the European Union and Switzerland. The Plasma Diagnostics Division in Berlin formed in 1992 (till 2003), the Greifswald Branch Institute was founded in 1994.
IPP is involved in JET, the joint European experiment in Culham/Great Britain. Since 1983, IPP is hosting the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) Close Support Unit, the successor of the NET group, and was providing – from1988 till the end of 2006 – the technical site for the planning group responsible for designing ITER, the International Experimental Reactor. IPP coordinates its research effort with fusion research centers all over the world. The institute is funded by the European Union, the German Federal Government, and the State Governments of Bavaria and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
IPP is involved in JET, the joint European experiment in Culham/Great Britain. Since 1983, IPP is hosting the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) Close Support Unit, the successor of the NET group, and was providing – from1988 till the end of 2006 – the technical site for the planning group responsible for designing ITER, the International Experimental Reactor. IPP coordinates its research effort with fusion research centers all over the world. The institute is funded by the European Union, the German Federal Government, and the State Governments of Bavaria and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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